2 Samuel 10:13
in 2 Samuel 10So Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before him.
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ASV
So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
KJV
And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 10
Commentary
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Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans
on 2 Samuel 10:13-14
Joab routs the Arameans, and when the Ammonites see their hired strength break, they flee before Abishai. Joab returns to Jerusalem without besieging Rabbah, and John Gill gives the season as the reason. The next chapter opens “In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war”.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
It was a just and necessary war that had been forced on Israel, and they could hope for the blessing of God upon their arms. With great judgment the battle opened against the mercenaries, who could not stand against the furious onset of Joab, and not feeling the cause their own, consulted their safety by flight.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּגַּ֣שׁ | vaiyigash | and he drew near | H5066 → | 125 times |
| יוֹאָ֗ב | yoav | Joab | H3097 → | 144 times |
| וְהָעָם֙ | vehaam | and the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עִמּ֔וֹ | imo | [was] with him | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה | lamilchamah | for <the> battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
| בַּֽאֲרָ֑ם | baaram | in Aram | H758 → | 143 times |
| וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ | vaiyanusu | and they fled | H5127 → | 159 times |
| מִפָּנָֽיו׃ | mipanav | from before him | H6440 → | 2123 times |
וַיִּגַּ֣שׁand he drew near
vaiyigashH5066 →125 times
יוֹאָ֗בJoab
yoavH3097 →144 times
וְהָעָם֙and the people
vehaamH5971 →1873 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עִמּ֔וֹ[was] with him
imoH5973 →1050 times
לַמִּלְחָמָ֖הfor <the> battle
lamilchamahH4421 →320 times
בַּֽאֲרָ֑םin Aram
baaramH758 →143 times
וַיָּנֻ֖סוּand they fled
vaiyanusuH5127 →159 times
מִפָּנָֽיו׃from before him
mipanavH6440 →2123 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).