2 Samuel 11:25

New English Translation

David said to the messenger, “Tell Joab, ‘Don’t let this thing upset you. There is no way to anticipate whom the sword will cut down. Press the battle against the city and conquer it.’ Encourage him with these words.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:24

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

2 Samuel 11:26

When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for him.

2 Samuel 12:26

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

Judges 20:22

The Israelite army took heart and once more arranged their battle lines, in the same place where they had taken their positions the day before.

1 Samuel 6:9

But keep an eye on it. If it should go up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has brought this great calamity on us. But if that is not the case, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us; rather, it just happened to us by accident.”