When you draw near a city to attack it, offer it terms of peace.
creating words of comfort. Peace! Peace to those who are far and near, says the Lord; and I will heal them.
He shall banish the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; The warrior’s bow will be banished, and he will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
You know the word [that] he sent to the Israelites as he proclaimed peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all,
And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation,
He came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,
So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon, king of Heshbon, with this offer of peace:
If it agrees to your terms of peace and lets you in, all the people to be found in it shall serve you in forced labor.
When the officials have finished speaking to the army, military commanders shall be appointed over them. Cities of the Enemy.
Then he sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites to say, “What do you have against me that you come to fight with me in my land?”
Then the whole assembly sent word to the Benjaminites at the crag of Rimmon, offering them peace.