2 Samuel 17:9-11

New International Version - UK

⁹ Even now, he is hidden in a cave or some other place. If he should attack your troops first,^[a] whoever hears about it will say, “There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.” ¹⁰ Then even the bravest soldier, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will melt with fear, for all Israel knows that your father is a fighter and that those with him are brave.

¹¹ ‘So I advise you: let all Israel, from Dan to Beersheba – as numerous as the sand on the seashore – be gathered to you, with you yourself leading them into battle.