1 Chronicles 19:6-15

⁶ When the sons of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David , Hanun and the sons of Ammon sent 1,000 talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia , from Aram-maacah e and from Zobah . ⁷ So they hired for themselves 32,000 e e chariots , and the king of Maacah and his people , who came and camped before Medeba . And the sons of Ammon gathered together from their cities and came to battle . ⁸ When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army , the mighty men . ⁹ The sons of Ammon came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the city , and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field . ¹⁰ Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him in front and in the rear , he selected from all the choice men of Israel and they arrayed themselves against the Arameans . ¹¹ But the remainder of the people he placed in the hand of Abshai his brother ; and they arrayed themselves against the sons of Ammon . ¹² He said , "If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you shall help e me; but if the sons of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you. ¹³ "Be strong , and let us show ourselves courageous for the sake of our people and for the cities of our God ; and may the Lord do what is good in His sight ." ¹⁴ So Joab and the people who were with him drew near to the battle against the Arameans , and they fled before e him. ¹⁵ When the sons of Ammon saw that the Arameans fled , they also fled before e Abshai his brother and entered the city . Then Joab came to Jerusalem .