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16 Hadadezer sent for the Arameans who lived beyond the Euphrates River,[a] and they set out for Helam, with Shobach[b] leading them as commander of Hadadezer’s army.

17 When David learned this, he mustered all of Israel, crossed the Jordan River, and approached Helam. The Arameans assembled in battle array to attack David, and started their assault. 18 But the Arameans retreated from Israel, and David’s forces[c] killed 700 of their charioteers, 40,000 soldiers, and mortally wounded Shobach, the commander of their army. As a result, Shobach[d] died there.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 10:16 The Heb. lacks Euphrates
  2. 2 Samuel 10:16 Cf. 1Chr 19:16, which reads Shophach
  3. 2 Samuel 10:18 Lit. David
  4. 2 Samuel 10:18 Lit. he