Then they came to him, all the chiefs of the children of Esau and all the governors of the people of Moab and the captains of the sea coast, and they said,
Let our lord now hear a word, so that there will not be a loss among your army.
For this people of the children of Israel do not trust in their spears, but in the height of the mountains where they dwell, for it is not easy to come up to the tops of their mountains.
Now therefore, my lord, do not fight against them in battle array and not so much as one man among your people will perish. Remain in your camp and keep all the men of your army there,