1 Chronicles 19:11

And the rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother, and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.

In Context

10Now 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 Arameans.

12And he said: 'If the Arameans be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 11:20And Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three; for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them, and had a name among the three.

1 Chronicles 19:9And the children of Ammon came out and put the battle in array at the gate of the city; and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 19:7-19

The Defeat of the Ammonites. ( b. c. 1036.) 6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah. 7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle. 8 And… Read the whole commentary →

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