2 Samuel 11:25

Good News Translation

David said to the messenger, “Encourage Joab and tell him not to be upset, since you never can tell who will die in battle. Tell him to launch a stronger attack on the city and capture it.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:24

Then they shot arrows at us from the wall, and some of Your Majesty's officers were killed; your officer Uriah was also killed.”

2 Samuel 11:26

When Bathsheba heard that her husband had been killed, she mourned for him.

2 Samuel 12:26

Meanwhile Joab continued his campaign against Rabbah, the capital city of Ammon, and was about to capture it.

Judges 20:22

Then the Israelites went to the place of worship and mourned in the presence of the Lord until evening. They asked him, “Should we go again into battle against our brothers the Benjaminites?” The Lord answered, “Yes.” So the Israelite army was encouraged, and they placed their soldiers in position again, where they had been the day before.

1 Samuel 6:9

Then watch it go; if it goes toward the town of Beth Shemesh, this means that it is the God of the Israelites who has sent this terrible disaster on us. But if it doesn't, then we will know that he did not send the plague; it was only a matter of chance.”