⁹ When Joab saw that there was a battle line in front of him and another behind him, he chose some men out of all the elite troops of Israel and lined up in battle formation to engage the Arameans.

¹⁰ When Joab saw that there was a battle line in front of him and another behind him, he chose some men out of all the elite troops^[a](A) of Israel and lined up in battle formation to engage the Arameans.