14 Bible Verses about Spoils Of War

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Genesis 34:28

They took their sheep, cattle, donkeys, and whatever was in the city and in the field.

Exodus 12:36

And the Lord gave the people such favor in the Egyptians’ sight that they gave them what they requested. In this way they plundered the Egyptians.

Numbers 31:9

The Israelites took the Midianite women and their children captive, and they plundered all their cattle, flocks, and property.

Deuteronomy 2:35

We took only the livestock and the spoil from the cities we captured as plunder for ourselves.

Deuteronomy 13:16

You are to gather all its spoil in the middle of the city square and completely burn up the city and all its spoil for the Lord your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever; it is not to be rebuilt.

Deuteronomy 20:14

But you may take the women, children, animals, and whatever else is in the city—all its spoil—as plunder. You may enjoy the spoil of your enemies that the Lord your God has given you.

Judges 5:30

“Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—
a girl or two for each warrior,
the spoil of colored garments for Sisera,
the spoil of an embroidered garment or two for my neck?”

1 Samuel 14:32

they rushed to the plunder, took sheep, cattle, and calves, slaughtered them on the ground, and ate meat with the blood still in it.

1 Samuel 17:53

When the Israelites returned from the pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.

2 Samuel 3:22

Just then David’s soldiers and Joab returned from a raid and brought a large amount of plundered goods with them. Abner was not with David in Hebron because David had dismissed him, and he had gone in peace.

2 Kings 7:16

Then the people went out and plundered the Aramean camp.

It was then that six quarts of fine meal sold for a shekel and 12 quarts of barley sold for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 14:13

Then Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell until they had no survivors, for they were crushed before Yahweh and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great supply of loot.

2 Chronicles 15:11

At that time they sacrificed to the Lord 700 cattle and 7,000 sheep from all the plunder they had brought.

2 Chronicles 20:25

Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to gather the plunder. They found among them an abundance of goods on the bodies and valuable items. So they stripped them until nobody could carry any more. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much.

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1 Chronicles 18:11

King David also dedicated these to the Lord, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all the nations—from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and the Amalekites.

2 Samuel 8:11

King David also dedicated these to the Lord, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued

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