So Joab and the people who were with him came near to the battle against the Syrians, and they fled before him.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
- BSB So Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before him.
- NKJV So Joab and the people who were with him drew near for the battle against the Syrians, and they fled before him.
- NASB So Joab and the people who were with him advanced to the battle against the Arameans, and they fled from him.
- NLT When Joab and his troops attacked, the Arameans began to run away.
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Cross-references · 4
- 1 Kgs 20:13–21Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, “Yahweh says, ‘Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand today; and you will know that I am Yahweh.’”
- 2 Chr 13:5–16Ought you not to know that Yahweh, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
- 1 Kgs 20:28–30A man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, “Yahweh says, ‘Because the Syrians have said, “Yahweh is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys”; therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.’”
- 1 Chr 19:14–15So Joab and the people who were with him came near to the front of the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.
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