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12 Joab[a] said, “If the Arameans start to overpower me,[b] you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you,[c] I will come to your rescue. 13 Be strong! Let’s fight bravely for the sake of our people and the cities of our God! The Lord will do what he decides is best!”[d] 14 So Joab and his men[e] marched toward the Arameans to do battle, and they fled before him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 19:12 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 1 Chronicles 19:12 tn Heb “if Aram is stronger than me.”
  3. 1 Chronicles 19:12 tn Heb “if the sons of Ammon are stronger than you.”
  4. 1 Chronicles 19:13 tn Heb “and the Lord, what is good in his eyes, he will do.”
  5. 1 Chronicles 19:14 tn Heb “and the army which was with him.”