📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 19:11
What does 1 Chronicles 19:11 mean?
"The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon."
— 1 Chronicles 19:11 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
When David heard of it, he sent Joab with all the army of the mighty men.
The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the gate of the city; and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.
Now 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.
The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
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.
Be courageous, and let us be strong for our people and for the cities of our God. May Yahweh do that which seems good to him.”
So Joab and the people who were with him came near to the front of the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.
Explanation
This verse describes a moment in the middle of a military crisis faced by King David and his army. Joab, David's commander, has just realized that his forces are caught between two enemy arm
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