2 Samuel 18:3

Good News Translation

“You mustn't go with us,” they answered. “It won't make any difference to the enemy if the rest of us turn and run, or even if half of us are killed; but you are worth ten thousand of us. It will be better if you stay here in the city and send us help.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 10:11

Joab said to him, “If you see that the Syrians are defeating me, come and help me, and if the Ammonites are defeating you, I will go and help you.

2 Samuel 17:2

I will attack him while he is tired and discouraged. He will be frightened, and all his men will run away. I will kill only the king

2 Samuel 21:17

But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David's help, attacked the giant, and killed him. Then David's men made David promise that he would never again go out with them to battle. “You are the hope of Israel, and we don't want to lose you,” they said.

1 Kings 22:31

The king of Syria had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders to attack no one else except the king of Israel.

Lamentations 4:20

They captured the source of our life, the king the Lord had chosen, the one we had trusted to protect us from every invader.

Zechariah 13:7

The Lord Almighty says, “Wake up, sword, and attack the shepherd who works for me! Kill him, and the sheep will be scattered. I will attack my people

1 Samuel 18:7

In their celebration the women sang, “Saul has killed thousands, but David tens of thousands.”