2 Samuel 10:10 He put the rest of the men under the command of Abishai his brother and deployed them against the Ammonites.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
He put the rest of the men under the command of Abishai his brother and deployed them against the Ammonites.

English Standard Version
The rest of his men he put in the charge of Abishai his brother, and he arrayed them against the Ammonites.

New American Standard Bible
But the remainder of the people he placed in the hand of Abishai his brother, and he arrayed them against the sons of Ammon.

King James Bible
And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He placed the rest of the forces under the command of his brother Abishai who lined up in battle formation to engage the Ammonites."

International Standard Version
putting the rest of his forces under the command of his brother Abishai, who arrayed them to oppose the Ammonites.

American Standard Version
And the rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and he put them in array against the children of Ammon.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the rest of the people he delivered to Abisai his brother, who set them in array against the children of Ammon.

Darby Bible Translation
and the rest of the people he gave into the hand of Abishai his brother that he might array them against the children of Ammon.

Young's Literal Translation
and the rest of the people he hath given into the hand of Abishai his brother, and setteth in array to meet the Bene-Ammon.

Cross References

2 Samuel 10:9
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:

2 Samuel 10:11
And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then you shall help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for you, then I will come and help you.

2 Samuel 23:18
And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

10:6-14 They that are at war with the Son of David, not only give the provocation, but begin the war. God has forces to send against those that set his wrath at defiance, Isa 5:19, which will convince them that none ever hardened his heart against God, and prospered. Christ's soldiers should strengthen one another's hands in their spiritual warfare. Let nothing be wanting in us, whatever the success be. When we make conscience of doing our duty, we may, with satisfaction, leave the event with God, assuredly hoping for his salvation in his own way and time.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

2Sa 10:6-14. The Ammonites Overcome.

6-14. when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David—To chastise those insolent and inhospitable Ammonites, who had violated the common law of nations, David sent a large army under the command of Joab, while they, informed of the impending attack, made energetic preparations to repel it by engaging the services of an immense number of Syrian mercenaries.

Beth-rehob—the capital of the low-lying region between Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon.

Zoba—(see on [271]2Sa 8:3).

of king Maacah—His territories lay on the other side of Jordan, near Gilead (De 3:14).

Ish-tob—that is, "the men of Tob"—the place of Jephthah's marauding adventures (see also 1Ch 19:6; Ps 60:1, title). As the Israelite soldiers poured into the Ammonite territory, that people met them at the frontier town of Medeba (1Ch 19:7-9), the native troops covering the city, while the Syrian mercenaries lay at some distance encamped in the fields. In making the attack, Joab divided his forces into two separate detachments—the one of which, under the command of his brother, Abishai, was to concentrate its attack upon the city, while he himself marched against the overwhelming host of mercenary auxiliaries. 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 Ammonites, who had placed their chief dependence upon a foreign aid, then retreated to entrench themselves within the walls of the town.