10:7,8
In response to the insult David sends Joab out with the entire army. David is getting older now, and though up to this point he was known as a warrior, he is now much less so, and in the next chapter this may be part of the reason for his downfall. So the Ammonites and their allies/hired mercenaries line up for battle.
10:9-12
Joab was a complex man and prone to be impetuous, but here we see him in a good light. He arranged his men in an orderly fashion. His best troops would be deployed against the Arameans. The rest were deployed against the Ammonites under the command of his brother Abishai. The two groups were to go and help each other if it proved necessary. Joab encourages his soldiers to be “strong in the Lord, and to fight for Israel and their families. He also knew that the outcome was ultimately in the hands of the Lord.
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