And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
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Gill's Exposition
And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled,.... In whom they put great confidence:
then they fled also before Abishai; without engaging at all with him, as it seems:
and entered…
Barnes' Notes
Joab returned - The great strength of Rabbah made it hopeless to take it by assault, and the Syrians were not sufficiently broken 2Sa 10:15 to make it safe to undertake a regular siege.
Adam Clarke
The Syrians were fled - They betook themselves to their own confines, while the Ammonites escaped into their own city.
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…
Cambridge Bible
then fled they also The rout of their allies left Joab free to help Abishai, and the Ammonites retired at once within the walls of the city.
So Joab returned He did not attempt a siege, most likely…