12. "Be strong. Let's be brave as we fight for our people and the cities of our God. The Lord will do what he thinks is best."
13. Then Joab and the troops who were with him marched out to attack the Arameans. They ran away from him.
14. The Ammonites saw that the Arameans were running away. So they ran away from Abishai. They went inside the city. After Joab had fought against the Ammonites, he went back to Jerusalem.
15. The Arameans saw that they had been driven away by Israel. So they brought their troops together.
16. Hadadezer had some Arameans brought from east of the Euphrates River. They went to Helam under the command of Shobach. He was the commander of Hadadezer's army.
17. David was told about it. So he gathered the whole army of Israel together. They went across the Jordan River to Helam. The Arameans lined up their soldiers to go to war against David. They began to fight against him.
18. But then they ran away from Israel. David killed 700 of their chariot riders. He killed 40,000 of their soldiers who were on foot. He also struck down Shobach, the commander of their army. Shobach died there.