Psalm 78:9

Lessons From Israel's Past

⁸ Then they would not be like their fathers,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not loyal
and whose spirit was not faithful to God. ⁹ The Ephraimite archers turned back
on the day of battle.
¹⁰ They did not keep God’s covenant
and refused to live by His law.

Day of Battle

Ephraim

Deuteronomy 1:41-44

“You answered me, ‘We have sinned against the Lord. We will go up and fight just as the Lord our God commanded us.’ Then each of you put on his weapons of war and thought it would be easy to go up into the hill country.

Joshua 17:16-18

But the descendants of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who inhabit the valley area have iron chariots, both at Beth-shean with its towns and in the Jezreel Valley.”

Judges 9:28

Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech and who is Shechem that we should serve him? Isn’t he the son of Jerubbaal, and isn’t Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?

Judges 9:38-40

Zebul replied, “Where is your mouthing off now? You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Aren’t these the people you despised? Now go and fight them!”

Judges 20:39

the men of Israel would return to the battle. When Benjamin had begun to strike them down, killing about 30 men of Israel, they said, “They’re defeated before us, just as they were in the first battle.”

1 Samuel 4:10

So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was severe—30,000 of the Israelite foot soldiers fell.

1 Samuel 31:1

The Philistines fought against Israel, and Israel’s men fled from them. Many were killed on Mount Gilboa.

1 Chronicles 12:2

They were archers who could use either the right or left hand, both to sling stones and shoot arrows from a bow. They were Saul’s relatives from Benjamin:

Psalm 78:57

They treacherously turned away like their fathers;
they became warped like a faulty bow.

Luke 22:33

“Lord,” he told Him, “I’m ready to go with You both to prison and to death!”