2 Samuel 10:9-10

10:9 When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel’s best men and deployed them against the Arameans. ¹  10:10 He put his brother Abishai in charge of the rest of the army ²  and they were deployed ³  against the Ammonites.

[10:9]  ¹ tn Heb “and Joab saw that the face of the battle was to him before and behind and he chose from all the best in Israel and arranged to meet Aram.”

[10:10]  ² tn Heb “people.”

[10:10]  ³ tn Heb “he arranged.”