One as well as another. — While David’s reply to Joab is ostensibly to encourage him, on the ground that the mishap was a mere accident of war, it is yet couched in such language as to imply a special regret for the loss of Uriah. “One as well as another,” i.e., “though Uriah was a brave hero whom we could ill spare, yet in the fortune of war we cannot choose who shall fall. Notwithstanding this loss, let Joab go on with a good heart.”
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2 Samuel 11:25
25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displeasee thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.