16 And [a]Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Aramites that were beyond the [b]River: and they came to Helam, and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadadezer went before them.

17 When it was showed David, then he gathered [c]all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam: and the Aramites set themselves in array against David, and fought with him:

18 And the Aramites fled before Israel: and David destroyed [d]seven hundred chariots of the Aramites, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of his host, who died there.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 10:16 Or, Hadarezer.
  2. 2 Samuel 10:16 Or, Euphrates.
  3. 2 Samuel 10:17 Meaning, the greatest part.
  4. 2 Samuel 10:18 Which were the chiefest and most principal: for in all he destroyed 7000, as 1 Chron. 19:18, or the soldiers which were in 700 chariots.

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