Sāmǔĕrjìxià 10:13

13 Yúshì , Yuēyē hé gēnsuí tāde rén qián jìn gōngdǎ Yàlán rén . Yàlán rén zaì Yuēyē miànqián taópǎo .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 10:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 10:13

And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto
the battle against the Syrians
Fell upon them; attacked them first, began the battle with them; rightly judging, that if they, being hired soldiers, were closely pressed, they would give way, which would discourage the Ammonites, who depended much upon them; and the fight, according to Josephus ^F24, lasted some little time, who says, that Joab killed many of them, and obliged the rest to turn their backs and flee, as follows:

and they fled before him:
the Syriac and Arabic versions in this verse, and in all others in this chapter where the word "Syrians" is used, have "Edomites", reading "Edom" instead of "Aram", the letters (r) "R" and (d) "D" in the Hebrew tongue being very similar.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 6. sect. 2.)

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 10:13 In-Context

11 Yuē yē duì yà bǐ shāi shuō , Yàlán rén ruò qiáng guō wǒ , nǐ jiù lái bāngzhu wǒ . Yàmén rén ruò qiāng guō nǐ , wǒ jiù qù bāngzhu nǐ .

12 Wǒmen dōu dāng gāngqiáng , wèi bĕn guó de mín hé shén de chéngyì zuò dà zhàngfu . yuàn Yēhéhuá píng tāde yìzhǐ ér xíng .

13 Yúshì , Yuēyē hé gēnsuí tāde rén qián jìn gōngdǎ Yàlán rén . Yàlán rén zaì Yuēyē miànqián taópǎo .

14 Yàmén rén jiàn Yàlán rén taópǎo , tāmen yĕ zaì yà bǐ shāi miànqián taópǎo jìn chéng . Yuēyē jiù líkāi Yàmén rén nàli , huí Yēlùsǎlĕng qù le .

15 Yàlán rén jiàn zìjǐ beì Yǐsèliè rén dá baì , jiù yòu jùjí .