Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

Bible References

For the sword

Joshua 7:8
With leave, O Lord, what to say, after that Israel turned back the neck before his enemies.
1 Samuel 6:9
And see if it shall go up the way of its bound to the House of the Sun, it did to us this great evil: and if not we shall know that not his hand struck upon us; it was a chance to us.
Ecclesiastes 9:1
For all this I gave to my heart, and to examine all this, that the just and the wise and their works are in the hand of God: also love, also hatred, no man shall know of all before them.

Make

2 Samuel 12:26
And Joab will fight against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and he will take the city of the kingdom.