And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? Elohim do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy master's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.