8On hearing this, David sent Joab out with the entire army of fighting men.


In Context

5 When someone came and told David about the men, he sent messengers to meet them, for they were greatly humiliated. The king said, "Stay at Jericho till your beards have grown, and then come back."

6 When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench in David's nostrils, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and charioteers from Aram Naharaim, Aram Maacah and Zobah.

7 They hired thirty-two thousand chariots and charioteers, as well as the king of Maacah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba, while the Ammonites were mustered from their towns and moved out for battle.

8 On hearing this, David sent Joab out with the entire army of fighting men.

9 The Ammonites came out and drew up in battle formation at the entrance to their city, while the kings who had come were by themselves in the open country.

10 Joab saw that there were battle lines in front of him and behind him; so he selected some of the best troops in Israel and deployed them against the Arameans.

1st Chronicles 19:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:8And when David heard [of it,] he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:8And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army of valiant men:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:8And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:8And David heard of it, and he sent Joab, and all the host, the mighty men.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:8And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:8And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:8When David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army of the mighty men.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:8And David heareth, and sendeth Joab, and all the host of the mighty men,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:8And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.