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1 Chronicles 19:12

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He said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you are to help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you.

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1 Chronicles 19:12 in other translations

And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee.

1 Chronicles 19:12 · American Standard Version

1 Chronicles 19:12 in context

  1. 10Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose some of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
  2. 11The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
  3. 12He said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you are to help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you.
  4. 13Be courageous, and let’s be strong for our people and for the cities of our God. May Yahweh do that which seems good to him.”
  5. 14So Joab and the people who were with him came near to the front of the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.