25 David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Don’t let this upset you; the sword devours one as well as another. Press the attack against the city and destroy it.’ Say this to encourage Joab.”

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25 Then David said to the messenger, “Thus you shall say to Joab: ‘Do not let this thing [a]displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city, and overthrow it.’ So encourage him.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 11:25 Lit. be evil in your sight