SEV Biblia, Chapter 10:13
Y se acercó Joab, y el pueblo que estaba con él, para pelear con los Sirios; mas ellos huyeron delante de él.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 13. And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians , etc.] Fell upon them; attacked them first, began the battle with them; rightly judging, that if they, being hired soldiers, were closely pressed, they would give way, which would discourage the Ammonites, who depended much upon them; and the fight, according to Josephus f167 , lasted some little time, who says, that Joab killed many of them, and obliged the rest to turn their backs and flee, as follows: and they fled before him : the Syriac and Arabic versions in this verse, and in all others in this chapter where the word “Syrians” is used, have “Edomites”, reading “Edom” instead of “Aram”, the letters r “R” and d “D” in the Hebrew tongue being very similar.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 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 thos that set his wrath at defiance, Isa 5:19, which will convince them tha none ever hardened his heart against God, and prospered. Christ' 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 an time.
Original Hebrew
ויגשׁ 5066 יואב 3097 והעם 5971 אשׁר 834 עמו 5973 למלחמה 4421 בארם 758 וינסו 5127 מפניו׃ 6440
