Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
For they
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Bible References
For they
Deuteronomy 1:44
The Amorites living in the hill country went out {to oppose you} and chased you as [a swarm of] wild honey bees do; and [so] they {beat} you down in Seir as far as Hormah.
Wherefore
Joshua 2:9
and said to the men, "I know that Yahweh has given you the land, and that dread of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away [in fear] because of your presence.
Joshua 5:1
And it happened, when all the kings of the Amorites who [were] beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites who [were] by the sea heard that Yahweh dried up the waters of the Jordan in front of the {Israelites} until they crossed [over], their hearts melted, and {there was no courage left in them} because of the presence of the {Israelites}.
Leviticus 26:36
As for the ones who remain among you, I will bring fearfulness in their hearts in the land of their enemies; and a sound of a windblown leaf shall pursue them, and they shall flee [like] flight {before} a sword, and they shall fall, but there shall not be a pursuer.
Psalm 22:14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted {within me}.
Isaiah 13:7
Therefore all hands will grow slack, and every human heart will melt,
General references
Joshua 22:20
Did not Achan son of Zerah commit treachery with devoted things, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? {And he alone} did not perish because of his iniquity.'"
Psalm 58:7
Let them run [away] like water [that] runs off. [When] he bends [the bow], let his arrows [be] as though they were cut off.