2 Samuel 10:12

Be of good courage, and let us play the men Lit. Be strong and let us shew ourselves strong: the same words as those translated in 1 Chronicles 19:13 "Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly."

for the cities of our God As the people of Israel were the people of the Lord, so the land which He had given them was His, and its cities were His. They were fighting "the Lord's battles," that these cities might not fall into heathen hands and be given over to the worship of heathen gods. Cp. 1Sa 17:36; 1 Samuel 17:47; 1 Samuel 18:17.

theLord do that which seemeth him good Better, Jehovah will do, &c.: an expression of trust combined with resignation to God's will. Cp. 1 Samuel 3:18.