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25 “Well, tell Joab not to be discouraged,” David said. “The sword kills one as well as another![a] Fight harder next time, and conquer the city; tell him he is doing well.”

26 When Bathsheba heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him; 27 then, when the period of mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her to the palace and she became one of his wives; and she gave birth to his son. But the Lord was very displeased with what David had done.

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  1. 2 Samuel 11:25 The sword kills one as well as another, literally, “The sword devours now one and now another.”

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