1 Chronicles 19:6-15

6When the Ammonites saw that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent 1,000 talents
A  talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
of silver to hire chariots and horsemen bfrom Mesopotamia, from Aram-maacah, and from cZobah.
7They hired 32,000 chariots and the king of Maacah with his army, who came and encamped before dMedeba. And the Ammonites were mustered from their cities and came to battle. 8When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men. 9And the Ammonites came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the open country.

Ammonites and Syrians Defeated

10When Joab saw that the battle was set against him both in front and in the rear, he chose some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Syrians. 11The rest of his men he put in the charge of eAbishai his brother, and they were arrayed against the Ammonites. 12And he said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me, but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will help you. 13Be strong, and let us use our strength for our people and for the cities of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.” 14So Joab and the people who were with him drew near before the Syrians for battle, and they fled before him. 15And when the Ammonites saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before fAbishai, Joab’s brother, and entered the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

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