[9] When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians: [10] And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon. [11] And he said, If the Syrians be too strong me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.