2 Samuel 11:25

New Century Version

David said to the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Don’t be upset about this. The sword kills everyone the same. Make a stronger attack against the city and capture it.’ Encourage Joab with these words.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:24

The archers on the city wall shot at your servants, and some of your men were killed. Your servant Uriah the Hittite also died.”

2 Samuel 11:26

When Bathsheba heard that her husband was dead, she cried for him.

2 Samuel 12:26

Joab fought against Rabbah, a royal city of the Ammonites, and he was about to capture it.

Judges 20:22

The Israelites went before the Lord and cried until evening. They asked the Lord, “Shall we go to fight our relatives, the Benjaminites, again?” The Lord answered, “Go up and fight them.” The men of Israel encouraged each other. So they took the same battle positions they had taken the first day.

1 Samuel 6:9

Watch the cart. If it goes toward Beth Shemesh in Israel’s own land, the Lord has given us this great sickness. But if it doesn’t, we will know that Israel’s God has not punished us. Our sickness just happened by chance.”