2 Samuel 18:1-3

Legacy Standard Bible

Joab Puts Absalom to Death

18 Then David ^[a]numbered the people who were with him and ^(A)set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. ² And David sent the people out, ^(B)one-third under the hand of Joab, one-third under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and one-third under the hand of ^(C)Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, “I myself will surely go out with you also.” ³ But the people said, “^(D)You should not go out; for if we indeed flee, they will not set their heart on us; even if half of us die, they will not set their heart on us. But now ^[b]you are worth ten thousand of us; so now it is better that you be ready to help us from the city.”