1 Chronicles 19:11

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.

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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 some of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.

12He said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you are to help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you.

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Cross References

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

1 Chronicles 19:9The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the gate of the city; and the kings who had 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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