And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
but I made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not; and do thou, when once thou hast turned again, establish thy brethren.
in what place soever ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us; our God will fight for us.
and the rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and he put them in array against the children of Ammon.
Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God: and Jehovah do that which seemeth him good.