1 Chronicles 19:14

Then did Joab, and all the people who were with him, draw near before the Syrians unto the battle,—and they fled from before him.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.

In Context

13Be strong, and let us put forth our strength, for the sake of our people, and for the sake of the cities of our God,—and let, Yahweh, do, what is good in his own eyes.

15And, when, the sons of Ammon, saw that the Syrians had fled, then fled, they also, from before Abishai his brother, and entered the city,—and Joab came to Jerusalem.

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Cross References

1 Kings 20:13And lo! a certain prophet, drew near unto Ahab king of Israel, and said,—Thus, saith Yahweh, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? Behold me! delivering it into thy hand, to-day, so shalt thou know that, I, am, Yahweh.

1 Kings 20:28Then approached the man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said—Thus, saith Yahweh—Because the Syrians have said—A god of the mountains, is Yahweh, but, not a god of the vales, is he, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude, into thy hand, so shalt thou know, that, I, am Yahweh.

Jeremiah 46:15Wherefore have thy valiant ones been laid prostrate? He hath made no stand, because, Yahweh, hath driven him back:

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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