And before Eleazar the priest, he shall stand, and he asked for him in the judgment of the Lights before Jehovah: at his mouth they shall go out, and at his mouth they shall come in, he and all the sons of Israel with him, and all the assembly. Verse Concepts

Judges 1:1

And it will be after the death of Joshua, and the sons of Israel will ask of Jehovah, saying, Who will go up for us against the Canaanites in the beginning to war against them? Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 14:19

And it will be while Saul spake to the priest, and the multitude which was in the camp of the rovers, and it went going and increasing: and Saul will say to the priest, Take back thy hand. Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 14:37-41

And Saul will ask in God, Shall I go down after the rovers? wilt thou give them into the hand of Israel? And he will not answer him in that day. And Saul will say, Draw near here all the corners of the people: and know and see in what was this sin this day. For Jehovah lives, having saved Israel, for if it is in Jonathan my son, for dying he shall die. And none from all the people answered him. read more.
And he will say to all Israel, Ye shall be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on one side. And the people will say to Saul, Do the good in thine eyes. And Saul will say to Jehovah the God of Israel, Give the truth. And Jonathan will be taken, and Saul: and the people will come forth.

1 Samuel 23:2-12

And David will ask in Jehovah, saying, Shall I go and strike against these rovers? And Jehovah will say to David, Go and strike against the rovers, and save Keilah. And David's men will say to him, Behold us here in Judah being afraid, and even more if we shall go to Keilah against the ranks of the rovers. And David will add yet to ask in Jehovah, and Jehovah will answer him and say, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I gave the rovers into thy hand. read more.
And David will go, and his men, to Keilah, and he will war against the rovers, and drive away their cattle, and strike against them a great blow. And David will save the inhabitants of Keilah. And it will be in the fleeing of Abiathar son of Ahimelech, to David to Keilah, he brought down an ephod in his hand. And it will be announced to Saul that David came to Keilah. And Saul will say, God sold him into my hand; for he was shut up, to come to a city of doors and bars. And Saul will summon all the people to war to go down to Keilah to press against David and against his men. And David knew that Saul was working evil against him; and he will say to Abiathar the priest, Bring near the ephod. And David will say, Jehovah God of Israel, hearing, thy servant heard that Saul is seeking to come to Keilah to destroy the city on account of me. Will the lords of Keilah shut me up in his hand? will Saul come down as thy servant heard? Jehovah God of Israel, announce now to thy servant Jehovah will say, He will come down. And David will say, Will the lords of Keilah shut me up and my men into the hand of Saul? And Jehovah will say, They will shut up.

1 Samuel 30:8

And David will ask in Jehovah, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I hedge it in? and he will say, Pursue: and hedging, thou shalt hedge in, and taking away, thou shalt take away. Verse Concepts

2 Samuel 2:1

And it will be after this, and David will ask in Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up into one of the cities of Judah? and Jehovah will say to him, Go up. And David will say, Whither shall I go up? and he will say, To Hebron. Verse Concepts

2 Samuel 5:19

And David will ask in Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up against the rovers? wilt thou give them into my hand? and Jehovah will say to David, Go up: for giving, I will give the rovers into thy hand. Verse Concepts

2 Samuel 5:23

And David will ask in God, and he will say, Thou shalt not go up: turn about behind them and thou shalt cover against them from before the weepings Verse Concepts

1 Kings 22:7-28

And Jehoshaphat will say, Is there not here yet a prophet to Jehovah, and we will seek from him? And the king of Israel will say to Jehoshaphat, Yet one man to seek Jehovah from him, and I hated him, for he will not prophesy good concerning me, but evil, Micaiah, son of Imlah And Jehoshaphat will say, The king shall not say thus. And the king of Israel will call for one eunuch, and say, Hasten, Micaiah, son of Imlah. read more.
And the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, sitting each upon his throne, putting on their garments in the area of the opening of the gate of Shomeron; and all the prophets prophesying before them. And Zedekiah, son of Chenaanah, will make to him horns of iron: and he will say, Thus said Jehovah, With these shalt thou push Aram till thou finished them. . And all the prophets prophesying thus, saying, Go up to Ramath-Gilead and prosper: and Jehovah gave into the hand of the king. And the messenger who went to call Micaiah, spake to him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets of one mouth good to the king: will thy words now be according to the word of one of them, and speak thou good? And Micaiah will say, Jehovah lives, for what Jehovah shall say to me I will speak it. And he will come to the king, and the king will say to him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-Gilead to war, or shall we desist? And he will say to him, Go up, and prosper: and Jehovah gave into the hand of the king. And the king will say to him, Till how many times do I cause thee to swear that thou wilt not speak to me only truth in the name of Jehovah? And he will say, I saw all Israel scattered to the mountains as sheep which not to them a shepherd: and Jehovah will say, No lords to these; they shall turn back a man to his house in peace. And the king of Israel will say to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say to thee he will not prophesy good concerning me, but evil? And he will say, For this, hear the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the army of the heavens standing by him from his right hand and from his left And Jehovah will say, Who will deceive Ahab, and he shall go up and fall in Ramoth-Gilead? and this will say according to this, and this said according to this. And the spirit will go forth and stand before Jehovah, and he will say, I will deceive him. And Jehovah will say, By what? And he will say, I will go forth and be to him a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he will say, Thou shalt deceive, and thou shalt be able: go forth and do thus. And now behold, Jehovah gave a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and Jehovah spake evil concerning thee. And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah will come near, and strike Micaiah upon the cheek, saying, Where passed the spirit of Jehovah from me to speak to thee? And Micaiah will say, Behold thee seeing in that day when thou shalt go into a chamber, in a chamber to hide thyself. And the king of Israel will say, Take Micaiah and turn him back to Amon, chief of the city, and to Joash son of the king. And say, Thus said the king, Put this in the house of shutting up, and cause him to eat the bread of oppression and the waters of oppression till my coming in peace. And Micaiah will say, If turning back, thou shalt turn back in peace, Jehovah spake not in me. And he will say, Hear, ye peoples, all of them.

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2 Kings 3:11-19

And Jehoshaphat will say, Is there not here a prophet to Jehovah, and we will seek Jehovah from him? And one of the servants of the king of Israel will answer and say, Here is Elisha, son of Shaphat, who poured water upon, the hands of Elijah. And Jehoshaphat will say the word of Jehovah is with him, and the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom will come down to him And Elisha will say to the king of Israel, What to me; and to thee go to the prophets of thy father and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel will say to him, Nay for Jehovah called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab. read more.
And Elisha will say, Jehovah of armies lives whom I stand before him, for unless I accept the face of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, if I will look to thee and if I will, see thee And now take to me a player on an instrument And it was when the player played, and the hand of Jehovah will be upon him. And he will say, Thus said Jehovah, Make this torrent, pits, pits. for thus said Jehovah, Ye shall not see wind, and ye shall not see rain; and that torrent shall be full of water, and ye drunk, and your possessions, and your cattle. And: this was light in the eyes of Jehovah, and he gave Moab into your hand. And strike ye every fortified city and every chosen city, and every good tree ye shall cause it to fall, and all the fountains of water ye shall shut up, and every good part ye shall mar with stones.

1 Chronicles 14:10

And David will ask in God, saying, Shall I go up against the rovers? and gavest thou them into my hand? and Jehovah will say to him, Go up; and I gave them into thy hand. Verse Concepts

1 Chronicles 14:14

And David will yet ask in God: and God will say to him, Thou shalt not go up after them; turn about from off them, and go to them from the front of the weepings. Verse Concepts

Jeremiah 37:7-10

Thus said Jehovah God of Israel, Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah. sending you to me to seek me out, Behold the army of Pharaoh coming forth to you for help, turning back to its land of Egypt And the Chaldeans turned back and mimed against this city, and took hand burnt it with fire. Thus said Jehovah, Ye shall not lift up Your souls, saying, Departing, the Chaldeans will go from us: for they shall not go. read more.
For if ye struck all the army of the Chaldeans warring with you, and men thrust through remained among them, they shall arise a man in his tent and burn this city in fire.

Armies » March in ranks » Roman army » Centurions

Matthew 8:5

And Jesus having entered into Capernaum, a captain of a hundred came to him, and beseeching him, Verse Concepts

Matthew 8:8

And the captain of a hundred having answered said, Lord, I am not fit that thou shouldest enter in under my roof: but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed. Verse Concepts

Matthew 27:54

And the centurion, and they with him, observing Jesus, having seen the shaking, and the things having been, were greatly afraid, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. Verse Concepts

Luke 7:2

And a certain centurion's servant being sick, was about to die; which was highly valued by him. Verse Concepts

Luke 23:47

And the centurion having seen that having been done, honoured God, saying, Surely this man was just. Verse Concepts

Acts 10:1

And a certain man was in Cesarea by name Cornelius, a centurion of the band called Italian, Verse Concepts

Acts 10:7

And when the messenger speaking to Cornelius departed, having called two of his servants, and a religious soldier of those persevering with him; Verse Concepts

Acts 10:22

And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and fearing God, and witnessed of by the whole nation of the Jews, received intimation of the divine will by a holy messenger to send for thee to his house, and hear words of thee. Verse Concepts

Acts 21:32

Who having taken out of it the soldiers and centurions, he ran down to them: and they having seen the captain of a thousand and the soldiers, ceased striking Paul. Verse Concepts

Acts 22:26

And the centurion having heard, having come near announced to the captain of a thousand, See what thou art about to do: for this man is a Roman. Verse Concepts

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Acts 23:17

And Paul having called one of the centurions, said, Bring this young man to the captain of a thousand; for he has something to announce to him. Verse Concepts

Acts 23:23

And having called two certain of the centurions, he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers, so that they go to Cesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred having held spears in the right hand, at the third hour of the night; Verse Concepts

Acts 24:23

And having appointed a centurion to keep Paul, and to have a setting at liberty, and to hinder none of his own to serve or come to him. Verse Concepts

Acts 27:1

And when it was determined for us to sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and certain others bound to a centurion named Julius, of Augustus' band. Verse Concepts

Acts 27:11

But the centurion was rather persuaded by the pilot and the shipmaster, than by the things spoken by Paul. Verse Concepts

Acts 27:43

But the centurion wishing to save Paul, hindered from the resolution; and he commanded those being able to swim, having cast off first, to come to land: Verse Concepts

Acts 28:16

And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the commander of the camp: but to Paul it was permitted to remain by himself with a soldier watching him. Verse Concepts

Armies » Enumeration of israel's military forces

Numbers 1:2-3

Take up the sum of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, according to their families, according to the house of their fathers, with the number of names, every male according to their head: From the son of twenty years and above, all going forth to war in Israel; ye shall review them according to their armies, thou and Aaron.

Numbers 26:2

Take the head of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, from the son of twenty years and above, according to the house of their fathers, all going forth to war in Israel. Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 11:8

And he will review them in Bezek, and the sons of Israel will be three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. Verse Concepts

2 Samuel 18:1-2

And David will review the people which are with him, and he will put over them captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds. And David will send the people a third into the hand of Joab, and a third into the hand of Abishai, son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, and a third into the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king will say to the people, Going forth, I will go forth, also I, with you.

2 Samuel 24:1-9

And the anger of Jehovah will add to kindle against Israel, and he stimulated David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah. And the king will say to Joab, chief of the army which was with him, Go now, up and down through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan and even to the Well of the Oath, and review ye the people, and I shall know the number of the people. And Joab will say to the king, Jehovah thy God will add to the people as they and as they a hundred times, and the eyes of my lord the king seeing: and my lord the king, wherefore delights he in this word? read more.
And the king's word will be strong to Joab and to the chiefs of his army. And Joab went forth and the chiefs of his army before the king to review the people Israel. And they will pass over Jordan, and they will encamp in Aroer, the right hand of the city which is in the midst of the torrent of Gad, and towards Jazer: And they will come to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim-Hodshi; and they will come to Dan-Jaan, and round about to Zidon. And they will come to the fortress of Tyre, and all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites; and they will go forth to the south of Judah to the Well of the Oath. And they will turn aside through all the land, and they will come from the end of nine months and twenty days to Jerusalem. And Joab will give the number of the reviewing of the people to the king: and there will be of Israel eight hundred thousand men of strength drawing sword; and the men of Judah, five hundred thousand men.

1 Kings 20:15

And he will review the boys of the chiefs of the provinces, and they will be two hundred and thirty: and after them he reviewed all the people, all the sons of Israel, seven thousand. Verse Concepts

2 Chronicles 25:5

And Amaziah will gather Judah together, and set them up for the house of the fathers for chiefs of thousands, and for chiefs of hundreds, to all Judah and Benjamin: and he will review them from the son of twenty years and above, and he will find them three hundred thousand chosen going forth to war, holding spear and shield. Verse Concepts

Armies » Illustrative of » The church

Song of Songs 6:10

Who this looking forth as the morning, beautiful as the moon, clear as the sun, a terror as those being furnished with banners? Verse Concepts

Daniel 8:10-13

And it will be great even to the army of the heavens; and it will cast to the earth from the army, and from the stars, and it will tread them down. And even to the chief of the army was he magnified, and from him the continuance was lifted up, and the foundation of his holy place was cast down. And an army will be given upon the continuance by transgression, and it will cast down truth to the earth; and it did and it succeeded. read more.
And I shall hear one holy one speaking, and one holy one will say to a certain one, speaking, How long the vision of the continuance, and the transgression laying waste, to be? and the holy place and the army being trodden down?

Song of Songs 6:4

Thou art beautiful my friend, as delight; becoming as Jerusalem, a terror as those being furnished with banners. Verse Concepts

Armies » Illustrative of » Multitudes of angels

Matthew 26:53

Thinkest thou that I am not able to call to my Father for aid, and he will set before me more than twelve legions of messengers? Verse Concepts

Psalm 148:2

Praise ye him all his messengers: praise ye him all his armies. Verse Concepts

1 Kings 22:19

And he will say, For this, hear the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the army of the heavens standing by him from his right hand and from his left Verse Concepts

Daniel 4:35

And all the generations of the earth being reckoned as nothing: and doing according to his station in the army of the heavens, and the generations of the earth: and there is none that shall strike upon his hand, and say to him, What didst thou? Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Move, in attack, in three divisions

2 Samuel 18:2

And David will send the people a third into the hand of Joab, and a third into the hand of Abishai, son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, and a third into the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king will say to the people, Going forth, I will go forth, also I, with you. Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 11:11

And it will be on the morrow, and Saul will put the people three heads; and they will come into the midst of the camp in the watch of the morning, and they will strike Ammon till the heat of the day: and there will be those being left and they will be scattered, and two among them were not left together. Verse Concepts

Judges 7:16

And he will divide the three hundred men into three beginnings, and he will give trumpets into the hand of them all, and empty buckets, and torches in the midst of the buckets. Verse Concepts

Judges 9:43

And he will take the people and will divide them into three heads, and he will lie in wait in the field, and he will see, and behold, the people will come forth from the city, and he will rise up against them and smite them. Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 13:17-18

And he destroying will come forth from the camp of the rovers, three heads: one head will turn to the way of Ophrah, to the land of Shual: And one head will turn the way of the House of the Hollow; and one head will turn the way of the bound projecting over the valley of the hyenas of the desert.

Job 1:17

This one yet speaking, and this came, and he will say, The Chaldeans set three heads, and they invaded upon the camels, and they will take them, and they struck the young men with the mouth of the sword; and I shall escape, only I alone, to announce to thee. Verse Concepts

Armies » Often destroyed by » Themselves through divine intervention

Judges 7:22

And the three hundred will clang the trumpets, and Jehovah will set the sword of a man against his neighbor and in all the camp: and the camp fled even to the House of Acacia of Zererath, even to the lip of Abel-Meholah, to Tabbath. Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 14:15-16

2 Chronicles 20:23

For the sons of Ammon and Moab will stand up against those inhabiting mount Seir to utterly destroy and to cut off: and in their finishing upon those inhabiting Seir they helped each against his neighbor for destruction. Verse Concepts

Armies » Of different nations often confederated

Joshua 9:2

And they will gather together to fight with Joshua and with Israel with one mouth.

Joshua 10:5

And the five kings of the Amorites will be gathered together and will come up: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, they and all their camps, and they will encamp against Gibeon, and they will war against her. Verse Concepts

Judges 3:13

And he will gather to him the sons of Ammon and Amalek, and he will go and smite Israel, and will inherit the city of palmtrees. Verse Concepts

1 Kings 20:1

And the son of Hadad, king of Aram, gathered all his strength; and thirty and two kings with him, and horses and chariots: and he will go up and press upon Shomeron and war against her. Verse Concepts

Armies » Commenced battles with a shout

1 Samuel 17:20

And David will rise early in the morning, and will cast the sheep upon a watcher, and he will lift up and go as Jesse commanded him; and he will come to the track, and the army going forth to the array and they shouted in the war. Verse Concepts

2 Chronicles 13:15

And the men of Judah will shout: and it will be in the shouting of the men of Judah, and God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. Verse Concepts

Jeremiah 51:14

Jehovah of armies sware by his soul: That if I filled thee with men as with locusts, and they struck up a shout against thee. Verse Concepts

Armies » Furnished with standards

Song of Songs 6:4

Thou art beautiful my friend, as delight; becoming as Jerusalem, a terror as those being furnished with banners. Verse Concepts

Isaiah 10:18

And the glory of his forest and his Carmel, from the soul and even to the flesh, he shall finish, and it was as he fainting pined away. Verse Concepts

Jeremiah 4:21

How long shall I see the signal, shall I hear the voice of the trumpet? Verse Concepts

Armies » Exercised savage cruelties on the vanquished

Amos 1:13

Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of the sons of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn it back: for their cleaving asunder those conceiving of Gilead to increase their bound. Verse Concepts

Jeremiah 50:42

They shall hold. the bow and the javelin: they are fierce, and they will not pity: their voice shall sound as the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, being arranged as a man for war, against thee, O daughter of Babel. Verse Concepts

Lamentations 5:11-13

They humbled the women in Zion the virgins in the cities of Judah. Chiefs were hung by their hand: the faces of old men were not honored. They took away the chosen ones to grind, and the young men were weak in the wood.

Armies » March in ranks » Standing armies

1 Samuel 13:2

And Saul will choose to him three thousand from Israel; and two thousand will be with Saul in Michmash, and in the mount of the house of God, and a thousand were with Jonathan in the hill of Benjamin: and the remainder of the people he sent a man to his tent. Verse Concepts

2 Chronicles 1:14

And Solomon will gather together chariots and horsemen: and there will be to him a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; and he will deposit them in the cities of the chariots, and with the king in Jerusalem. Verse Concepts

2 Chronicles 17:12-19

And it will be Jehoshaphat went and was great even to above; and he will build fortresses in Judah, and cities of stores. And much work was to him in the cities of Judah: and the men of war strong of power in Jerusalem. And these their reviewing for the house of their fathers: to Judah the chiefs of thousands; Pleasure the chief, and with him strong ones of power, three hundred thousand. read more.
And upon his hand, Jehovah gave the chief, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand. And upon his hand Jehovah lifted up, son of The remembered, he volunteering to Jehovah: and with him two hundred thousand strong of power. And from Benjamin: him God knew, strong of power; and with him those bending the bow and the shield, two hundred thousand. And upon his hand him Jehovah gave, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand armed for war. These serving the king, besides which the king gave in the fortified cities in all Judah.

2 Chronicles 26:11-15

And there will be to Uzziah an army making war, going forth to war to a troop in the number of their reviewing by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the leader, upon the hand of Hananiah from the kings chiefs. All the number of the heads of the fathers to the strong ones of power, two thousand and six hundred. And upon their hand the power of an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, making war with the strength of power to help to the king against the enemy. read more.
And Uzziah will prepare for them for all the army shields and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and for stones of slings. And he will make in Jerusalem engines, devised of him devising, to be upon the towers and upon the corners to cast with arrows and with great stones. And his name went forth even to afar off; for he was made wonderful to help even till he was strong.

Armies » Often surprised their enemies

Jeremiah 51:12

Lift ye up a signal against the walls of Babel, strengthen the watch, set up the watchers, prepare the ambushes: for Jehovah also purposed and also did what he spake to the inhabitants of Babel. Verse Concepts

2 Chronicles 13:15

And the men of Judah will shout: and it will be in the shouting of the men of Judah, and God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. Verse Concepts

Joshua 8:2

And do to Ai and to her king as thou didst to Jericho and to her king: only its plunder and her cattle ye shall plunder to yourselves: set to thee an ambush to the city from behind it. Verse Concepts

Armies » How officered » Commander-in-chief

2 Samuel 17:25

And Absalom set Amasa instead of Joab over the army: and Amasa a man's son, and his name Ithra, the Israelite, who went in to Abigail, daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab. Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 14:50

And the name of Saul's wife Ahinoam, daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the chief of his army, Abner, son of Ner, Saul's uncle. Verse Concepts

2 Samuel 8:16

And Joab, son of Zeruiah, over the army; and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, remembering. Verse Concepts

2 Samuel 19:13

And to Amass. ye shall say, Art thou not my bone and my flesh? thus will God do to me and thus will he add, if thou shalt not be chief of the army before me all the days, instead of Joab. Verse Concepts

2 Samuel 2:8

And Abner, son of Ner, the chief of the army which was to Saul, took a man of shame, son a Saul, and he will cause him to pass over to Mahanaim; Verse Concepts

2 Samuel 20:23

And Joab over all the army of Israel: and Benaiah, son of Jehoida, over the Cherethites, and over the Pelethites.

Armies » Compared to » Locusts

Isaiah 33:4

And your spoil was gathered the gathering of the locust: as the running about of locusts he ran to and fro upon it Verse Concepts

Revelation 9:3

And out of the smoke came forth locusts into the earth: and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. Verse Concepts

Revelation 9:7

And the likenesses of the locusts like horses prepared for war; and upon their heads as crowns like gold, and their faces as men's faces. Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Standards

Numbers 2:2-3

A man by his flag with the ensign according to the house of their fathers, shall the sons of Israel encamp: from over against the tent of appointment round about shall they encamp. And they encamping eastward from the sunrising, the flag of the camp Judah for their warfare; and the chief for the sons of Judah, Nashon, son of Amminadab

Numbers 2:10

The flag of the camp. of Reuben, south, according to their armies: and the chief for the sons of Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur. Verse Concepts

Numbers 2:17-18

And the tent of appointment shall be removed, the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp. As they shall encamp, so shall they remove, every man upon his hand according to their flags. The flag of the camp of Ephraim, according to their armies, for their warfare, the sea: and the chief for the sons of Ephraim, Elishama, son of Ammihud.

Numbers 2:25

The flag of the camp of Dan, northward, according to their armies: and the chief for the sons of Dan, Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai. Verse Concepts

Numbers 2:31

All they being reviewed for the camp of Dan, a hundred thousand and seven and fifty thousand and six hundred: and they shall remove last according to their flags. Verse Concepts

Numbers 2:34

And the sons of Israel will do according to all which Jehovah commanded Moses: so they encamped according to their flags, and so they removed each according to his family, according to the house of their, fathers. Verse Concepts

Numbers 10:14

And the flag of the camp of Judah will remove first according to their army: and over his army, Nashon, son of Amminadab. Verse Concepts

Numbers 10:18

And the flag of the camp of Reuben removed according to their army, and over his army, Elizur, son of Shedur. Verse Concepts

Numbers 10:22

And the flag of the camp of the sons of Ephraim removed according to their army, and over his army, Elishama, son of Ammihud. Verse Concepts

Numbers 10:25

And the flag of the camp of the sons of Dan removed, bringing up the rear to all the camps according to their army: and over his army, Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai. Verse Concepts

Armies » Captains of thousands

2 Chronicles 25:5

Numbers 31:14

And Moses will be angry against the officers of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds coming from the war of the battle. Verse Concepts

Numbers 31:48

And there will come near to Moses the officers which are over the thousands of the war, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds:

1 Samuel 17:18

And these ten cuttings of milk thou shalt bring to the chief of a thousand; and thou shalt review thy brethren for peace, and take their pledge. Verse Concepts

1 Chronicles 28:1

And David will convoke together all the chiefs of Israel, the chiefs of the tribes and the chiefs of the divisions serving the king, and the chiefs of the thousands and the chiefs of the hundreds, and the chiefs of all the possessions and the cattle to the king and to his sons, with the eunuchs, and the strong ones, and to every one strong of power to Jerusalem. Verse Concepts

Armies » Captains of hundreds

2 Chronicles 25:5

Numbers 31:14

And Moses will be angry against the officers of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds coming from the war of the battle. Verse Concepts

Numbers 31:48

And there will come near to Moses the officers which are over the thousands of the war, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds:

1 Chronicles 28:1

2 Kings 11:15

And Jehoida the priest will command the captains of hundreds: overseeing the army, and he will say to them Bring her forth to within the ranks, be going after her being killed with the sword, For the priest said, She shall not be: killed in the house of Jehovah Verse Concepts

Armies » Figurative

Psalm 68:17

The chariot of God twice ten thousand thousands upon thousands: Jehovah among them, Sinai in the holy place. Verse Concepts

Deuteronomy 33:2

And he will say, Jehovah came from mount Sinai, and he rose up from Seir to them; he shone forth from mount Peran, he came from ten thousand of Kadesh; from his right hand a fire of law for them. Verse Concepts

2 Kings 6:17

And Elisha will pray, and say, Jehovah open now his eyes, and he shall see. And Jehovah will open the boy's eyes, and he will see: and behold, the mountain full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. Verse Concepts

Psalm 34:7

Revelation 9:16

And the number of troops of cavalry, two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard their number. Verse Concepts

Armies » Often destroyed by » Their enemies

Exodus 17:13

And Joshua will overthrow Amalek and his people with the mouth of the sword. Verse Concepts

Joshua 10:10

And Jehovah will discomfit them before Israel, and will strike them a great blow in Gibeon, and will pursue them the way of the ascent of the house of Horon, and he will strike them even to Azekah and even to Makkedah. Verse Concepts

Joshua 10:20

And it will be when Joshua finished, and the sons of Israel, smiting them an exceeding great blow till he finished them, and they escaping, escaped from them and they will go to the fortified cities. Verse Concepts

Armies » Compared to » Overflowing torrents

Isaiah 28:2

Behold, a strong and active one to Jehovah, as a storm of hail, a destroying tempest, as a storm of vast waters overflowing, let fall to the earth with the hand. Verse Concepts

Daniel 11:10

And his sons shall gather themselves together, and they collected a multitude of many forces: and he coming, came and overflowed, and through: and he will turn back, and they shall gather themselves together even to his fortress. Verse Concepts

Daniel 11:26

And they eating his dainties shall break him, and his force shall overflow: and many fell wounded. Verse Concepts

Armies » Accompanied by beasts of burden and wagons for baggage

Judges 7:12

And Midain and Amalek, and all the sons of the east, encamping in the valley, as the locust for multiude; and to their camels no number, as the sand which is upon the lip of the sea for multitude. Verse Concepts

2 Kings 7:7

And they will rise and flee in darkness, and leave their tents, and their horses and their asses, the camp as it was, and flee for their soul. Verse Concepts

Ezekiel 23:2

Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother: Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Orders delivered with trumpets

2 Samuel 2:28

And Joab will strike upon the trumpet, and all the people will stand, and no more pursue after Israel, and they will no more add to fight. Verse Concepts

2 Samuel 18:16

And Joab will strike upon the trumpet, and the people will turn back from pursuing after Israel: for Joab restrained the people. Verse Concepts

2 Samuel 20:1

And a man of Belial was met with there, and his name Sheba, son of Bichri, a man, a Jaminite: and he will strike upon the trumpet and say, No portion to us in David, and no inheritance to us in the son of Jesse: a man to his tent to Israel. Verse Concepts

2 Samuel 20:22

And the woman will go to all the people in her wisdom: and they will cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and cast to Joab. And he will strike upon the trumpet, and they will disperse from the city, a man to his tent. And Joab turned back to Jerusalem to the king. Verse Concepts

Nehemiah 4:18

And the builders, a man his sword being girded upon his loins, and building. And he striking upon the trumpet near me. Verse Concepts

Nehemiah 4:20

In the place which ye shall hear the voice of the trumpet there ye shall gather together to us; our God shall war for us. Verse Concepts

Armies » Generals of corps and divisions

2 Chronicles 17:12-19

Numbers 2:31

All they being reviewed for the camp of Dan, a hundred thousand and seven and fifty thousand and six hundred: and they shall remove last according to their flags. Verse Concepts

Numbers 2:3

And they encamping eastward from the sunrising, the flag of the camp Judah for their warfare; and the chief for the sons of Judah, Nashon, son of Amminadab Verse Concepts

1 Chronicles 27:1-22

And the sons of Israel for their number, heads of the fathers and chiefs of thousands and hundreds, and their scribes serving the king for all the word of the divisions coming in and going forth month by month for all the months of the year, of the one division, twenty and four thousand. Over the first division for the first month, Jashobeam, son of Zabdiel: and upon his division twenty and four thousand. From the sons of Perez the head to all the chief. of the armies for the first month. read more.
And over the course of the second month, Dodai the Ahohite, and his division, Mikloth the leader: and for his division twenty and four thousand. The chief of the army the third for the third month, Benaiah son of Jehoida the head priest: and for his division twenty and four thousand. This the Benaiah the strong one of the thirty, and over the thirty: and his division Ammisabad his son. The fourth for the fourth month, Asahel, brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and for his division twenty and four thousand. The fifth for the fifth month, the chief Shamhuth the Izrahite: and for his division twenty and four thousand. The sixth for the sixth month, Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and over his division twenty and four thousand. The seventh for the seventh month, Helez the Pelonite, from the sons of Ephraim: and for his division twenty and four thousand. The eighth for the eighth month, Sibbecai the Hushathite to the Zarhites: and for his division twenty and four thousand. The ninth for the ninth month, Abiezer the Anathothite for the Benjamites: and for his division twenty and four thousand. The tenth for the tenth month, Maharai the Netophathite to the Zarhites: and for his division twenty and four thousand. The eleventh for the eleventh month, Benaiah the Pirathonite from the sons of Ephraim: and for his division twenty and four thousand. The twelfth for the twelfth month, Heldai the Netophathite, to Othniel: and for his division twenty and four thousand. And over the tribes of Israel: for the Reubenites, the leader, Eliezer son of Zichri: for the Simeonites Shephatiah son of Maacah For the Levites: Hashabiah son of Kemuel: to Aaron: Zadok: To Judah: Elihu, from the brethren of David: to Issachar, Omri, son of Michael: To Zebulon: Ishmaiah son of Obadiah: to Naphtali: Jerimoth son of Azriel: To the sons of Ephraim: Hoshea son of Azaziah: to the half tribe of Manasseh: Joel son of Pedaiah: To the half of Manasseh-Gilead: Iddo son of Zechariah: to Benjamin: Jaasiel, son of Abner: To Dan: Azriel son of Jeroham. These the chiefs of the tribes of. Israel.

Armies » Troops often hired for

1 Chronicles 19:7

And they will hire to them two and thirty thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people, and they will come and encamp before Medeba. And the sons of Ammon were gathered together from their cities, and they will come to the battle. Verse Concepts

2 Chronicles 25:6

And he will hire from Israel a hundred thousand strong of power, with a hundred talents of silver. Verse Concepts

Armies » Employed in » Fighting battles

1 Samuel 17:2-3

And Saul and the man Israel were gathered together, and they will encamp in the valley of Elah, and they arranged the battle to meet the rovers. And the rovers standing on the mountain from hence, and Israel standing on the mountain from thence, and the valley between them.

1 Chronicles 19:17

And it will be announced to David; and he will gather together all Israel, and he will pass over Jordan and come against them, and he will set in array against them. And David will set the battle in array to meet Aram, and they will wage war with him. Verse Concepts

Armies » Who were exempt from service in

Numbers 1:47-50

And the Levites for the tribe of their fathers were not reviewed in the midst of them. And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying, But the tribe of Levi thou shalt not review, and their head thou shalt not take in the midst of the sons of Israel. read more.
And thou, set the Levites over the dwelling of testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all which is to it: they shall lift up the dwelling and all its vessels, and they shall serve it, and they shall encamp round about the dwelling.

Numbers 2:33

And the,Levites were not reviewed in the midst of the sons of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses. Verse Concepts

Deuteronomy 20:5-9

And the scribes spake to the people, saying, What man who built a new house and consecrated it not? be shall go and turn back to his house, lest he shall die in the war, and another man shall consecrate it And what man who planted a vineyard, and made it not common? He Shall go and turn back to his house lest he shall die in the war, and another man shall make it common. And what man betrothed a wife and took her not? he shall go and turn back to his house lest he shall die in the war, and another man shall take her. read more.
And the scribes shall add to speak to the people, and they said, What man was afraid and cast down of heart? he shall go and turn back to his house, and he shall not melt his brother's heart as his heart. And it was as the scribes finished to speak to the people, and they appointed captains of the armies in the head of the people.

Judges 7:3

And now, call now in the ears of the people, saying, Who being afraid and trembling shall turn back and turn about from mount Gilead. And there will turn back from the people twenty and two thousand; and ten thousand were left Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

1 Samuel 17:8-53

And he will stand and call to the ranks of Israel, and say to them, Wherefore will ye come forth to arrange the battle? am not I of the rovers, and ye servants to Saul? select to yourselves a man, and he shall come down to me. If he shall be able to war with me and strike me, and we were to you for servants: and if I shall be able against him and strike him, and ye were to us for servants, and ye served us. And he of the rovers will say, I upbraided the ranks of Israel this day; ye shall give to me a man and we will fight together. read more.
And Saul will hear and all Israel, these words of him of the rovers, and they will be terrified and greatly afraid. And David, son of a man, that Ephrathite, of the House of Bread of Judah, and his name Jesse; and to him eight sons; and the man in the days of Saul went an old man among men. And three sons of Jesse, the great ones, going, went after Saul to war: and the names of his three sons which went in the war, Eliab the first-born and his second, Abinadab, and the third, Shammah. And David, he the small; and the three great ones went after Saul. And David went and turned back from Saul to feed his father's sheep at the House of Bread. And he of the rovers will draw near, the morning and the evening, and he will take a stand forty days. And Jesse will say to David his son, Take now to thy brethren an ephah of this parched grain, and this ten of bread, and run to the camp to thy brethren. And these ten cuttings of milk thou shalt bring to the chief of a thousand; and thou shalt review thy brethren for peace, and take their pledge. And Saul, and they, and every man of Israel, in the valley of Elah, warring with the rovers. And David will rise early in the morning, and will cast the sheep upon a watcher, and he will lift up and go as Jesse commanded him; and he will come to the track, and the army going forth to the array and they shouted in the war. And Israel will arrange, and the rovers, array to meet array. And David will cast the utensils from off him upon the hand of the watcher of the utensils, and be will run to the array, and will come and ask to his;brethren for peace. And he speaking with them, and behold, a man of the sons came up, Goliah of the rovers, his name, from Gath, from the ranks of the rovers: and he will speak according to these words, and David will hear. And every man of Israel in their seeing the man, will flee from his face, and they will fear greatly. And the man Israel will say, Saw ye this man coming up? for to upbraid Israel he came up: and it was the man who shall strike him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give to him his daughter, and his father's house he will make free in Israel. And David will say to the men standing with him, saying, What shall be done to the man who shall strike this one of the rovers, and take away the reproach from Israel? for who this uncircumcised of the rovers? for he upbraided the ranks of the living God. And the people will say to him according to this word, saying, Thus it shall be done to the man who shall smite him. And Eliab his brother the great, will hear in his speaking to the men, and Eliab's anger will kindle against David, and he will say, Why this camest thou down? and upon whom didst thou cast those few sheep in the desert? I knew thy pride and the evil of thy heart, for in order to see the battle thou camest down. And David will say, What did I now? is this not the word? And he will turn round from his side to the front of another, and will say according to this word: and the people will turn back word as the former word. And the words will be heard which David spake, and they will be announced before Saul, and he will take him. And David will say to Saul, man's heart shall not fall on account of him; thy servant will go and fight with this one of the rovers And Saul will say to David, Thou wilt not be able to go against this of the rovers to war with him, for thou a boy, and he a man of war from his youth. And David will say to Saul, Thy servant was feeding for his father among the sheep, and there came the lion and with the bear, and lifted up a sheep from the flock. And I went forth after him, and I smote him, and I delivered from his mouth: and he arose upon me and I seized upon his beard, and I struck him and killed him. Also the lion and the bear thy servant struck: and this uncircumcised of the rovers was as one of them, for he God. upbraided the ranks of the living And David will say, Jehovah who delivered me from the hand of the lion and from the hand of the bear, he will deliver me from the hand of this rover. And Saul will say to David, Go, and Jehovah shall be with thee. And Saul will put his garments upon David, and give a helmet of brass upon his head, and put on him a coat of mail And David will gird his sword over his garments and begin to go, for he tried them not And David will say to Saul, I shall not be able to go with these, for I tried them not And David will take them away from off him. And he will take his rod in his hand, and he will choose to him five smooth stones from the torrent, and he will put them in a vessel of the shepherds, which is to him, and in a sack; and his sling in his hand: and he will draw near to him of the rovers. And he of the rovers going, went and drew near to David; and the man lifting up the shield before him. And he of the rovers will look and will see David, and he will despise him, for he was a boy, and red, with a fair aspect. And he of the rovers will say to David, Am I a dog that thou camnest to me with rods? and he of the rovers will curse David by his gods. And he of the rovers will say to David, Come to me and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the heavens and to the cattle of the field. And David will say to him of the rovers, Thou comest to me with a sword and with a spear and with a shield, and I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of armies, the God of the ranks of Israel, which thou didst upbraid. This day Jehovah will deliver thee into my hand; and I smote thee and took away thy head from off thee, and I gave the carcass of the camp of the rovers this day to the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the earth: and all the earth shall know that there is a God to Israel. And all this assembly shall know that not with sword and with spear Jehovah will save, for to Jehovah the battle, and he gave you into our hand. And it was when he of the rovers arose, and he will come and draw near to meet David, and David will hasten and run to the array to meet him of the rovers. And David will stretch forth his hand to the vessel and take from thence a stone and sling and strike him of the rovers into his forehead, and the stone will sink into his forehead; and he will fall upon his face to the earth. And David will be strong upon him of the rovers with a sling and with a stone, and he will strike him of the rovers and kill him, and no sword in David's hand. And David will run and stand upon the rover, and take his sword and draw it from its sheath, and kill him and cut off his head with it. And the rovers will see that their mighty one died, and they will flee. And the men of Israel and Judah will rise and shout, and pursue the rovers till thy coming to the valley, and even to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the rovers will fall in the way of the gates, and even to Gath, and even to Ekron. And the sons of Israel will turn back from pressing after the rovers, and they will plunder their camps.

2 Samuel 2:14-17

And Abner will say to Joab, Now shall the boys arise and play before us. And Joab will say, They shall arise. And they will rise and pass over by number, twelve to Benjamin, and to the man of shame, son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David. And they will seize each upon the head of his neighbor, and his sword in the side of his neighbor, and they will fall together: and he will call, that place Helkath-Hazurim, which is in Gibeon. read more.
And the war will be hard even exceedingly, in that day; and Abner will be smitten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

2 Samuel 21:15-22

And yet there will be war to the rovers with Israel; and David will go down, and his servants with him, and they will fight with the rovers: and David will be faint And Ishbi-Benob who was from the children of Rephaim, and the weight of his spear three hundred weight of brass, and he being girded with a new one, and he will say to strike David. And Abishai son of Zeruiah will help for him. and he will strike the rover and kill him. Then David's men sware to him, saying, Thou shalt no more go forth with us to war, and thou shalt not quench the light of Israel. read more.
And it will be after this, and there will be war yet in Gob with the rovers: then Sibbechai the Hushathite struck Saph who was of the children of Rephaim. And there will be yet war in Gob with the rovers, and Elhanan, son of Jaare-Oregim of the House of Bread, will strike Goliah the Gathite, and the wood of his spear as the beam of those weaving. And there will be yet war in Gath, and there will be a man of Midian, and the fingers of his hands and the toes of his feet, six and six; twenty and four of number: and also he child to Rephah And he will reproach Israel, and Jonathan, son of Shimeab, David's brother, will strike him. Those four were born to Rephah in Oath, and they will fall by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

Armies » March in ranks » Determine royal succession

2 Samuel 2:8-10

And Abner, son of Ner, the chief of the army which was to Saul, took a man of shame, son a Saul, and he will cause him to pass over to Mahanaim; And he will make him king to Gilead, and to the Ashurite and to Jezreel, and over Ephraim and over Benjamin and over all Israel. The son of forty years, the man of shame, son of Saul, in his reigning over Israel; and two years he reigned: but the house of Judah was after David

1 Kings 16:16

And the people encamping will hear, saying, Zimri conspired and also struck the king; and all Israel will make Omri chief of the army, king over Israel in that day in the camp. Verse Concepts

2 Kings 11:4-12

And in the seventh year Jehoida will send and take the captains of hundreds for executioners, and for runners, and he will bring them to him to the house of Jehovah, and he will cut out to them a covenant, and he will cause them to swear in the house of Jehovah, and he will cause them to see the king's son. And he will command them saying, This the word which ye shall do: The third of you coming in the Sabbath and watching the: watches of the king's house; And the third in the gate of Sur; and a third in the gate behind the runners: and watch the watches of the house from being swept away. read more.
And two hands among you. all going forth the Sabbath, and watch ye the watches of the house of Jehovah for the king. And surround upon the king round about, a man and his weapon in, his hand: and he coming into the ranks shall be slain. And be ye with, the king in his going forth and in his coming And the captains of hundreds will do according to all that Jehoida the priest commanded: and they will take each his men going in the Sabbath, with those going forth the Sabbath, and they will come to Jehoida the priest And the priest will give to the captains of hundreds the spears: and shields: which were to king David, Which were in the house of Jehovah. And the runners will stand, a man his weapon in his hand, from the right shoulder of the house even to the left shoulder of the house, to the altar and to the house by the king round about And he will bring forth the king's son, and he will give upon him the diadem and the testimonies; and they will make him king, and: anoint him and they will strike the hand and say, The king shall live.

Armies » Rendezvous of » Methods employed in effecting » Sounding a trumpet

Judges 6:34

And the spirit of Jehovah clothed Gideon, and he will strike upon the trumpet; and Abiezer will be called after him. Verse Concepts

Numbers 10:9

And when ye shall go out to war in your land against the enemy pressing you, and ye sounded the signal in the trumpets; and ye were remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye were saved from your enemies. Verse Concepts

Judges 3:27

And it will be in his coming out, and he will clang upon the trumpet in mount Ephraim, and the sons of Israel will go down with him from the mountain, and he before them. Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 13:3-4

And Jonathan will strike a garrison of Philisteim which is in the hill, and Philisteim will hear, and Saul will clang upon the trumpet in all the land, saying, The Hebrews shall hear. And all Israel heard, saying, Saul struck a garrison of rovers, and Israel became loathsome with the rovers; and the people will be convoked together after Saul to Gilgal.

Armies » Encamped » In the open fields

1 Chronicles 11:15

And the three from the thirty heads will go down upon the rock to David to the cave of Adullam; and the camp of the rovers encamped in the valley of Rephaim. Verse Concepts

2 Samuel 11:11

And Uriah will say to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, dwell in tents; and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are encamping upon the face of the field; and shall I come into my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? Thee living and thy soul living, if I shall do this word. Verse Concepts

Armies » Were composed of » Bowmen and slingers

Jeremiah 4:29

From the voice of the horseman and the throwing of the bowman all the city fled; they went into thickets, and they went up upon rocks: every city was forsaken, and not a man dwelling in them. Verse Concepts

1 Chronicles 12:2

Bending the bows from the right hands and from the left with stones and with arrows, with the bow from Saul's brethren of Benjamin: Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Mercenaries

2 Samuel 10:6

And the sons of Ammon will see that they became loathsome before David, and the sons of Ammon will send and hire Aram of the house of Rehob, and Aram of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and king Maacah a thousand men, and Ish-Tob two thousand men. Verse Concepts

1 Chronicles 19:6-7

And the sons of Ammon will see that they were loathsome with David, and Hanun will send, and the sons of Ammon, a thousand talents of silver to hire to them from Aram of the rivers and from Aram-Maachah, and from Zobah, chariots and horsemen. And they will hire to them two and thirty thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people, and they will come and encamp before Medeba. And the sons of Ammon were gathered together from their cities, and they will come to the battle.

2 Chronicles 25:5-6

Armies » Employed in » Besieging cities

Deuteronomy 20:12

And if it will not be at peace with thee, and it made war with thee, and thou besieged against it Verse Concepts

Isaiah 29:3

And I encamped as a circle upon thee, and I pressed upon thee with a garrison, and I raised intrenchments against thee. Verse Concepts

Armies » Compared to » Caterpillars

Jeremiah 51:27

Lift up a signal in the earth, strike ye the trumpet in the nations, consecrate the nations against her, cause ye to be heard against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint over her a satrap; bring up the horse as the bristling locust Verse Concepts

Jeremiah 51:14

Jehovah of armies sware by his soul: That if I filled thee with men as with locusts, and they struck up a shout against thee. Verse Concepts

Armies » Called the » Bands

2 Kings 24:2

And Jehovah will send against him troops of Chaldeans and troops of Aram, and troops of Moab, and troops of the sons of Ammon, and he will send them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Jehovah which he spake by the hand of his servants the prophets. Verse Concepts

1 Chronicles 7:4

And to them to their generations, to the house of their fathers, troops of the host of war, thirty and six thousand: for they multiplied wives and sons. Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Decoy

Joshua 8:4-22

And he will command them, saying. See, ye lie in wait against the city, behind the city: ye shall not be far off from the city greatly, and be ye all of you prepared: And I and all the people that are with me will draw near to the city: and it was when they shall come forth to our meeting as at the first, and we fled before them. And they will come out after us, and we drew them away from the city, for they will say, They flee before us as at the first: and we fled before their face. read more.
And ye shall rise up from the ambush and seize the city: and Jehovah your God gave it into your hand. And it was when ye seize the city, ye shall set the city on fire: according to the word of Jehovah ye shall do: See, I commanded you. And Joshua will send them away; and they will go to the ambush, and they will dwell between the house of God and between Ai, from the sea to Ai: and Joshua will remain in that night in the midst of the people. And Joshua will rise early in the morning and will review the people, and he will go up, and the old men of Israel, before the people of Ai. And all the people of war that were with him went up, and they will draw near, and come before the city, and will encamp on the north to Ai: and the valley between them and Ai. And he will take about five thousand men and set them in ambush between the house of God and between Ai, from the sea, to the city. And the people will set all the camp which is from the north to the city, and its lying in wait, from the sea to the city; and Joshua will go in that night into the midst of the valley. And it will be when the king of Ai saw, and they will hasten and will rise early, and the men of the city will come forth to the meeting of Israel, to war, he, and all his people, at the appointment before the desert: and he knew not that an ambush to him from behind the city. And Joshua and all Israel will be smitten before them, and will flee the way of the desert And all the people which are in the city will be called together to pursue after them, and they will pursue after Joshua, and be drawn away from the city. And a man was not left in Ai and the house of God, who will not go forth after Israel: and they will leave the city opened and will pursue after Israel. And Jehovah will say to Joshua, Stretch with the javelin which is in thine hand, to Ai; for into thine hand will I give it. And Joshua will stretch forth with the javelin which in his hand, to the city. And the ambush rose quickly from its place, and they will run when he stretched out his hand: and they will come into the city and take it, and they will hasten and set the city on fire. And the men of Ai will turn back behind them and will see, and behold, the smoke of the city went up to the heavens, and there was not with them hands to flee hither and thither: and the people having fled, turned back to the pursuers. And Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush took the city, and that the smoke of the city went up, and they will turn back and smite the men of Ai. And these will go forth from the city to their meeting; and they will be to Israel in the midst of these from hence, and these from thence: and they will smite them till none were left to them fleeing and escaping.

Judges 20:29-43

And Israel will put liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about. And the sons of Israel will go up to the sons of Benjamin in the third day, and they will set in array against Gibeah as once upon once. And the sons of Benjamin will come forth to the meeting of the people, they were separated from the city; and they will begin to strike of the people wounded as once upon once, in the highways, which one went up to the house of God, and one to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men in Israel. read more.
And the sons of Benjamin will say, They are smitten before us as at first. And the sons of Israel said, We will flee, and draw him away from the city to the highways. And all the men of Israel rose up from his place and set in array against Baal-Tamar: and the ambush of Israel rushing forth from its place from the naked place of Gibeah. And there will come forth from before against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men from all Israel, and the battle was heavy: and they knew not that evil touched upon them. And Jehovah will smite Benjamin before Israel: and the sons of Israel will destroy of Benjamin in that day twenty and five thousand and a hundred men: all these drawing sword. And the sons of Benjamin will see that they were smitten: and the men of Israel will give place to Benjamin, for they trusted to the ambush which they put by Gibeah. And the ambush hasted, and they will spread out against Gibeah; and the ambush will draw out and will strike all the city with the mouth of the sword. And there was an appointment to the men of Israel with the ambush for them to raise up a great ascending of smoke from the city. And the men of Israel will turn about in the battle, and Benjamin began to strike the wounded among the men of Israel, about thirty men: for they said, Surely, smiting, he was smitten as the first battle. And the ascending began to go up from the city of the pillar of smoke, and Benjamin will turn behind, and behold, the whole city ascended up to the heavens. And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin will hasten, for they saw that evil touched upon them. And they turned before the men of Israel to the way of the desert; and the battle overtook them; and those from the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. They surrounded Benjamin,pursuing him from Nohah, treading him down even to the front of Gibeah, from the rising of the sun.

Armies » Were led by » Experienced captains

2 Kings 18:17

And the king of Assur will send Tartan, Rab-Saris, and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah, with weighty strength to Jeruslaem; and they will go up and come to Jerusalem: and they will go up and come and stand by the aqueduct of the highest pool in the highway of the field of the fuller. Verse Concepts

2 Kings 18:24

And how wilt thou turn back the face of one prefect of my lord's servants of the least, and wilt thou trust to thyself upon Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? Verse Concepts

Armies » Marched » With rapidity

Habakkuk 1:8

And his horses were swift above panthers, and they were sharp above the wolves of the evening: and his horsemen were spread, and his horsemen shall come from far off; they shall fly as the eagle hastening to eat Verse Concepts

Jeremiah 48:40

For thus said Jehovah: Behold, as an eagle he shall fly, and he spread his wings to Moab. Verse Concepts

Armies » Often consisted of the whole effective strength of nations

1 Samuel 29:1

And the rovers will gather together all their camp to Aphek: and Israel encamping by a fountain which is in Jezreel.

Numbers 21:23

And Sihon gave not to Israel to pass over by his boundary; and Sihon will gather all his people, and will come forth to meet Israel to the desert: and he will come to Jahaz, and he will fight against Israel. Verse Concepts

Armies » Often went on foreign service

Jeremiah 5:15

Behold me bringing upon you a nation from far off, O house of Israel, says Jehovah: it is a nation of strength, it is a nation of old, a nation thou wilt not know its tongue, and thou shalt not hear what it will speak. Verse Concepts

Jeremiah 50:3

For a nation came up from the north against her; it shall set her land for a desolation, and none shall be dwelling in her: from man and even to beast they moved, and they went Verse Concepts

Armies » In latter ages received pay

Luke 3:14

And they making war asked him, saying, And what shall do? And he said to them, Shake none violently, neither make slanderous accusation; and be content with your pay. Verse Concepts

1 Corinthians 9:7

Who makes war at any time at his own charges who plants a vineyard, and eats not of its fruit or who feeds a flock, and eats not of the milk of the flock? Verse Concepts

Armies » Often destroyed by » Supernatural means

Joshua 10:11

2 Kings 19:35

And it will be in that night the messenger of Jehovah will strike in the camp of Assur, a hundred eighty and five thousand; and they will rise early in the morning, and behold, all of them dead corpses. Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » A promotion

2 Samuel 23:8-39

These the names of the mighty, which were to David: the Tachmonite dwelling in the dwelling, head of the third; he Adino the Eznite: against eight hundred wounded at one time. And after him Eleazar son of Dodo, son of Ahohi, among the three mighty with David in their upbraiding the rovers; they were gathered together there to war, and the men of Israel will go up. He arose, and he will strike against the rovers till that his hand will be weary, and his hand will cleave to the sword: and Jehovah will do a great salvation in that day; and they sat down behind him only to strip off. read more.
And after him, Shammah, son of Aga the Hararite. And the rovers will be gathered together to live; and there will be there a portion of the field full of lentiles: and the people fled from the face of the rovers. And he will stand in the midst of the portion, and he will take it away, and he will strike the rovers: and Jehovah will do a great salvation. And three of the thirty heads will go down and come to the harvest, to David, to the cave of Adullam: and the wild beasts, the rovers, encamped in the valley of Rephaim. And David then in the fortress, and the station of the rovers then in the House of Bread. And David will desire and say, Who will give me to drink waters from the well of the House of Bread, which is in the gate? And the three mighty will break forth through the camp of the rovers, and draw waters from the well of the House of Bread, which is in the gate, and they will lift up and bring to David: and he would not drink them, and he will pour them out to Jehovah. And he will say, Far be it to me, O Jehovah, my doing this the blood. of the men going with their souls: and he would not drink them. These did the three mighty. And Abishai Joab's brother, son of Zeruiah, he the head of the three. And he raised up his spear against three hundred wounded, and to him a name among the three. Above the three was he not honored? and he will be to them for chief: and he came not even to the three. And Benaiah son of Jehoida, son of a living man great of works, from Kabzeel, he struck two lions of god of Moab: and he went down and struck a lion in the midst of a well in the day of snow. And he struck a man, an Egyptian, who was seeing; and in the hand of the Egyptian a spear; and he went down to him with a rod, and he will pluck the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and kill him with his spear. These did Benaiah son of Jehoida, and to him a name among the three mighty. He was honored above the thirty, and to the three he came not. And David will set him to his audience. Asahel, brother of Joab, among the thirty; Elhanan, son of Dodo of the House of Bread. Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, Helez the Paltite, Ira, son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, Heleb, son of Banah the Netophathite, Ittai, son of Ribai, from the hill of the sons of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the torrents of Gaash, Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite; of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite, Eliphalet, son of Ahasbai, son of the Maacathite, Eliam son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, Hezri the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, Igal son of Nathan of Zobah, sons of the Gadite, Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, lifting up the arms of Joab, son of Zeruiah, Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, Uriah the Hittite: all, thirty and seven.

1 Chronicles 11:6

And David will say, Every one striking the Jebusites the first shall be for head and for chief. And Joab son of Zeruiah, will go up at first, and he will be for head. Verse Concepts

1 Chronicles 11:10-47

And these the heads, strong ones, which were to David, strengthening themselves with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to cause him to reign according to the word of Jehovah upon Israel. And these the number of strong ones which were to David; Jashobeam, son of Hachmoni, head of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred wounding at one time. And after him Eleazar, son of Dodo, the Ahohite, he among the three strong ones. read more.
He was with David in Pasdammim, and the rovers were gathered together there to war, and there will be a portion of the field filled with barley; and the people fled from before the rovers. And they will set themselves in the midst of the portion, and they will deliver it and will strike the rovers; and Jehovah will save a great salvation. And the three from the thirty heads will go down upon the rock to David to the cave of Adullam; and the camp of the rovers encamped in the valley of Rephaim. And David then in the castle, and a garrison of the rovers then in the house of bread. And David will long, and say, Who will give me to drink from the water from the well of the house of bread, which is in the gate? And the three will break forth into the camp of the rovers, and draw waters from the well of the house of bread which is in the gate, and they will lift up and bring to David: and David would not drink them, and he will pour them forth to Jehovah. And he will say, Far be it to me from my God from doing this: shall I drink the blood of these men with their souls? for with their souls they brought them. And he would not drink them. These did the three strong ones. And Abishai, brother of Joab, he was head of the three: and he lifted up his spear against three hundred; he wounded, and to a name among the three. Of the three, above the two he was honored; and will be to them for chief: and even to the three he came not Benaiah son of Jehoida, son of a man of power, great of deeds, from Kabzeel, he struck two lions of god of Moab: and he went down and struck the lion in the midst of the pit in the day of snow. And he struck the man, the Egyptian, a man of measure, five by the cubit; and in the hand of the Egyptian a spear as the beam of those weaving; and he went down to him with a rod, and he will take by force the spear from the hand of the Egyptian, and he will kill him with his spear. These did Benaiah son of Jehoida; and to him a name among the three strong ones. From the thirty, behold, he was honored, and to three he came not: and David will set him over his audience. And the strong ones of the forces, Asahel, brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from the house of bread, Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite, Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah, the sons of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hurai from the torrents of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliaba the Shaalbonite, The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan son of Shage the Harorite, Ahiam son of Sacar the Harorite, Eliphal son of Ur, Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai son of Ezbai, Joel, brother of Nathan, Mibhar son of Haggeri, Zelek the Ammonite, Nahami the Berothite, lifting up the utensils of Joab son of Zeruiah, Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, Uriah the Hittite, Zabad son of Athlai, Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite, head to the Reubenites, and with him thirty, Hanan son of Maachah, and Josaphat the Mithnite, Uzziah the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel, the sons of Hothan the Aroerite, Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother the Tizite, Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai and Joshaviah, sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, Eliel and Obed and Jasiel, the Mesobaite.

Armies » Were led by » Kings in person

2 Kings 18:13

And in the fourteenth year to Hezekiah, Senherib, king of Assur, came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and he will seize them. Verse Concepts

2 Kings 25:1

Armies » Devastation occasioned by

Isaiah 37:18

Indeed, O Jehovah, the kings of Assur laid waste all the lands, and their land; Verse Concepts

Jeremiah 5:17

And it ate thy harvest and thy bread, that thy sons and thy daughters shall eat: it shall eat thy sheep and thine oxen: it shall eat thy vine and thy fig-trees: it shall break down thy fortified cities which thou trustedst in them, with the sword. Verse Concepts

Armies » Fear occasioned by

Numbers 22:3

And Moab will be afraid from before the people greatly, for they were many; and Moab will feel disgust from the face of the sons of Israel. Verse Concepts

Jeremiah 6:25

Thou shalt not go forth to the field, and thou shalt not go by the way; for the sword to the enemy, fear from round about. Verse Concepts

Armies » Divided the spoil

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will enclose, I will divide the spoil: my soul shall be filled with them: I will draw out my sword, my hand shall dispossess them. Verse Concepts

Zechariah 14:1

Behold, the day to Jehovah coming, and thy spoil was divided in the midst of thee. Verse Concepts

Armies » Were composed of » Cavalry

Exodus 14:9

And the Egyptians will pursue after them, and they will enclose them, having encamped by the sea; all the horse, the chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen and his army, by the mouth of Hahiroth, before Baal-Zephon. Verse Concepts

1 Kings 20:20

And they will strike a man his man: and Aram will flee, and Israel will pursue them: and Ben-hadad king of Aram, will escape upon a horse, and the horsemen. Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Escort duty performed by

2 Kings 1:9

And he will send to him a chief of of fifty and his fifty. And he will go Up to him; and behold, he sat upon the head of the mountain. And he will speak to him,. Thou man of God, the king spake, Come down. Verse Concepts

Acts 23:23-24

Acts 23:31-33

Then truly the soldiers according to that appointed them, having taken up Paul, brought by night to Antipatris. And the morrow; having suffered the horsemen to go with him, they returned to the camp: Who having come into Cesarea and given up the letter to the leader, they also placed Paul before him.

Armies » Called the » Wings of a nation

Jeremiah 48:40

For thus said Jehovah: Behold, as an eagle he shall fly, and he spread his wings to Moab. Verse Concepts

Isaiah 8:8

And he went in Judah; and he overflowed and passed through; he will reach even to the neck; and the expansion of his wings was the fulness of the land, God with us. Verse Concepts

Armies » Encamped » Before cities

Joshua 10:5

1 Samuel 11:1

And Nahash the Ammonite will come up and encamp against Jabesh-Gilead: and all the men of Jabesh will say to Nahash, Cut out to us a covenant, and we will serve thee. Verse Concepts

Armies » Marched » Often in open line

Habakkuk 1:8

Habakkuk 1:6

For behold me raising up the Chaldeans, the nation bitter and hasty, going upon the wide places of the land to possess the dwelling not to him. Verse Concepts

Armies » Ancient, often numerous

Joshua 11:4

And they will come forth, they, and their camps with them, many people, as the sand upon the lip of the sea for multitude, and horse and chariot exceeding many. Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 13:5

And the rovers were gathered together to war with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is upon the lip of the sea for multitude: and they will come up and encamp in Michmash, east of the House of Nothing. Verse Concepts

Armies » Compared to » Grasshoppers

Judges 6:3-5

And it was if Israel sowed, and Midian came up, and Amalek, and the sons of the east, and they came up against him: And they will encamp against them, and they will destroy the produce of the land even to thy coming to Gaza; and they will not leave means of life in Israel, and sheep and ox and ass. For they and their cattle will come up, and their tents will come, as an abundance of locusts for multitude; and to them and to their camels no number: and they will come into the land to destroy it

Judges 7:12

Armies » Were composed of » War-chariots

Judges 4:3

And the sons of Israel will cry to Jehovah; for nine hundred chariots of iron to him; and he pressed the sons of Israel by force twenty years. Verse Concepts

Joshua 17:16

And the sons of Joseph will say, The mountain will not suffice to us: and the chariot of iron among all the Canaanites dwelling in the land of the valley, to whom in the House of Rest and her daughters, and to whom in the valley of Jezreel. Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Ark taken to battle

Joshua 6:6-7

And Joshua son of Nun will call to the priests and say to them, Lift up the ark of the covenant, and seven priests shall lift up seven trumpets of signals before the ark of Jehovah. And they will say to the people, Pass through and surround the city, and he being armed shall pass by before the ark of Jehovah.

Joshua 6:13

And seven priests lifting up seven trumpets of alarms before the ark of Jehovah went on going, and they clanged with the trumpets, and he being armed went before them; and the gathering went after the ark of Jehovah, going and clanging with the trumpets. Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 4:4-11

And the people will send to Shiloh, and they will lift up from thence the ark of the covenant of Jehovah of armies, sitting upon the Cherubims: and there the two sons of Eli with the ark of the covenant of God, Hophni and Phinehas. And it will be when the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the camp, and all Israel will shout with great shouts, and the earth will be put in motion. And Philisteim will hear the voice of the shout, and they will say, What the voice of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? and they knew that the ark of Jehovah came into the camp. read more.
And the Philisteim will be afraid, for they said, God came into the camp. And they will say, Wo to us! for at was not as this yesterday, the third day. Wo to us! who shall deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? these those gods smiting Egypt with every blow in the desert Be strong, and be for men, Philisteim, lest ye shall serve to the Hebrews as they served to you: and be for men and fight And Philisteim will fight and smite Israel, and they will flee, a man to his tent: and the blow will be very great, and there will fall from Israel thirty thousand footmen. And the ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli were slain, Hophni and Phinehaa

Armies » Called the » Hosts

Joshua 10:5

Judges 8:10

And Zebah and Zalmunna are in Karkor, and their camps with them, about fifteen thousand, all those remaining from all the camp of the sons of the east: and there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men drawing the sword. Verse Concepts

Armies » Who of the israelites were subject to service in

Numbers 1:2-3

Numbers 26:2

Take the head of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, from the son of twenty years and above, according to the house of their fathers, all going forth to war in Israel. Verse Concepts

2 Chronicles 25:5

Armies » Were composed of » Spearmen or heavy troops

Acts 23:23

Psalm 68:30

Rebuke the beasts of the reed, the assembly of the strong ones, with the heifers of the peoples, prostrating themselves with pieces of salver: scatter the peoples, they will delight in wars. Verse Concepts

Armies » Marched » With order and precision

Isaiah 5:27

None fainted, and none were weak among them; none shall slumber and none shall sleep; and the girdle of their loins was not loosed, and the thong of their shoes was not broken: Verse Concepts

Joel 2:7-8

They shall run as strong men; as men of war they shall come up upon the wall; and they shall go each in his ways; they shall not change their paths. And they shall not thrust a man his brother; they shall go a man in his high way: and in the midst of the javelin shall they fall, they shall not be cut in pieces.

Armies » Generally in three divisions

Job 1:17

Genesis 14:15

And he will divide against them at night, he and his servants, and will smite them, and will pursue them even to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Check roll-call

1 Samuel 14:17

And Saul will say to the people that were with him, Review now, and see who went from us. And they will review, and behold, not Jonathan and he lifting up his arms. Verse Concepts

Numbers 31:48-49

And there will come near to Moses the officers which are over the thousands of the war, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds: And they will say to Moses, Thy servants took the head of the men of the battle which are in our hand, and a man was not missed from us.

Armies » March in ranks » Battle shouts

1 Samuel 17:20

Judges 7:18

And I struck upon the trumpet, I and all that are with me, and ye struck upon the trumpets, also ye round about all the camp, and say, For Jehovah and for Gideon. Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 17:52

And the men of Israel and Judah will rise and shout, and pursue the rovers till thy coming to the valley, and even to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the rovers will fall in the way of the gates, and even to Gath, and even to Ekron. Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Night attacks

Genesis 14:15

And he will divide against them at night, he and his servants, and will smite them, and will pursue them even to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. Verse Concepts

Judges 7:16-22

And he will divide the three hundred men into three beginnings, and he will give trumpets into the hand of them all, and empty buckets, and torches in the midst of the buckets. And he will say to them, Ye shall look upon me, and so shall ye do: and behold me coming to the extremity of the camp, and it was as I shall do, so ye shall do. And I struck upon the trumpet, I and all that are with me, and ye struck upon the trumpets, also ye round about all the camp, and say, For Jehovah and for Gideon. read more.
And Gideon will go and the hundred men that are with him, to the extremity of the, camp, the beginning of the middle watch; only now rising up they raised up those watching: and they will strike upon the trumpets, and they brake the buckets that are in their hand. And the three heads will strike upon the trumpets, and will break the buckets, and they will hold fast in their left hand upon the torches, and in their right hand the trumpets to strike: and they will call the sword for Jehovah and for Gideon. And they will stand a man for himself round about the camp; and all the camp will run and cry out and flee. And the three hundred will clang the trumpets, and Jehovah will set the sword of a man against his neighbor and in all the camp: and the camp fled even to the House of Acacia of Zererath, even to the lip of Abel-Meholah, to Tabbath.

Armies » March in ranks » The king offers his daughter

1 Samuel 17:25

And the man Israel will say, Saw ye this man coming up? for to upbraid Israel he came up: and it was the man who shall strike him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give to him his daughter, and his father's house he will make free in Israel. Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 18:17-28

And Saul will say to David, Behold, my daughter the great, Merab; her will I give to thee for wife; but be thou to me for a son of strength and fight the battles of Jehovah. And Saul said, My hand shall not be upon him, and the hand of the rovers shall be upon him. And David will say to Saul, Who am I? and who was my father's family in Isarel that I shall be son-in-law to the king? And it will be in the time of giving Merab, Saul's daughter, to David, and he gave her to Adriel, the Meholathite, for wife, read more.
And Michal, Saul's daughter, will love David: and they will announce to Saul, and the word was straight in his eyes. And Saul will say, I will give her to him, and she shall be to him for a snare, and the hand of the rovers shall be against him. And Saul will say to David, In the second time thou shalt be son-in-law to me this day. And Saul commanded his servants, Speak to David in secret, saying, Behold, the king delighted in thee, and all his servants loved thee: and now be son-in-law of the king. And Saul's servants will speak in the ears of David these words. And David will say, Was it light in your eyes to be son-in-law to the king, and I a poor man and lightly esteemed? And Saul's servants will announce to him, saying, According to these words spake David. And Saul will say, Thus shall ye say to David, No delight to the king in a dowry, but in a hundred uncircumcisions of the rovers to be avenged of the king's enemies. And Saul purposed to cause David to fall into the hand of the rovers. And his servants will announce to David these words, and the word will be straight in David's eyes, to be son-in-law to the king: and the days were not filled up. And David will rise and will go, he and his men, and he will smite among the rovers two hundred men; and David will bring their uncircumcisions and they will complete them to the king, to be son-in-law to the king. And Saul will give to him Michal his daughter for wife. And Saul will see and know that Jehovah is with David, and Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.

Armies » March in ranks » Uniforms of

Ezekiel 23:6

Putting on cerulean purple, prefects and governors, young men of desire all of them, horsemen riding horses. Verse Concepts

Ezekiel 23:12

She desired after the sons of Assur, prefects and governors, being near, putting on splendor, horsemen riding horses, young men of desire, all of them.

Nahum 2:3

The shield of the strong ones being red, the men of strength being clothed in scarlet: with fire of irons the chariots in the day of his preparing, and the cypresses were made to tremble. Verse Concepts

Armies » Refusal to obey the summons, instance of

Judges 21:5-11

And the sons of Israel will say, Who from all the tribes of Israel that went not up in the gathering to Jehovah? For there was a great oath against him who went not up to Jehovah to Mizpeh, saying, Dying, he shall die. And the sons of Israel will lament for Benjamin their brother, and they will say, There was cut off this day one tribe from Israel. What shall we do for them to those being left for wives, and we sware by Jehovah not to give to them from our daughters for wives? read more.
And they will say, What one from the tribes of Israel who came not up to Jehovah to Mizpeh? And behold, not a man came from the camp of Jabesh-Gilead to the gathering. And the people will be reviewed, and behold, not a man there from the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead. And they will send there twelve thousand men from the sons of power, and they will command them, saying, Go and smite them, the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead, with the mouth of the sword, and the women and the little ones And this the word which ye shall do: every male and every woman knowing the bed of a male ye shall exterminate.

Armies » March in ranks » Unusual winter campaign

2 Samuel 11:1

And it will be at the return of the year, at the time of the going forth of kings, and David will send Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they will destroy the sons of Ammon, and they will watch closely against Rabbah And David will dwell in Jerusalem. Verse Concepts

1 Chronicles 20:1

And it will be at the time of the return of the year, at the time of the going forth of kings, and Joab will lead the power of the army, and he will destroy the land of the sons of Ammon, and he will come and press upon Rabbah: and David dwelt in Jerusalem. And Joab will strike Rabbah and destroy it Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » engines" used

2 Chronicles 26:15

And he will make in Jerusalem engines, devised of him devising, to be upon the towers and upon the corners to cast with arrows and with great stones. And his name went forth even to afar off; for he was made wonderful to help even till he was strong. Verse Concepts

Jeremiah 6:6

For thus said Jehovah of armies, Cut off the wood, and throw up a mound against Jerusalem: this the city to be reviewed; oppression is wholly in her midst Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Margin note)

1 Chronicles 12:33

From Zebulon coming forth to the army, setting the battle in array with all the utensils of war, fifty thousand to set in order, with not a heart and a heart. Verse Concepts

Joel 2:7

They shall run as strong men; as men of war they shall come up upon the wall; and they shall go each in his ways; they shall not change their paths. Verse Concepts

Armies » Brought their idols with them

1 Chronicles 14:12

And they will leave their gods there, and David will say, and they will burn in fire. Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Soldiers destroy each other to escape captivity

1 Samuel 14:20

And Saul will be convoked and all the people which were with him, and they will go even to the battle: and behold, the sword of a man will be against his neighbor, a very great confusion. Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 31:4-6

And Saul will say to him lifting up his arms, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised shall come and thrust me through and mock upon me. And he lifting up his arms would not, for he will fear greatly; and Saul will take the sword and will fall upon it And he lifting up his arms will fear, for he saw Saul died; and he will fall, also he, upon his sword, and he will die with him. And Saul will die, and his three sons, and he lifting up his arms, also all his men in that day together.

Armies » Called the » Power of kings

2 Chronicles 32:9

After this Senherib king of Assur sent his servants to Jerusalem (and he at Lachish, and all his dominion with him) to Hezekiah king of Judah, and against all Judah which were in Jerusalem, saying,

Armies » Levies for

Numbers 31:4

A thousand to a tribe, a thousand to a tribe, for all the tribes of Israel, ye shall send to war. Verse Concepts

Judges 20:10

And we will take ten men to the hundred to all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred to a thousand, and a thousand to ten thousand, to take provision for the people, to do for those going to Gibeah of Benjamin; according to all the folly which was done in Israel. Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Triumphs of, celebrated » With songs

1 Samuel 18:6-7

And it will be in their coming, in David's turning back from the striking of the rover, and the women will come forth from all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing to meet Saul the king, with drums and with gladness and with triangles: And the women will answer, playing, and they will say, Saul smote with his thousand and David with his ten thousands.

Armies » Captains of fifties

2 Kings 1:9

Isaiah 3:3

The captain of fifty and the elevated of face, and the counselor, and the wise of the artificers, and the intelligent one enchanting. Verse Concepts

Armies » Compared to » Clouds

Ezekiel 38:9-16

Ascending, thou shalt come as a storm, as a cloud to cover the earth shalt thou be and all thy hosts, and many peoples with thee. Thus said the Lord Jehovah and it was in that day words will come up upon thy heart, and thou purposed an evil purpose: And thou saidst, I will come up upon the land of the open country; I will go to those being at rest, dwelling confidently, all of them dwelling without a wall, and bar and doors not to them, read more.
To spoil a spoil and to plunder a plunder; to turn back thy hand upon the wastes being inhabited, and upon the people being gathered out of the nations making cattle and substance, dwelling upon the summit of the land. Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish, and all her young lions, they shall say to thee, For spoiling a spoil art thou come? For plundering a plunder didst thou call together thy convocation? to lift up silver and gold, to take cattle and substance, to spoil a great spoil? For this, prophesy, O son of man, and say to Gog, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: In that day in my people Israel dwelling confidently, shalt thou not know? And thou earnest out of the places from the thighs of the north, thou, and many peoples with thee, riding horses all of them, a great convocation and much strength: And coming up upon my people Israel as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the last of the days, and brought thee forth against my land, for the nations to know me in my being consecrated in thee before their eyes, O Gog.

Armies » Marched » With noise and tumult

Isaiah 17:12-13

Wo to the multitude of many peoples; they will sound as the sound of the seas; and the tumult to the nations shall rage as the tumult of great waters. To the nations as the tumult of many waters they shall rage, and he rebuked him and he fled from far off and was pursued as the chief of the mountains before the wind and as stubble before the whirlwind.

Armies » March in ranks » Confidence in, vain

Psalm 33:16

The king was not saved by much strength: the strong one will not be delivered by much power. Verse Concepts

Psalm 44:6

For I will not trust in my bow, and my sword will not serve me. Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Of samaria

2 Kings 6:24-33

And it will be after this, and Benhadad king of Aram will gather all his camp and come up and press upon Shomeron. And a great famine will be in Shomeron: and behold them pressing upon it till the head of an ass was for eighty of silver, and the fourth of a cup of doves dung, for five of silver. And the king of Israel will be passing by upon the wall, and a woman cried out to him, saying, Save, O lord the king. read more.
And he will say, Wilt not Jehovah save thee, from whence shall I save thee from the threshing-floor or from the wine-press? And the king will say to her, What to thee? and she will say, This woman said to me, Thou shalt give thy son, and we will eat him this day, and my son we will eat to-morrow. And we shall boil my son, and eat him: and saying to her on the day after, Thou shalt give thy son, and we will eat him: and she will hide her son And it will be when the king heard the woman's words, and he will rend his garments; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people will see, and behold, sackcloth upon his flesh, from within. And he will say, Thus will God do to me, and thus will he add, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat, shall stand upon him this day. And Elisha sitting in his house, and the old men sitting with him; and he will send a man from before him: before the messenger will come to him, and he said to the old men, See ye that this son of a murderer sent to take away my head? see, when the messenger comes, shut the door and press him in the door: is not the voice of the feet of his lord behind him? While yet speaking with them, behold, the messenger will come down to him: and he will say, Behold, this evil from Jehovah; what more shall I wait for Jehovah?

Armies » Compared to » Whirlwinds

Jeremiah 25:32

Thus said Jehovah of armies, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great storm shall be raised up from the thighs of the earth. Verse Concepts

Armies » Compared to » Flies

Isaiah 7:18-19

And it was in that day Jehovah shall hiss for the fly which is in the extremity of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of Assur. And they shall come and rest all of them in the valleys, and in the clefts of the rocks, and in all the thorn hedges, and in all pastures.

Armies » Antiquity of

Genesis 14:1-8

And it shall be in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch king of Alasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of nations, Made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, this is Zoar. All these joined together in the valley of Siddim; this is the sea of salt read more.
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and the thirteenth year they revolted. And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and they shall smite the Rephaims in Ashtaroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim. And the Horites in their mountain Seir to Ael Paran, which is by the wilderness. And they shall turn back and shall come to En-Mishpat; this is Kadesh; and they shall smite all the field of the Amalekites and also of the Amorites dwelling in Hazezon Tamar. And there shall come forth the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela (this is Zoar), and they shall set in array with them the war in the valley of Siddim,

Armies » March in ranks » Divided into "bands" (rv margin, cohorts,)

Acts 10:1

And a certain man was in Cesarea by name Cornelius, a centurion of the band called Italian, Verse Concepts

Acts 27:1

And when it was determined for us to sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and certain others bound to a centurion named Julius, of Augustus' band. Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Jehoshaphat's victories

Armies » March in ranks » Divine assistance to » Samaria's deliverances

Armies » Began their campaigns in the spring

2 Samuel 11:1

Armies » Toil and fatigue often endured by

Ezekiel 29:18

Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre: every head being made bald, and every shoulder made smooth: and wages were not to him and to his army from Tyre for the service that he served against her. Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Rewards for meritorious conduct » The general offers his daughter in marriage

Joshua 15:16-17

And Caleb will say, Who will smite the City of the Book and take it, and I gave to him Achsah my daughter for a wife. And Othniel, son of Kenaz will take it, the brother of Caleb, and he will give to him Achsah his daughter for a wife.

Armies » March in ranks » Among the philistines

1 Samuel 14:15-19

And terror will be in the camp, in the field, and in all the people of the garrison: and the destroyers trembled, they also, and the earth will be moved; and it will be for the terror of God. And the watchman to Saul will see in the hill of Benjamin, and behold, the multitude melting away, and going, and fighting. And Saul will say to the people that were with him, Review now, and see who went from us. And they will review, and behold, not Jonathan and he lifting up his arms. read more.
And Saul will say to Ahiah, Bring near the ark of God. For the ark of God was in that day and the sons of Israel. And it will be while Saul spake to the priest, and the multitude which was in the camp of the rovers, and it went going and increasing: and Saul will say to the priest, Take back thy hand.

Armies » March in ranks » Army choir and songs

2 Chronicles 20:21-22

And he will counsel to the people, and he will set up those singing to Jehovah, and those praising to the ornaments of holiness, in their going out before the strong, and saying, Confess ye to Jehovah; his mercy is forever. And in the time they began in rejoicing and praising, Jehovah gave ambushes against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, coming against Judah; and they will be smitten.

Armies » March in ranks » Divine assistance to » Sun stands still

Joshua 10:11-14

And it will be in their fleeing from before Israel, they in the descent of the house of Horon, and Jehovah cast down upon them great stones from the heavens, even to Azekah; and more will die who died by the stones of hail than whom the sons of Israel slew with the sword. Then will Joshua speak to Jehovah in the day Jehovah will give the Amorite before the sons of Israel, and he will say before the eyes of Israel, Sun in Gibeon, be thou silent, and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun will be silent, and the moon stood, till the people will be avenged upon its enemies. Is it not written upon the book of the upright? and the sun will stand in the half of the heavens, and it hasted not to go down for a whole day. read more.
And there was not as that day, before it and after it, that Jehovah heard to the voice of a man: for Jehovah fought for Israel.

Armies » March in ranks » Sacrifices

1 Samuel 13:11-12

And Samuel will say, What didst thou? and Saul will say, Because I saw, that the people were scattered from me, and thou camest not at the appointment of days, and the rovers were gathered together to Michmash; And saying, Now the rovers will come down to me to Gilgal, and I entreated not the face of Jehovah: and I will contain myself, and will bring up a burnt-offering.

Armies » Employed in » Assaulting cities

Joshua 7:3-4

And they will turn back to Joshua, and will say to him, All the people shall not go up; about two thousand men or about three thousand men shall go up and smite Ai: thou shalt not weary there all the people for they few. And they will go up there from the people about three thousand men: and they will flee from the face of the men of Ai.

Armies » March in ranks » David's attack upon the philistines

2 Samuel 5:23-25

And David will ask in God, and he will say, Thou shalt not go up: turn about behind them and thou shalt cover against them from before the weepings And it shall be in thy hearing the voice of the going in the heads of the weepings, then thou shalt be active, for then Jehovah will go forth before thee to strike upon the camp of the rovers. And David will do thus as Jehovah commanded him, and he will strike the rovers from Geba even to thy coming to Gazer.

Armies » March in ranks » Celerity of action » Abraham, in pursuit of chedorlaomer

Genesis 14:14-15

And Abram shall hear that his brother was carried away captive, and he will draw forth his trained, born in his house, eighteen and three hundred, and will pursue, even to Dan. And he will divide against them at night, he and his servants, and will smite them, and will pursue them even to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

Armies » March in ranks » Ambushes at gibeah

Judges 20:29-43

Armies » March in ranks » A share the spoils

Numbers 31:25-47

And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying, Take the head of the spoil of the captivity, in man and in cattle, thou and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers of the assembly And divide the spoil between them taking hold of the battle, going forth to war, and between all the assembly: read more.
And cast a tribute to Jehovah from the men of the battle going forth to war: one soul from five hundred, from the men and from the oxen, and from the asses, and from the sheep: Ye shall take from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest, an offering of Jehovah. And from the sons of Israel's half thou shalt take one taking from fifty, from the men, from the oxen, from the asses, and from the sheep, from all the cattle, and give them to the Levites watching the watches of the dwelling of Jehovah. And Moses will do, and Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses. And the remainder of the spoil plundered which the people of war plundered, will be six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep, And the oxen two and seventy thousand, And the asses, one and sixty thousand, And the souls of man, from the women which knew not the bed of a male all the souls, two and thirty thousand. And half of the portion of those having gone forth in the war, the Numbers of the sheep will be three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred. And the tribute to Jehovah will be from the sheep, six hundred five and seventy. And the oxen, six and thirty thousand; and their tribute to Jehovah, two and seventy. And the asses thirty thousand and five hundred; and their tribute to Jehovah, one and sixty. And the souls of man, sixteen thousand; and their tribute to Jehovah, two and thirty souls. And Moses will give the tribute, an offering of Jehovah, to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah commanded Moses. And from the sons of Israel's half which Moses divided from the men having warred, (And the assembly's half from the sheep, will be three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand five hundred, And the oxen, six and thirty thousand, And the asses, thirty thousand and five hundred, And the souls of man, sixteen thousand;) Moses will take from the sons of Israel's half, one taking from fifty, from man and from cattle, and he will give them to the Levites watching the watches of the tent of Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Armies » March in ranks » Forced marches

Isaiah 5:26-27

And he lifted up a signal to the nations from far off, and he hissed to them from the extremity of the earth; and behold, they shall come swift from haste. None fainted, and none were weak among them; none shall slumber and none shall sleep; and the girdle of their loins was not loosed, and the thong of their shoes was not broken:

Armies » March in ranks » Purifications

Numbers 31:19-24

And encamp ye without the camp seven days: every one killing a soul, and every one touching upon the wounded, ye shall be purified in the third day, and in the seventh day, ye and your captivity. And every garment and every vessel of skin, and every work of goats' hair, and every vessel of wood, ye shall purify. And Eleazar the priest will say to the men of war coming from the battle, This the law of instruction which Jehovah commanded Moses: read more.
Only the gold and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, Every thing which shall come through fire ye shall make pass through fire, and it was cleansed: only with the water of uncleanness shall it be purified: and all which will not come through the fire ye shall make pass through the water. And wash ye your garments in the seventh day, and be purified, and afterwards ye shall come into the camp.

Armies » March in ranks » Delay

2 Samuel 17:7-14

And Hushai will say to Absalom, The counsel which Ahithophel counseled is not good in this time. And Hushai will say, Thou knewest thy father and his men that they are mighty, and they bitter of soul as a bear bereaved of offspring in the field: and thy father a man of war, and he will not lodge with the people. Behold now, he hid in one of the pits, or in one of the places: and it being when there fell among them in the beginning, and he hearing heard and said, was a slaughter among the people which are after Absalom. read more.
And he also the son of strength whose heart according to the heart of the lion, melting, will melt away: for all Israel knew that thy father is mighty, and the sons of strength which are with him. For I counseled being gathered, all Israel shall be gathered to thee from Dan and even to the Well of the Oath, as the sand which is upon the sea for multitude; and thy face going in the midst of them. And we came upon him in one of the places which we shall find there, and we upon him as the dew will fall upon the earth: and we will not leave of him and of all the men which are with him, even one. And if he shall be gathered into the city, and all Israel shall lift up ropes to that city, and we dragged it even to the torrent, till we shall not find there even a stone. And Absalom will say, and every man of Israel, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is good above the counsel of Ahithophel. And Jehovah commanded to frustrate the good counsel of Ahithophel so that Jehovah brought evil upon Absalom.

Armies » March in ranks » Divine assistance to » When aaron and hur held up moses' hands

Exodus 17:11-12

And it was as Moses will lift up his hand, Israel prevailed: and as he will put down his hand and Amalek prevailed. And the hands of Moses were heavy; and they will take a stone and put under him, and he will sit upon it: and Aaron and Hur took hold upon his hands, one from here, and one from there; and his hands will be in firmness till the sun went forth.

Armies » March in ranks » Roman army » Captains (rv margin, military tribunes) of

Acts 22:24-29

The captain of a thousand commanded him to be brought to the camp, having spoken to examine him by scourges; that he might know for what cause they exclaimed so against him. And as he held him before with thongs, Paul said to the centurion standing by, Is it lawful to scourge a man a Roman, and uncondemned? And the centurion having heard, having come near announced to the captain of a thousand, See what thou art about to do: for this man is a Roman. read more.
And the captain of a thousand having come near, said to him, Tell me if thou art a Roman. And he said, Yes. And the captain of a thousand answered, I obtained this citizenship for much capital. And Paul said, And I have been born. Then quickly they about to examine him withdrew from him: and the captain of a thousand was afraid, knowing that he is a Roman, and because he had bound him.

Armies » Frequently the instrument of God's vengeance

Isaiah 13:5

Coming from a land from afar, from the extremity of the heavens, Jehovah and the vessels of his wrath to overthrow all the earth. Verse Concepts

Armies » Sent out foraging parties

2 Kings 5:2

And Aram will go forth by troops, and take captive from the land of Israel a little girl; and she will be before Naaman's wife. Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Joshua, against the amorites

Joshua 10:6

And the men of Gibeon will send to Joshua to the camp of Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hands from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us and help us; for all the kings of the Amorites inhabiting the mountain gathered themselves together against us. Verse Concepts

Joshua 10:9

And Joshua will come to them suddenly, all night he went up from Gilgal. Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Composed of insurgents

1 Samuel 22:1-2

And David will go from thence and he will escape to the cave Adullam: and his brethren and all the house of his father will hear, and they will go down to him there. And there will gather to him every man being pressed and every man which to him a creditor, and every man bitter of soul; and he will be for chief over them: and there will be with him about four hundred men.

Armies » March in ranks » Ambushes at shechem

Judges 9:25

And the lords of Shechem will set for him liers in wait upon the heads of the mountains, and they will rob all who shall pass over by them in the way: and it was announced to Abimelech. Verse Concepts

Judges 9:34

And Abimelech will rise, and all the people which are with him, by night, and they will lie in wait against Shechem in four heads. Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Among the syrians

2 Kings 7:7-15

And they will rise and flee in darkness, and leave their tents, and their horses and their asses, the camp as it was, and flee for their soul. And these leprous will come even to the end of the camp, and go to one tent, and eat and drink and lift up from thence silver and gold, and garments,. and they will go and hide and turn back, and come to another tent, and lift up from thence, and go and hide. And they will say a man to his neighbor, Not thus do we: this day, it is a day of glad tidings, and we being silent: and waiting till morning light and sin will find us: an now come and we will go and announce to the king's house. read more.
And they will go and call to the gate of the city and announce to them, saying, We came to the camp of Aram, and behold, not a man there, and voice of man, but the horse made fast, and the ass made fast, and the tents as they are And it will be called out at the gates, and they will announce to the king's house within. And the king will rise by night and say to his servants, I will now announce to you what Aram did to us. They knew that we are hungry, and they went forth from the camp to hide in the field, saying, When they shall come forth from the city and we will seize them living, and we will go info the city. And one of his servants will answer and say, They shall take five of the horses remaining which were left in it, (behold them as all the multitude of Israel which were left in it: behold them as all the multitude of Israel which were finished:) and we will send and see. And they will take two chariot horses, and the king will send after the camp of Aram, saying, Go and see. And they will go after them even to Jordan; and behold, all the way full of garments and vessels which Aram cast away in their being terrified. And the messengers will turn back and announce to the king.

Armies » March in ranks » With dancing

1 Samuel 18:6-7

Armies » March in ranks » Of beth-el

Judges 1:23-24

And the house of Joseph will examine in the house of God. And the name of the city before, was Almond tree. And they watching will see a man coming out of the city, and they will say to him, Show to us the entrance of the city, and we will do mercy with thee.

Armies » March in ranks » Stratagems » Ambushes, at ai

Joshua 8:2-22

And do to Ai and to her king as thou didst to Jericho and to her king: only its plunder and her cattle ye shall plunder to yourselves: set to thee an ambush to the city from behind it. And Joshua will rise, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua will choose thirty thousand men mighty of strength, and he will send them by night And he will command them, saying. See, ye lie in wait against the city, behind the city: ye shall not be far off from the city greatly, and be ye all of you prepared: read more.
And I and all the people that are with me will draw near to the city: and it was when they shall come forth to our meeting as at the first, and we fled before them. And they will come out after us, and we drew them away from the city, for they will say, They flee before us as at the first: and we fled before their face. And ye shall rise up from the ambush and seize the city: and Jehovah your God gave it into your hand. And it was when ye seize the city, ye shall set the city on fire: according to the word of Jehovah ye shall do: See, I commanded you. And Joshua will send them away; and they will go to the ambush, and they will dwell between the house of God and between Ai, from the sea to Ai: and Joshua will remain in that night in the midst of the people. And Joshua will rise early in the morning and will review the people, and he will go up, and the old men of Israel, before the people of Ai. And all the people of war that were with him went up, and they will draw near, and come before the city, and will encamp on the north to Ai: and the valley between them and Ai. And he will take about five thousand men and set them in ambush between the house of God and between Ai, from the sea, to the city. And the people will set all the camp which is from the north to the city, and its lying in wait, from the sea to the city; and Joshua will go in that night into the midst of the valley. And it will be when the king of Ai saw, and they will hasten and will rise early, and the men of the city will come forth to the meeting of Israel, to war, he, and all his people, at the appointment before the desert: and he knew not that an ambush to him from behind the city. And Joshua and all Israel will be smitten before them, and will flee the way of the desert And all the people which are in the city will be called together to pursue after them, and they will pursue after Joshua, and be drawn away from the city. And a man was not left in Ai and the house of God, who will not go forth after Israel: and they will leave the city opened and will pursue after Israel. And Jehovah will say to Joshua, Stretch with the javelin which is in thine hand, to Ai; for into thine hand will I give it. And Joshua will stretch forth with the javelin which in his hand, to the city. And the ambush rose quickly from its place, and they will run when he stretched out his hand: and they will come into the city and take it, and they will hasten and set the city on fire. And the men of Ai will turn back behind them and will see, and behold, the smoke of the city went up to the heavens, and there was not with them hands to flee hither and thither: and the people having fled, turned back to the pursuers. And Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush took the city, and that the smoke of the city went up, and they will turn back and smite the men of Ai. And these will go forth from the city to their meeting; and they will be to Israel in the midst of these from hence, and these from thence: and they will smite them till none were left to them fleeing and escaping.

Armies » March in ranks » Of laish

Judges 18:2-10

And the sons of Dan will send from their families five men from their extremities, men sons of power, from Zorah and Eshtaol, to search the land and to examine it; and they will say to them, Go and examine the land: and they will come to mount Ephraim, even to the house of Micah, and they will lodge there. And they with the house of Micah, and they knew the voice of the youth, the Levite: and they will turn aside there and say to him, Who brought thee hither? and what didst thou in here? and what to thee here? And he will say to them, according to this, and according to this, Micah did to me, and he will hire me, and I to him for priest read more.
And they will say to him, Ask now of God, and we shall know whether our way shall prosper which we go upon it. And the priest will say to them, Go for peace: before Jehovah, your way which ye shall go in it. And the five men will go and come to Laish, and they will see the people which in the midst of her, dwelling in confidence according to the judgment of the Sidonians, quiet and confiding; and none shaming the word in the land, a possessor heaping up, and they far off from the Sidonians, and the word was not to them with man. And they will come to their brethren of Zomh and Eshtaol; and their brethren will say to them, What ye? And they will say, Arise, and we will go up upon them: for we saw the land, and behold, exceedingly good: and ye being still, ye shall not neglect to go, to come to inherit the land. In your going, ye shall come to a people confiding, and to a land of many hands: for God gave it into your hand, a place where no want there of any word which is in the earth.

Armies » March in ranks » Of jerusalem

2 Kings 25:1-3

And it will be in the ninth year to his reigning, in the tenth month, in the tenth to the month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babel came, he, and all his strength, against Jerusalem, and he will encamp against it, and build a watch tower against her round about. And the city will go into siege till the eleventh year to king Zedekiah. In the ninth to the month and the famine will be strong in the city, and there was not bread for the people of the land.

Armies » Compared to » Waters of a river

Isaiah 8:7

And for this, behold Jehovah bringing up upon them the water of the river, strong and many, the king of Assur and his glory: and he came up over all his channels and he went over all his banks. Verse Concepts

Armies » Illustrative of » Numerous and heavy afflictions

Job 19:12

His troops shall come together and raise up their way against me, and they will encamp round about to my tent Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Angel of the lord smites the assyrians

2 Kings 19:35

Armies » March in ranks » Officers consecrate themselves to God

2 Chronicles 17:16

And upon his hand Jehovah lifted up, son of The remembered, he volunteering to Jehovah: and with him two hundred thousand strong of power. Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Exhorted before battle

Deuteronomy 20:1-9

When thou shalt go forth to war against thine enemy, and thou sawest horse and chariot, a multitude of people more than thou, thou shalt not be afraid of them, for Jehovah thy God is with thee, he bringing thee up out of the land of Egypt And it was in your coming near to the war, and the priest approached and spake to the people, And he said to them, Hear, O Israel; ye come near this day to war against your enemies: your heart shall not be cast down, ye shall not fear, and ye shall not take flight, and ye shall not be terrified from their face. read more.
For Jehovah your God goes with you to war with you against your enemies, to save you. And the scribes spake to the people, saying, What man who built a new house and consecrated it not? be shall go and turn back to his house, lest he shall die in the war, and another man shall consecrate it And what man who planted a vineyard, and made it not common? He Shall go and turn back to his house lest he shall die in the war, and another man shall make it common. And what man betrothed a wife and took her not? he shall go and turn back to his house lest he shall die in the war, and another man shall take her. And the scribes shall add to speak to the people, and they said, What man was afraid and cast down of heart? he shall go and turn back to his house, and he shall not melt his brother's heart as his heart. And it was as the scribes finished to speak to the people, and they appointed captains of the armies in the head of the people.

Armies » March in ranks » Ambushes at zemaraim

2 Chronicles 13:13

And Jeroboam turned about an ambush to come from behind them: and they will be before Judah, and the ambush from behind them.

Armies » March in ranks » With music

2 Chronicles 20:28

And they will come to Jerusalem with lyres and with harps and with trumpets to the house of Jehovah. Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » By jehoshaphat

2 Chronicles 20:22

And in the time they began in rejoicing and praising, Jehovah gave ambushes against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, coming against Judah; and they will be smitten. Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Panics

Isaiah 30:17

One thousand from before the rebuke of one; from before the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye were left as a mast upon the head of the mountain, and as a signal upon the hill. Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Of ai

Joshua 7:2-3

And Joshua will send men from Jericho to Ai, which is by the house of Ain, from the east, to the house of God, and he will say to them, saying, Go up and spy the land. And the men will go up and will spy Ai And they will turn back to Joshua, and will say to him, All the people shall not go up; about two thousand men or about three thousand men shall go up and smite Ai: thou shalt not weary there all the people for they few.

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1 Samuel 14:52

And strong war will be against the rovers all the days of Saul: and Saul seeing every strong man and every son of strength, and he will gather him to him. Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Children instructed in military arts

2 Samuel 1:18

(And he will say to teach the sons of Judah the bow: it was written upon the book of Jasher.) Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » The confederated kings

Joshua 11:7

And Joshua will come, and all the people of war with him, upon them by the water of Merom suddenly, and they will fall upon them. Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Sieges

Jeremiah 39:1

in the ninth year to Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel, and all his army, against Jerusalem, and they pressed upon her. Verse Concepts

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1 Samuel 11:7

And he will take a pair of oxen and will cut them in pieces, and will send in all the bound of Israel by the hand of the messengers, saying, Whoever will not come forth after Saul and after Samuel, thus shall be done to his oxen. And the fear of Jehovah will fall upon the people, and they will come forth as one man. Verse Concepts

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Ezekiel 26:9

And he will give the stroke of his front against thy walls, and with his sword he will tear down thy towers. Verse Concepts

Exodus 13:18

And God will turn the people about the way of the desert, the sea of sedge: and the sons of Israel went up active out of the land of Egypt Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Among the midianites

Judges 7:21

And they will stand a man for himself round about the camp; and all the camp will run and cry out and flee. Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Flanks called wings

Isaiah 8:8

And he went in Judah; and he overflowed and passed through; he will reach even to the neck; and the expansion of his wings was the fulness of the land, God with us. Verse Concepts

Armies » March in ranks » Holiness encouraged

Deuteronomy 23:9

When the camp shall go forth against thine enemies, and watch thyself from every evil word.