2 Samuel 10:9
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When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.
In other translations
When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.
Hebrew words
וַיַּרְאvaiyar'and he sawH7200יוֹאָבyo'avJoabH3097כִּי־ki-thatH3588הָיְתָהhayetahit wasH1961אֵלָיו'elavagainst himH413פְּנֵיpenei[the] face ofH6440הַמִּלְחָמָהhamilchamahthe battleH4421מִפָּנִיםmipanimfrom beforeH6440וּמֵאָחוֹרume'achorand from behindH268וַיִּבְחַרvaiyivcharand he choseH977מִכֹּלmikolsome of allH3605בְּחוּרֵיbechurei[the] chosen [men]H977יִשְׂרָאֵלbeyisra'elof IsraelH3478וַיַּעֲרֹךְvaiya'arokhand he deployed [them]H6186לִקְרַאתlikratto meetH7122אֲרָם׃'aramAramH758
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Judges 20:42-4342 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. 43 Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.42 So they fled before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and the men coming out of the cities struck them down there. 43 They surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and easily overtook them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.
- Joshua 8:21-2221 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai. 22 And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.21 When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that smoke was rising from it, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai. 22 Meanwhile, those in the ambush came out of the city against them, and the men of Ai were trapped between the Israelite forces on both sides. So Israel struck them down until no survivor or fugitive remained.
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