2 Samuel 10:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.”
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“When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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:”
King James Version · Public Domain“Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Joab seeth that the front of the battle hath been unto him before and behind, and he chooseth of all the chosen in Israel, and setteth in array to meet Aram,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 10:9 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 8:21When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that smoke was rising from it, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.
- Judges 20:42So they fled before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and the men coming out of the cities struck them down there.
- 2 Samuel 18:2He sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the troops, “I will surely march out with you as well.”
- 2 Chronicles 13:14When Judah turned and discovered that the battle was both before and behind them, they cried out to the LORD. Then the priests blew the trumpets,
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