4 After a while, the Amʹmon·ites fought against Israel.+

6 In time the Amʹmon·ites saw that they had become a stench to David, so the Amʹmon·ites sent and hired Syrians of Beth-reʹhob+ and Syrians of Zoʹbah,+ 20,000 foot soldiers; and the king of Maʹa·cah,+ with 1,000 men; and from Ishʹtob,* 12,000 men.+

20 Afterward the Moʹab·ites+ and the Amʹmon·ites,+ together with some of the Amʹmon·im,* came to wage war against Je·hoshʹa·phat.