when Joab's

2 Samuel 10:9-14
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. . . .

battle [heb] face of the battle

Joshua 8:22
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.

Judges 20:42, 43
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. . . .

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