2 Samuel 10:11 · KJV
“And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.”
— 2 Samuel 10:11
And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put {them} in array against the children of Ammon.
Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
2 Samuel 10 — Context
When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice {men} of Israel, and put {them} in array against the Syrians:
10And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put {them} in array against the children of Ammon.
11And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.
12Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
13And Joab drew nigh, and the people that {were} with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
Cross References
Galatians 6:2
Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Luke 22:32
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Nehemiah 4:20
In what place {therefore} ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
Philippians 1:27-28
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
1 Chronicles 19:9-12
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come {were} by themselves in the field.
Romans 15:1
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.