Verse 17
And when it was told David ,.... What preparations the Syrians were making to fight him, and where they were:
he gathered all Israel together ; all the fighting men in the country:
and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam : which, according to Bunting F2 Travels, &c.; p. 140,141. , was twenty miles from Jerusalem. David seems to have gone himself in person to this war:
and the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him ; they formed themselves in a line of battle, and attacked him first, being eager to fight, and perhaps confident of victory, because of their numbers.
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