2 Samuel 18:3

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘You must not go! ’  the people pleaded. ‘If we have to flee, they will not pay any attention to us. Even if half of us die, they will not pay any attention to us because you are worth  ten thousand of us. Therefore, it is better if you support us from the city.’

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:17

But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, ‘You must never again go out with us to battle. You must not extinguish the lamp of Israel.’

Zechariah 13:7

Sword, awake against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate – this is the declaration of the  Lord of Armies. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.

Lamentations 4:20

The Lord’s anointed, the breath of our life,  , was captured in their traps. We had said about him, ‘We will live under his protection among the nations.’

1 Kings 22:31

Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders,  ‘Do not fight with anyone at all  except the king of Israel.’

2 Samuel 17:2

I will attack him while he is weary and discouraged,  throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will scatter. I will strike down only the king

2 Samuel 10:11

‘If the Arameans are too strong for me,’ Joab said, ‘then you will be my help. However, if the Ammonites are too strong for you, I’ll come to help you.

1 Samuel 18:7

As they danced, the women sang: Saul has killed his thousands, but David his tens of thousands.