12. Be strong, and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. The Lord will do what is good in his sight.’
13. Then Joab and the troops with him advanced to fight the Arameans, and they fled before him.
14. When the Ammonites realised that the Arameans were fleeing, they fled before Abishai and went inside the city. So Joab returned from fighting the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.
15. After the Arameans saw that they had been routed by Israel, they regrouped.
16. Hadadezer had Arameans brought from beyond the River Euphrates; they went to Helam, with Shobak the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.
17. When David was told of this, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan and went to Helam. The Arameans formed their battle lines to meet David and fought against him.