New Revised Standard Version
So Joab and the troops who were with him advanced toward the Arameans for battle; and they fled before him.

Contemporary English Version
Joab and his soldiers attacked the Syrians, and the Syrians ran from them.

New American Bible
Joab therefore advanced with his men to engage the Arameans in battle; but they fled before him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So Joab and the people that were with him, went against the Syrians to the battle: and he put them to flight.

So Joab and the people that were with him, went against the Syrians to the battle: and he put them to flight.

they fled

1 Kings 20:13,19-21,28-30 And behold a prophet coming to Achab, king of Israel, said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Hast thou seen all this exceeding great multitude? behold I will deliver them into thy hand this day: that thou mayst know that I am the Lord. . . .

2 Chronicles 13:5-16 Do you not know that the Lord God of Israel gave to David the kingdom over Israel for ever, to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt? . . .

Jeremiah 46:15,16 Why are thy valiant men come to nothing? they stood not: because the Lord hath overthrown them. . . .