Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”
O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. M
but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us
I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to