13 Joab and all the people who were with him moved forward into the battle against Aram, and they fled from before him. 14 When the ⌊Ammonites⌋n saw that Aram had fled, they fled from before Abishai and entered the city. Then Joab returned from fighting against the ⌊Ammonites⌋o and came to Jerusalem.

The Arameans Regroup for Attack

15 When the Arameans saw that they were defeated before Israel, they gathered themselves together. 16 Then Hadadezer sent and brought out the Arameans who were beyond the Euphrates, and they came to Helam. Now Shobach, the commander of the army of Hadadezer, ⌊was at their head⌋.p 17 David was told, so he gathered all Israel and crossed over the Jordan and came to Helam. Aram ⌊arranged themselves in battle lines⌋q to meet David, and they fought with him. 18 And Aram fled before Israel, and David killed from the Arameans seven hundred chariot teams and forty thousand horsemen. He struck down Shobach, the commander of his army, and he died there. 19 When all the kings, the servants of Hadadezer, saw that he had been defeated before Israel, they made peace with Israel and served them, and Aram was afraid to help the ⌊Ammonites⌋r any longer.