2 Samuel 10:7-9

The Voice

⁷ When David heard the Ammonites were preparing for war, he sent Joab and all his fighting men. ⁸ The Ammonites arrayed themselves in front of the gates, but their mercenaries (the Arameans of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah) took up positions out in the open country.

⁹ When Joab saw that the battle lines had been drawn both in front of and behind him, he chose some of Israel’s best fighting men and set them against the Arameans,