Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
The stroke
Bible References
Smote
Psalm 18:34
He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend even the strongest bow.
Psalm 20:7
Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we depend on the Lord our God.
Psalm 149:6
May they praise God while they hold a two-edged sword in their hand,
2 Thessalonians 1:6
For it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
The stroke
Jeremiah 18:21
So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.