Da ammonittene så at de var blitt hatefulle for David, sendte de bud og leide syrerne fra Bet-Rehob og syrerne fra Soba, tjue tusen fotsoldater, og kongen av Maaka med tusen menn, og mennene fra Tob, tolv tusen.
And when the children of Ammon saw that they were become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.