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the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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New Living Translation

2 Samuel 10:13

When Joab and his troops attacked, the Arameans began to run away.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Joab;   Zobah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ammonites, the;   Syria;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Beard;   Hadadezer or Hadarezer;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ammon;   Joab;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ammonite;   Hanun;   Joab;   Medeba;   Nahash;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Edom;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ammonites;   Disciples;   Hadad-Ezer;   Samuel, Books of;   Syria;   Tob;   Zoba(h);   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abishai;   Ammon, Ammonites;   Joab;   Maacah;   Shobach;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ambassador;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hanun;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Da'vid;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abishai;   Joab;   Zobah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hanun;   Joab;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Joab and his troops advanced to fight against the Arameans, and they fled before him.
Hebrew Names Version
So Yo'av and the people who were with him drew near to the battle against the Aram: and they fled before him.
King James Version
And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
Lexham English Bible
Joab and all the people who were with him moved forward into the battle against Aram, and they fled from before him.
English Standard Version
So Joab and the people who were with him drew near to battle against the Syrians, and they fled before him.
New Century Version
Then Joab and the army with him went to attack the Arameans, and the Arameans ran away.
New English Translation
So Joab and his men marched out to do battle with the Arameans, and they fled before him.
Amplified Bible
So Joab and the people who were with him approached the battle against the Arameans, and they fled before him.
New American Standard Bible
So Joab and the people who were with him advanced to the battle against the Arameans, and they fled from him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Ioab, and the people that was with him, ioyned in battel with the Aramites, who fled before him.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Joab and the people who were with him drew near for the battle against the Arameans, and they fled before him.
Contemporary English Version
Joab and his soldiers attacked the Arameans, and the Arameans ran from them.
Complete Jewish Bible
So Yo'av and the people with him went to battle Aram, and they fled before him.
Darby Translation
And Joab drew near, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians; and they fled before him.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Joab and his men attacked the Arameans. The Arameans ran away from Joab and his men.
George Lamsa Translation
And Joab and the people who were with him drew near to battle against the Arameans, and they fled before him.
Good News Translation
Joab and his men advanced to attack, and the Syrians fled.
Literal Translation
And Joab and the people with him drew near to battle against the Syrians. And they fled before him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Ioab made him forth with the people that was with him, to fighte agaynst the Syrians: and they fled before him.
American Standard Version
So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
Bible in Basic English
Then Joab and the people with him went forward to the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Ioab proceeded foorth, & the people that was with him, to fight against the Syrians: but they fled before him.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh unto the battle against the Arameans; and they fled before him.
King James Version (1611)
And Ioab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, vnto the battell against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joab and his people with him advanced to battle against Syria, and they fled from before him.
English Revised Version
So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
Berean Standard Bible
So Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Joab and his puple that was with hym, bigan batel ayens men of Sirie, whiche fledden anoon fro his face.
Young's Literal Translation
And Joab draweth nigh, and the people who [are] with him, to battle against Aram, and they flee from his presence;
Update Bible Version
So Joab and the people that were with him drew near to the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Joab and the people that [were] with him drew near to the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
World English Bible
So Joab and the people who were with him drew near to the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
New King James Version
So Joab and the people who were with him drew near for the battle against the Syrians, and they fled before him.
New Life Bible
So Joab and the people who were with him came near to battle against the Syrians, and they ran away from him.
New Revised Standard
So Joab and the people who were with him moved forward into battle against the Arameans; and they fled before him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, to fight against the Syrians, - and they fled before him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Joab and the people that were with him, began to fight against the Syrians: and they immediately fled before him.
Revised Standard Version
So Jo'ab and the people who were with him drew near to battle against the Syrians; and they fled before him.
THE MESSAGE
But when Joab and his soldiers moved in to fight the Arameans, they ran off in full retreat. Then the Ammonites, seeing the Arameans run for dear life, took to their heels from Abishai and went into the city. So Joab left off fighting the Ammonites and returned to Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Joab and the people who were with him drew near to the battle against the Arameans, and they fled before him.

Contextual Overview

6 When the people of Ammon realized how seriously they had angered David, they sent and hired 20,000 Aramean foot soldiers from the lands of Beth-rehob and Zobah, 1,000 from the king of Maacah, and 12,000 from the land of Tob. 7 When David heard about this, he sent Joab and all his warriors to fight them. 8 The Ammonite troops came out and drew up their battle lines at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans from Zobah and Rehob and the men from Tob and Maacah positioned themselves to fight in the open fields. 9 When Joab saw that he would have to fight on both the front and the rear, he chose some of Israel's elite troops and placed them under his personal command to fight the Arameans in the fields. 10 He left the rest of the army under the command of his brother Abishai, who was to attack the Ammonites. 11 "If the Arameans are too strong for me, then come over and help me," Joab told his brother. "And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, I will come and help you. 12 Be courageous! Let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. May the Lord 's will be done." 13 When Joab and his troops attacked, the Arameans began to run away. 14 And when the Ammonites saw the Arameans running, they ran from Abishai and retreated into the city. After the battle was over, Joab returned to Jerusalem.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they fled: 1 Kings 20:13-21, 1 Kings 20:28-30, 1 Chronicles 19:14, 1 Chronicles 19:15, 2 Chronicles 13:5-16

Cross-References

Genesis 10:11
From there he expanded his territory to Assyria, building the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah,
Genesis 10:12
and Resen (the great city located between Nineveh and Calah).
Jeremiah 46:9
Charge, you horses and chariots; attack, you mighty warriors of Egypt! Come, all you allies from Ethiopia, Libya, and Lydia who are skilled with the shield and bow!
Ezekiel 30:5
Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all Arabia, and all their other allies will be destroyed in that war.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians,.... Fell upon them; attacked them first, began the battle with them; rightly judging, that if they, being hired soldiers, were closely pressed, they would give way, which would discourage the Ammonites, who depended much upon them; and the fight, according to Josephus x, lasted some little time, who says, that Joab killed many of them, and obliged the rest to turn their backs and flee, as follows:

and they fled before him: the Syriac and Arabic versions in this verse, and in all others in this chapter where the word "Syrians" is used, have "Edomites", reading "Edom" instead of "Aram", the letters ר "R" and ד "D" in the Hebrew tongue being very similar.

x Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 6. sect. 2.)


 
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