2Sa 17:8, 18:3, Joe 3:10 | ESV | STEP | Hushai said , You know that your father and his men are mighty men , and that they are enraged , like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field . Besides, your father is expert in war ; he will not spend the night with the people .

2 Samuel 17:8

8 Hushai said, “You know that your father and his men are mighty men, and that they are enraged, ^{▼▼Hebrew bitter of soul} ^blike a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the people.

2 Samuel 18:3

3 ^cBut the men said, “You shall not go out. For if we flee, they will not care about us. If half of us die, they will not care about us. But you are worth ten thousand of us. Therefore it is better that you send us help from the city.”

Joel 3:10

10 ^dBeat your plowshares into swords,
and ^eyour pruning hooks into spears;
let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”