Be strong, and let us show ourselves courageous for the sake of our people and for the cities of our God; and may the LORD do what is good in His sight."Joab here shows that his motives were right at the time. He's urging his brother to be courageous not for the acclaim, or the honor of their victory. Instead, he's saying to be courageous for the sake of the people, though I'm not sure if he means the troops under their command, or the rest of the nation that is looking to them for victory. The fact that he mentions the cities may mean the latter, but again that may just be the fact that they need to win to protect the rest of the nation.
Also, he shows that he is in submission to God through all this. He says God will do what He wants to, and they must submit. This is similar to "Thy will be done" that Jesus would pray at Gethsemane. He wants to win, but if God would have them lose, so be it. Also, if God would have them win in a manner different from how they plan, that's OK too. The outcome is in God's hand, and He will do what is right.
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