Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
New gods
Was there
Bible References
New gods
Judges 2:12
They abandoned the LORD God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods from among the gods of the nations who surrounded them. They bowed down in worship of them, and by doing so angered the LORD.
Deuteronomy 32:16
They provoked him to jealousy over foreigners and to anger over detestable things.
Was there
Judges 4:3
The Israelis cried out to the LORD, because of his 900 iron chariots. Jabin oppressed the Israelis forcefully for twenty years.
1 Samuel 13:19
No blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel because the Philistines thought, "This will keep the Hebrews from making swords or spears."