[16] sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host went before [17] And when it was told David, all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him. [18] And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died