2Sa 10:9-10 | ESV | STEP | When 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 .

2 Samuel 10:9-10

9 When 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. 10 The rest of his men he put in the charge of Abishai his brother, and he arrayed them against the Ammonites.