1 Chronicles 19:12

12 And he said, "If Aram is too strong for me, then you must be a help to me, but if the {Ammonites} are too strong for you, then I will help you.

1 Chronicles 19:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 19:12

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 19:1).

1 Chronicles 19:12 In-Context

10 When Joab saw that [there was] {a battle line} against him at the front and the back, he chose from among the chosen [men] in Israel and arranged [them] to meet Aram.

11 And the remainder of the people he put in the hand of Abishai his brother, and they were arranged to meet the {Ammonites}.

12 And he said, "If Aram is too strong for me, then you must be a help to me, but if the {Ammonites} are too strong for you, then I will help you.

13 Be strong! Let us strengthen ourselves on behalf of our people and on behalf of the cities of our God. And may Yahweh do [what is] good in his eyes."

14 And Joab and the people who [were] with him drew near before Aram for battle, and they fled before him.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "sons of Ammon"