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Then he said, "If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the people of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you.
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Be of good courage, and let us be strong for our people and for the cities of our God. And may the Lord do what is good in His sight."
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So Joab and the people who were with him drew near for the battle against the Syrians, and they fled before him.
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When the people of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fleeing, they also fled before Abishai his brother, and entered the city. So Joab went to Jerusalem.
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Now when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and brought the Syrians who were beyond the River, and Shophach the commander of Hadadezer's army went before them.