Thematic Bible: Move, in attack, in three divisions
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David sent forth a third of the troops {under the command of Joab}, and a third {under the command of Abishai}, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and the remaining third {under the command of Ittai} the Gittite. And the king said to the troops, "I, even I, {will certainly go out} with you."
{And the} next day Saul placed the people [in] three divisions. Then they came into the middle of the camp {at the early morning watch} and struck down {the Ammonites} until the heat of the day. It happened that the remainder were scattered {so that no two among them remained together}.
He divided the three hundred men [into] three companies, and he put trumpets and empty jars in everyone's hand, with torches inside the jars.
so he took the army and divided them into three divisions, and he laid an ambush in the field. And he saw the people [were] coming out from the city, and he arose against them and killed them.
The {raiders} went out from the camp of [the] Philistines [in] three divisions. One division turned on the road to Ophrah toward the land of Shual. One division turned on the road to Beth Horon, and one turned on the road toward the border overlooking the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
While this one was still speaking, {another} came and said, "The Chaldeans formed three divisions, and they made a raid on the camels, and they carried them away, and they struck your servants {by the edge of the sword}, but I escaped, [even] I alone, to tell you."
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- Acting Alone
- Ambush
- Ammonites
- Camels
- Dividing Into Three Groups
- Fighting Together
- Fractions, One Third
- Heat
- Lamps
- Noon
- Scattering The Peoples
- Survivors Threatened
- Taking Animals
- Three Groups
- Three Hundred And Above
- Three To Four Hundred
- Trumpets For Battle
- Two People
- Warfare, Strategies In
- While Still Speaking
- Defeat
- Equipping, physical
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