2 Samuel 10:13 “So Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before…”

2 Samuel 10:13

So Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

So Joab and the people who were with him came near to the battle against 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Ioab, and the people that was with him, ioyned in battel with the Aramites, who 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.

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;

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.

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Cross references

“they fled”

1 Kings 20:13–21 1 Kings 20:28–30 2 Chronicles 13:5–16 1 Chronicles 19:14 1 Chronicles 19:15

1 Kings 20:13–21 · BSB

Meanwhile a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do you see this entire great army? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this very day, and you will know that I am the LO…

1 Kings 20:28–30 · BSB

Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans have said that the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into…

2 Chronicles 13:5–16 · BSB

Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt ?

1 Chronicles 19:14 · BSB

So Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before him.

1 Chronicles 19:15 · BSB

When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Joab’s brother Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab went back to Jerusalem.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”

14When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.

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