13. Then Joab and his men attacked the Arameans. The Arameans ran away from Joab and his men.
14. The Ammonites saw that the Arameans were running away, so they ran away from Abishai and went back to their city. So Joab came back from the battle with the Ammonites and went back to Jerusalem.
15. When the Arameans saw that the Israelites had defeated them, they came together into one big army.
16. Hadadezer sent messengers to bring the Arameans who lived on the other side of the Euphrates River. These Arameans came to Helam. Their leader was Shobach, the captain of Hadadezer’s army.