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, I will help thee.
In what place soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, run all thither unto us. Our God will fight for us.
Bear ye one another's burdens; and so you shall fulfil the law of Christ.
And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abisai his brother: and they went against the children of Ammon.
Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves manfully for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord will do that which is good in his sight.