Verse 25

Then David{H1732} said{H559} unto the messenger,{H4397} Thus shalt thou say{H559} unto Joab,{H3097} Let not this thing{H1697} displease{H3415} thee, for the sword{H2719} devoureth{H398} one as well as another;{H2090} make thy battle{H4421} more strong{H2388} against the city,{H5892} and overthrow{H2040} it: and encourage{H2388} thou him.

Referenced Verses

• Josh 7:8-9 : 8 Oh,{H994} Lord,{H136} what shall I say,{H559} after that{H310} Israel{H3478} hath turned{H2015} their backs{H6203} before{H6440} their enemies!{H341} 9 For the Canaanites{H3669} and all the inhabitants{H3427} of the land{H776} will hear{H8085} of it, and will compass us round,{H5437} and cut off{H3772} our name{H8034} from the earth:{H776} and what wilt thou do{H6213} for thy great{H1419} name?{H8034}
• 1 Sam 6:9 : 9 And see;{H7200} if it goeth up{H5927} by the way{H1870} of its own border{H1366} to Beth-shemesh,{H1053} then he hath done{H6213} us this great{H1419} evil:{H7451} but if not, then we shall know{H3045} that it is not his hand{H3027} that smote{H5060} us; it was a chance{H4745} that happened to us.{H1961}
• 2 Sam 12:26 : 26 Now Joab{H3097} fought{H3898} against Rabbah{H7237} of the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} and took{H3920} the royal{H4410} city.{H5892}
• Eccl 9:1-3 : 1 For all this I laid{H5414} to my heart,{H3820} even to explore{H952} all this: that the righteous,{H6662} and the wise,{H2450} and their works,{H5652} are in the hand{H3027} of God;{H430} whether it be love{H160} or{H1571} hatred,{H8135} man{H120} knoweth{H3045} it not; all is before{H6440} them. 2 All things come alike to all: there is one{H259} event{H4745} to the righteous{H6662} and to the wicked;{H7563} to the good{H2896} and to the clean{H2889} and to the unclean;{H2931} to him that sacrificeth{H2076} and to him that{H834} sacrificeth{H2076} not; as is the good,{H2896} so is the sinner;{H2398} [and] he that sweareth,{H7650} as he that feareth{H3373} an oath.{H7621} 3 This is an evil{H7451} in all that is done{H6213} under the sun,{H8121} that there is one{H259} event{H4745} unto all: yea also, the heart{H3820} of the sons{H1121} of men{H120} is full{H4390} of evil,{H7451} and madness{H1947} is in their heart{H3824} while they live,{H2416} and after{H310} that [they go] to the dead.{H4191}
• Eccl 9:11-12 : 11 I returned,{H7725} and saw{H7200} under the sun,{H8121} that the race{H4793} is not to the swift,{H7031} nor the battle{H4421} to the strong,{H1368} neither yet bread{H3899} to the wise,{H2450} nor yet riches{H6239} to men of understanding,{H995} nor yet favor{H2580} to men of skill;{H3045} but time{H6256} and chance{H6294} happeneth{H7136} to them all. 12 For man{H120} also knoweth{H3045} not his time:{H6256} as the fishes{H1709} that are taken{H270} in an evil{H7451} net,{H4685} and as the birds{H6833} that are caught{H270} in the snare,{H6341} even so{H1992} are the sons{H1121} of men{H120} snared{H3369} in an evil{H7451} time,{H6256} when it falleth{H5307} suddenly{H6597} upon them.