1 Chronicles 19 · Verse 15

1 Chronicles 19:15

And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 19:15, King James Version

1 Chronicles 19:15 in other translations

BSBWhen the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Joab’s brother Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab went back to Jerusalem.
WEBWhen the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
ASVAnd when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
YLTand the sons of Ammon have seen that Aram hath fled, and they flee--they also--from the face of Abishai his brother, and go in to the city. And Joab cometh in to Jerusalem.
DARBYAnd when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. And Joab came to Jerusalem.
BBEAnd when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from Abishai, his brother, and came into the town. Then Joab came back to Jerusalem.
WebsterAnd when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

What does 1 Chronicles 19:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 19:9-15

9-15. children of Ammon ... put the battle in array before the gate of the city--that is, outside the walls of Medeba, a frontier town on the Arnon. the kings that were come were by themselves in the field--The Israelitish army being thus beset by the Ammonites in front, and by the Syrian auxiliaries behind, Joab resolved to attack the latter (the more numerous and formidable host), while he directed his brother…

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1 Chronicles 19:15 in the original Hebrew

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וּבְנֵ֨יu.ve.Neiand [the] people ofH1121
עַמּ֤וֹןa.MonAmmonH5983
רָאוּ֙ra.'Uthey sawH7200
כִּי\־ki-thatH3588
נָ֣סnasit had fledH5127
אֲרָ֔ם'a.RamAramH758
וַיָּנ֣וּסוּvai.ya.Nu.suand they fledH5127
גַם\־gam-alsoH1571
הֵ֗םHemtheyH1992
מִפְּנֵי֙mi.pe.Neifrom beforeH6440
אַבְשַׁ֣י'av.ShaiAbishaiH52
אָחִ֔יו'a.Chivbrother hisH251
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uand they wentH935
הָעִ֑ירָהha.'I.rahthe city towardsH5892
וַיָּבֹ֥אvai.ya.Vo'and he wentH935
יוֹאָ֖בyo.'AvJoabH3097
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם\׃\ \פye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389

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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 19:15

  • Leviticus 26:7

    And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

  • Romans 8:31

    What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

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Le 26:7; Ro 8:31

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 19:14

    So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.

  • 1 Chronicles 19:15

    And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chronicles 19:16

    And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

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1 Chronicles 19:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y los hijos de Ammón, viendo que los Siros habían huído, huyeron también ellos delante de Abisai su hermano, y entráronse en la ciudad. Entonces Joab se volvió á Jerusalem.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et quand les fils d’Ammon virent que les Syriens s’étaient enfuis, ils s’enfuirent, eux aussi, devant Abishaï, son frère, et rentrèrent dans la ville. Et Joab vint à Jérusalem.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und als die Kinder Ammon sahen, daß die Syrer geflohen waren, da flohen auch sie vor seinem Bruder Abisai und zogen sich in die Stadt zurück. Und Joab kam nach Jerusalem.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Porro filii Ammon videntes quod fugisset Syrus, ipsi quoque fugerunt Abisai fratrem ejus, et ingressi sunt civitatem: reversusque est etiam Joab in Jerusalem.