Psalm 78:9

Lessons From Israel's Past

⁸ and might not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not set their heart aright, and whose spirit was not faithful with God. ⁹ The sons of Ephraim, armed shooters of bows, turned back in the day of battle. ¹⁰ They did not keep the covenant of God, and refused to walk in His Law.

Day of Battle

Ephraim

Deuteronomy 1:41-44

And you answered and said to me, We have sinned against Jehovah; we will go up and fight according to all that Jehovah our God commanded us. And when each one of you had buckled on his weapons of war, you were ready to go up into the hill.

Joshua 17:16-18

And the sons of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us. And all the Canaanites who live in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, those who are of Beth-shean and its towns, and those who are of the valley of Jezreel.

Judges 9:28

And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?

Judges 9:38-40

And Zebul said to him, Where is your mouth now, with which you said, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? Is not this the people whom you have despised? I pray you, go out now and fight with them.

Judges 20:39

And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to strike and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons. For they said, Surely they are stricken down before us as in the first battle.

1 Samuel 4:10

And the Philistines fought, and Israel was beaten, and each one of them fled into his tent. And there was a very great slaughter, for there fell thirty thousand footmen of Israel.

1 Samuel 31:1

And the Philistines fought against Israel. And the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down wounded in Mount Gilboa.

1 Chronicles 12:2

right and left-handed, armed with bows, with stones, and with arrows, with the bow from the brothers of Saul, of Benjamin.

Psalm 78:57

but they turned back, and acted unfaithfully like their fathers; they were turned aside like a deceiving bow.

Luke 22:33

And he said to Him, Lord, I am ready to go with You, both into prison and into death.