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King James Version

2 Samuel 10:13

And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

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.
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 Living Translation
When Joab and his troops attacked, the Arameans began to run away.
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 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men. 7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. 8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field. 9 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians: 10 And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon. 11 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee. 12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord do that which seemeth him good. 13 And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him. 14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came 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
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
Genesis 10:12
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
Jeremiah 46:9
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
Ezekiel 30:5
Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.

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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