The Ammonites marched out and were deployed for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the men from Aram Zobah, Rehob, Ish-tob, and Maacah were by themselves in the field.p>

Joab<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;If the Arameans start to overpower me,<n id="2" /> you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you,<n id="3" /> I will come to your rescue.

<p class="bodytext">When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Makir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim

Furthermore,<n id="1" /> on the hill east of Jerusalem<n id="2" /> Solomon built a high place<n id="3" /> for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh<n id="4" /> and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.<n id="5" />

Joab<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;If the Arameans start to overpower me,<n id="2" /> you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you,<n id="3" /> I will come to your rescue.

When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before Joab&#8217;s<n id="1" /> brother Abishai and withdrew into the city. Joab went back to Jerusalem.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">When they began to shout and praise, the <sc>Lordsc> suddenly attacked<n id="1" /> the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir<n id="2" /> who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.

The Ammonites and Moabites attacked the men from Mount Seir<n id="1" /> and annihilated them.<n id="2" /> When they had finished off the men<n id="3" /> of Seir, they attacked and destroyed one another.<n id="4" />

<p class="poetry">They will swoop down<n id="1" /> on the Philistine hills to the west;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">together they will loot the people of the east.p> <p class="poetry">They will take over Edom and Moab,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and the Ammonites will be their subjects.p>

Mark out the routes for the sword to take: &#8220;Rabbah of the Ammonites&#8221; and &#8220;Judah with Jerusalem in it.&#8221;<n id="1" />

I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and Ammon<n id="1" /> a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>.

Then he will enter the beautiful land.<n id="1" /> Many<n id="2" /> will fall, but these will escape:<n id="3" /> Edom, Moab, and the Ammonite leadership.

<p class="poetry">&#8220;I have heard Moab&#8217;s tauntsp> <p class="poetry">and the Ammonites&#8217; insults.p> <p class="poetry">They<n id="1" /> taunted my peoplep> <p class="poetry">and verbally harassed those living in Judah.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">When the Ammonites realized that David was disgusted with them,<n id="1" /> they<n id="2" /> sent and hired 20,000 foot soldiers from Aram Beth Rehob and Aram Zobah,<n id="3" /> in addition to 1,000 men from the king of Maacah and 12,000 men from Ish-tob.<n id="4" />p>

Only King Og of Bashan was left of the remaining Rephaites. (It is noteworthy<n id="1" /> that his sarcophagus<n id="2" /> was made of iron.<n id="3" /> Does it not, indeed, still remain in Rabbath<n id="4" /> of the Ammonites? It is thirteen and a half feet<n id="5" /> long and six feet<n id="6" /> wide according to standard measure.)<n id="7" />p>

<p class="bodytext">King Sihon of the Amorites who lived<n id="1" /> in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) &#8211; including the city in the middle of the valley<n id="2" /> and half of Gilead &#8211; all the way to the Jabbok Valley bordering Ammonite territory.

The leaders<n id="1" /> of Gilead said to one another, &#8220;Who is willing to lead the charge<n id="2" /> against the Ammonites? He will become the leader of all who live in Gilead!&#8221;p>

The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, &#8220;That may be true,<n id="1" /> but now we pledge to you our loyalty.<n id="2" /> Come with us and fight with the Ammonites. Then you will become the leader<n id="3" /> of all who live in Gilead.&#8221;<n id="4" />

Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, &#8220;All right!<n id="1" /> If you take me back to fight with the Ammonites and the <sc>Lordsc> gives them to me,<n id="2" /> I will be your leader.&#8221;<n id="3" />

The Ammonite king said to Jephthah&#8217;s messengers, &#8220;Because Israel stole<n id="1" /> my land when they<n id="2" /> came up from Egypt &#8211; from the Arnon River in the south to the Jabbok River in the north, and as far west as the Jordan.<n id="3" /> Now return it<n id="4" /> peaceably!&#8221;p>