2 Samuel 11:25

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

David replied, “Tell Joab to cheer up and not to be upset about what happened. You never know who will be killed in a war. Tell him to strengthen his attack against the city and break through its walls.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:24

Then they shot arrows at us from the top of the wall. Some of your soldiers were killed, and one of them was Uriah the Hittite.”

2 Samuel 11:26

When Bathsheba heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.

2 Samuel 12:26

Meanwhile, Joab had been in the country of Ammon, attacking the city of Rabbah. He captured the royal fortress

Judges 20:22

The people of Israel went to the place of worship and cried until sunset. Then they asked the LORD, “Should we attack the people of Benjamin again, even though they are our relatives?” “Yes,” the LORD replied, “attack them again!” The Israelite soldiers encouraged each other to be brave and to fight hard. Then the next day they went back to Gibeah and took up the same positions as they had before.

1 Samuel 6:9

Watch to see if the chest goes on up the road to the Israelite town of Beth-Shemesh. If it goes back to its own country, you will know that it was the LORD who made us suffer so badly. But if the chest doesn't go back to its own country, then the LORD had nothing to do with the disease that hit us—it was simply bad luck.