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Ish-tob, 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 L
ORD
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.
15
And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves
together.
16
And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that
were
beyond the river: and they
came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer
went
before them.
17
And when
it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And
the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.
18
And the Syrians fled
before Israel; and David slew
the men of
seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand
horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.
19
And when all the kings
that were
servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with
Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.
CHAPTER SAMUEL 11
And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth
to battle,
that David
sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and
besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
2
And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the
roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman
was
very beautiful to look upon.
3
And David sent and enquired after the woman. And
one
said,
Is
not
this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
4
And David sent messengers,
and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her
uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
5
And the woman conceived, and sent and told David,
and said, I
am
with child.
6
And David sent to Joab,
saying,
Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7
And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded
of him
how Joab did, and how the people
did, and how the war prospered.
8
And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy
feet. And Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and there followed him a mess
of meat
from the
king.
9
But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went
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