2 Samuel 10:11

And he saith, 'If Aram be stronger than I, then thou hast been to me for salvation, and if the Bene-Ammon be stronger than thou, then I have come to give salvation to thee;

Young's Literal Translation

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 hath given into the hand of Abishai his brother, and setteth in array to meet the Bene-Ammon.

12be strong and strengthen thyself for our people, and for the cities of our God, and Jehovah doth that which is good in His eyes.'

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Cross References

Nehemiah 4:20in the place that ye hear the voice of the trumpet thither ye are gathered unto us; our God doth fight for us.'

Romans 15:1And we ought — we who are strong — to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves;

Philippians 1:27Only worthily of the good news of the Christ conduct ye yourselves, that, whether having come and seen you, whether being absent I may hear of the things concerning you, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul, striving together 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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