⁶ Now when the sons of Ammon saw that ^(A)they had become odious to David, the sons of Ammon sent and ^(B)hired the Arameans of ^(C)Beth-rehob and the ^(D)Arameans of Zobah, 20,000 foot soldiers, and the king of ^(E)Maacah with 1,000 men, and the men of Tob with 12,000 men.

⁸ The sons of Ammon came out and drew up in battle array ^(A)at the entrance of the ^[a]city, while the Arameans of Zobah and of Rehob and the men of ^(B)Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the field.