2 Samuel 17:9-11

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁹ He’s probably already hiding in one of the caves^[a] or some other place. If some of our troops fall^[b] first, someone is sure to hear and say, “There’s been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.” ¹⁰ Then, even a brave man with the heart of a lion^(A) will lose heart^[c] because all Israel knows that your father and the valiant men with him are warriors. ¹¹ Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba – as numerous as the sand by the sea^(B) – be gathered to you and that you personally go into battle.