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1 Chronicles 19:12
“He said, "If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you are to help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you.”
Verse in context — 1 Chronicles 19
Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
He said, "If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you are to help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you.
Be courageous, and let us be strong for our people, and for the cities of our God. May Yahweh do that which seems good to him.
So Joab and the people who were with him drew near before the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.
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Genealogies and David’s reign, emphasizing temple worship.
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