12
He said, "If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will help you.
13
Be strong, and let us be courageous for our people and for the cities of our God; and may the Lord do what seems good to him."
14
So Joab and the troops who were with him advanced toward the Arameans for battle; and they fled before him.
15
When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, Joab's brother, and entered the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
16
But when the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and brought out the Arameans who were beyond the Euphrates, with Shophach the commander of the army of Hadadezer at their head.
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