2 Samuel 17:9-11

Holman Christian Standard Bible

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 melt 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—be gathered to you and that you personally go into battle.