2 Samuel 10:11

He said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come and help you.

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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

10The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and he put them in array against the children of Ammon.

12Be courageous, and let’s be strong for our people and for the cities of our God; and may the LORD do what seems good to him.”

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Cross References

Nehemiah 4:20Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God will fight for us.”

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

Philippians 1:27Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

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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