2 Samuel 10:9

10:9 When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel’s best men and deployed them against the Arameans. ¹ 

2 Samuel 14:24

14:24 But the king said, “Let him go over ²  to his own house. He may not see my face.” So Absalom went over ³  to his own house; he did not see the king’s face.

[10:9]  ¹ tn Heb “and Joab saw that the face of the battle was to him before and behind and he chose from all the best in Israel and arranged to meet Aram.”

[14:24]  ² tn Heb “turn aside.”

[14:24]  ³ tn Heb “turned aside.”