2 Samuel 11:25

New American Bible - revised edition

David said to the messenger: “This is what you shall say to Joab: ‘Do not let this be a great evil in your sight, for the sword devours now here and now there. Strengthen your attack on the city and destroy it.’ Encourage him.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:24

Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall above, and some of the king’s servants died; and your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”

2 Samuel 11:26

When the wife of Uriah heard that her husband had died, she mourned her lord.

2 Samuel 12:26

Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured that royal city.

Judges 20:22

But the army of the men of Israel took courage and again drew up for battle in the place where they had drawn up on the previous day.

1 Samuel 6:9

Then watch! If it goes up to Beth-shemesh along the route to the Lord’s territory, then it was the Lord who brought this great calamity upon us; if not, we will know that it was not the Lord’s hand, but a bad turn, that struck us.” The Ark in Beth-shemesh.