⁶And when the children of Ammon saw that they ^estank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired ^fthe Syrians of ^fBeth-rehob, and ^gthe Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king ^hMaacah a thousand men, and of ^||Ish-tob twelve thousand men.

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ech. 16:21 (Heb.). See 1 Sam. 13:4.
fSee Judg. 18:28.
fSee Judg. 18:28.
gch. 8:3, 5.
hRather as Josh. 13:11, 13. ver. 8. ch. 23:34. 1 Chr. 19:6, 7. Comp. Deut. 3:14.
||[Or, the men of Tob. See Judg. 11:3, 5]. So ver. 8.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

When the Ammonites saw that they had become a stench to David, the Ammonites sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, 20,000 foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah with 1,000 men, and the men of Tob, 12,000 men.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When the Ammonites realized that they had become obnoxious to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth Rehob and Zobah, as well as the king of Maakah with a thousand men, and also twelve thousand men from Tob.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When the Ammonites realized they had become repulsive to David, they hired twenty thousand foot soldiers from the Arameans of Beth-rehob and Zobah, one thousand men from the king of Maacah, and twelve thousand men from Tob.

NLTNew Living Translation

When the people of Ammon realized how seriously they had angered David, they sent and hired 20,000 Aramean foot soldiers from the lands of Beth-rehob and Zobah, 1,000 from the king of Maacah, and 12,000 from the land of Tob.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When the Ammonites saw that they had become odious to David, the Ammonites sent word and hired Aram Beth-Rehob and Aram-Zobah, twenty thousand infantry; and they also hired the king of Maacah, a thousand men, and the men of Tob, twelve thousand men.