12
And he said, If the Syrian should prevail against me, then shalt thou deliver me: and if the children of Ammon should prevail against thee, then will I deliver thee.
10
And Joab saw that they were fronting to fight against him before and behind, and he chose out of all the young men of Israel, and they set themselves in array against the Syrian.
11
And the rest of the people he gave into the hand of his brother Abesai, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
12
And he said, If the Syrian should prevail against me, then shalt thou deliver me: and if the children of Ammon should prevail against thee, then will I deliver thee.
13
Be of good courage, and let us be strong, for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord shall do what good in his eyes.
14
So Joab and the people that were with him set themselves in battle array against the Syrians, and they fled from them.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.