2 Samuel 10:11

And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shall help me, but if the sons of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10And the rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother. And he put them in array against the sons of Ammon.

12Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God. And LORD do that which seems good to him.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 4:20In whatever place ye hear the sound of the trumpet, gather ye there to us, our God will fight for us.

Romans 15:1Now we the strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the frail, and not to please ourselves.

Philippians 1:27Only be citizens worthy of the good-news of the Christ, so that, whether having come and having seen you or being absent, I may hear things about you that ye stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith o

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 10:7-15

The Ammonites and Syrians Defeated. ( b. c. 1037.) 6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men. 7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. 8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob,… Read the whole commentary →

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