2 Samuel 10:6-8

International Standard Version

⁶ When the Ammonites realized that they had created quite a stink with^[a] David, they hired 20,000 Aramean mercenaries from Beth-rehob and Zobah, along with the king of Maacah and 1,000 men, and 12,000 men from Tob. ⁷ In response, David sent out Joab and his entire army of elite soldiers. ⁸ The Ammonites went out in battle formation at the entrance to the city^[b] gate, while the Arameans from Zobah and Rehob, along with the army^[c] from Tob and Maacah, were out by themselves in the open fields.