2 Samuel 10:8-10

Good News Translation

⁸ The Ammonites marched out and took up their position at the entrance to Rabbah, their capital city, while the others, both the Syrians and the men from Tob and Maacah, took up their position in the open countryside.

⁹ Joab saw that the enemy troops would attack him in front and from the rear, so he chose the best of Israel's soldiers and put them in position facing the Syrians. ¹⁰ He placed the rest of his troops under the command of his brother Abishai, who put them in position facing the Ammonites.