7
They hired 32,000 chariots, as well as the king of Ma'akhah with his people, who came and pitched their camp in front of Meidva. Then the people of 'Amon assembled themselves from their cities and went out to fight.
8
When David heard of it, he sent Yo'av with his entire army of trained soldiers.
9
The army of 'Amon came out and went into battle formation at the city gate, while the kings who had come were alone in the countryside.
10
When Yo'av saw that he would be fighting on two fronts, ahead and behind, he chose the best troops of Isra'el to deploy against Aram;
11
while the rest of the army he put under the command of Avishai his brother to deploy against the army of 'Amon.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.