2 Samuel 10:13
And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
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Gill's Exposition
And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians,.... Fell upon them; attacked them first, began the battle with them; rightly judging, that if they, being…
Here we have, I. The preparation which the Ammonites made for war, Sa2 10:6. They saw they had made themselves very odious to David and obnoxious to his just displeasure. This they might easily have…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
they fled before him "They that are hired to fight generally have a great care to save themselves, having no regard to the cause for which they fight." Patrick.
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