1 Chronicles 19:18
But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host. But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.
The account belongs to a second stage of the conflict, when the Syrians had recovered from their earlier defeat and gathered again with a still greater army to press the war against Israel. Their regrouping brought a larger and more formidable force into the field, setting the occasion for the decisive engagement described here. When battle was joined the Syrians broke and fled before Israel rather than standing to their array. David himself went out at the head of the attack, leading in person the stroke that overthrew their host and cut down its commander Shophach. The destruction fell both upon the chariot force, numbered at seven thousand men, and upon the foot, numbered at forty thousand, together with the captain of the host. The undertaking was a perilous expedition, entered upon against superior human strength in chariots and horses. Victory came because David placed his trust in God rather than in such instruments of war.