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When Joab saw that the battle was to be fought on two fronts,[a] he chose from all the members of the elite troops of Israel and lined them up for battle[b] to meet Aram. 10 The rest of the army he placed into the hand of his brother Abishai, who arranged them in battle lines[c] to meet the Ammonites.[d] 11 Then he said, “If Aram is stronger than I am, you must become my deliverer; but if the Ammonites[e] are too strong for you, then I will come to rescue you.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 10:9 Literally “the face of the battle was against him in front and in the rear”
  2. 2 Samuel 10:9 Literally “arrayed”
  3. 2 Samuel 10:10 Literally “arrayed”
  4. 2 Samuel 10:10 Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
  5. 2 Samuel 10:11 Literally “sons/children of Ammon”