Thematic Bible: Used in war


Thematic Bible



And the fight was going badly for Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesArchers, Men Shot By

All your rulers ... have gone in flight; all your strong ones have gone far away. Verse ConceptsIsrael Fleeing

Against her the bow of the archer is bent, and he puts on his coat of metal: have no mercy on her young men, give all her army up to the curse. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesDisarmamentRopes

And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the army, for I am badly wounded. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesBow And Arrows, Uses OfArmourDeath Of The Wicked, Examples OfArchers, Men Shot ByChancearmorlungs

He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire. Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsGod's ArrowsWeapons Of GodArrowsinstruments

And he sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled. Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfGod's ArrowsScattering The Peoples

For this cause the Lord says about the king of Assyria, He will not come into this town, or send an arrow against it; he will not come before it with arms, or put up an earthwork against it; Verse ConceptsShieldsArchers, In ArmiesAttacks On Jerusalem Turned Back

And with a blow I will send your bow out of your left hand and your arrows falling from your right hand. Verse ConceptsImpotence Of SatanEvil For The Right HandArrows

In their hands are bows and spears; they are cruel, violently putting the young men to death, and crushing the young women; they have no pity for children, and no mercy for the fruit of the body. Verse ConceptsMercy, HumanInfanticidePitilessnessPeople Without Mercypity

His bow has been bent for the attack, he has taken his place with his hand ready, in his hate he has put to death all who were pleasing to the eye: on the tent of the daughter of Zion he has let loose his passion like fire. Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthRight Hand Of GodArchers, Likened To GodGod KillingFire Of God's AngerPleasing MenGod As EnemyGod Killed His People

Cursed are those who go down to Egypt for help, and who put their faith in horses; looking to war-carriages for salvation, because of their numbers; and to horsemen, because they are very strong; but they are not looking to the Holy One of Israel, or turning their hearts to the Lord; Verse ConceptsFaithlessness, As DisobedienceFalse Confidencedoubt, results ofChariotsdefence, divineHorsesLeaders, PoliticalPrayerlessnessSeeking GodStrength, HumanTrust, Lack OfUnreliabilityWeaponsForbidden AlliancesTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstCavalryTrusting In ChariotsNot Seeking GodTrusting Other PeopleDoubting GodWoe To The WickedStaying Strongreinforcement

And they went out, they and all their armies with them, a great people, in number like the sand on the seaside, with horses and war-carriages in great number. Verse ConceptsChariotsHorsesMany CombatantsLargenessSand And GravelLarge Armies

And the Philistines came together to make war on Israel, three thousand war-carriages and six thousand horsemen and an army of people like the sands of the sea in number: they came up and took up their position in Michmash, to the east of Beth-aven. Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberFigures Of Speechenemies, of Israel and JudahChariotsAssemblyMany CombatantsSandSoldiersArmies, Against IsraelCavalrySix ThousandThirty Thousand And UpSand And Gravel

And the children of Joseph said, The hill-country is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites living in the valley have iron war-carriages, those in Beth-shean and its towns as well as those in the valley of Jezreel. Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahChariotsValleysIron ObjectsShortage Other Than Food

And he took six hundred carriages, all the carriages of Egypt, and captains over all of them. Verse ConceptsOfficersSix To Seven HundredSix Hundred And Above


And the Lord was with Judah; and he took the hill-country for his heritage; but he was unable to make the people of the valley go out, for they had war-carriages of iron. Verse ConceptsChariotsIronWarfare, Examples OfNot Driving Them OutIron ObjectsGod Has Been With YouUnable To Expel

So Sisera got together all his war-carriages, nine hundred war-carriages of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles as far as the river Kishon. Verse ConceptsChariotsSeven To Nine HundredIron ObjectsRiver Kishon

And the Aramaeans went in flight before Israel; and David put to the sword the men of seven hundred Aramaean war-carriages and forty thousand footmen, and Shobach, the captain of the army, was wounded, and came to his death there. Verse ConceptsSeven To Nine HundredForty Thousand And UpPeoples Who Fled

See, I am against you, says the Lord of armies, and I will have your war-carriages burned in the smoke, and your young lions will be food for the sword: you will no longer get your food by force on the earth, and the voice of your she-lions will be stopped for ever. Verse ConceptsChariotsSmokeCessationDestroying ChariotsKilling Wild AnimalsDeliverance From Lions

All you peoples of the world, and you who are living on the earth, when a flag is lifted up on the mountains, give attention; and when the horn is sounded, give ear. Verse ConceptsBanners, Literal UseTrumpetTrumpets For SignallingFlags

And Uzziah had all these forces armed with body-covers and spears and head-covers and coats of metal and bows and stones for sending from leather bands. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesCoatsArmourHead coveringShieldsSlingsSpearsArchers, In ArmiesArmor ProtectionArmorySports

Pulling down the towns, covering every good field with stones, stopping up all the water-springs, and cutting down all the good trees; they went on driving Moab before them till only in Kir-hareseth were there any Moabites; and the fighting-men went round the town raining stones on it. Verse ConceptsSlingsFelling TreesCities Under AttackThrowing StonesPeople Drying Things UpHarming Treescrusades


How long will I go on seeing the flag and hearing the sound of the war-horn? Verse ConceptsTrumpets For BattleFlagsBefore God Acts

Let a flag be lifted up in the land, let the horn be sounded among the nations, make the nations ready against her; get the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz together against her, make ready a scribe against her; let the horses come up against her like massed locusts. Verse ConceptsCaterpillarsTrumpetTrumpets For BattleFlags

Go in flight out of Jerusalem, so that you may be safe, you children of Benjamin, and let the horn be sounded in Tekoa, and the flag be lifted up on Beth-haccherem: for evil is looking out from the north, and a great destruction. Verse ConceptsSafetyTrumpetBeaconsOut Of The NorthTrumpets For BattleNatural Disasters

My soul, my soul! I am pained to my inmost heart; my heart is troubled in me; I am not able to be quiet, because the sound of the horn, the note of war, has come to my ears. Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartAgony, God's JudgmentRenewed HeartBowelsTrumpets For BattleOther References To The HeartReady For WarWarTragedyheartbeat

And I will send a fire on Moab, burning up the great houses of Kerioth: and death will come on Moab with noise and outcries and the sound of the horn: Verse ConceptsFortressesTrumpetDestruction Of StrongholdsFire Of JudgementBattle CriesTrumpets For BattleDisorder Among The NationsDeath Of Other Groups

If the horn is sounded in the town will the people not be full of fear? will evil come on a town if the Lord has not done it? Verse ConceptsTrumpetCalamityGod Appointed AfflictionsTremblingTrumpets For SignallingGod Can Harm PeopleWisdomNatural Disasters

And I put watchmen over you, saying, Give attention to the sound of the horn; but they said, We will not give attention. Verse ConceptsWatchmanTrumpets For SignallingPay Attention To God!

For if the war-horn gives out an uncertain note, who will get ready for the fight? Verse ConceptsTrumpetAmbiguityTrumpets For BattleReady For WarPreparationWarSpiritual WarfareBattleuncertainty

Shaking with passion, he is biting the earth; he is not able to keep quiet at the sound of the horn; When it comes to his ears he says, Aha! He is smelling the fight from far off, and hearing the thunder of the captains, and the war-cries.

Saying, No, but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we will not see war, or be hearing the sound of the horn, or be in need of food; there we will make our living-place; Verse ConceptsTrumpetTrumpets For BattleNo More FamineNo War

And he who has given a price for goods will not get them, for my wrath is on all of them. Verse ConceptsTrumpetDesertionTrumpets For BattlePreparing For ActionNo War

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A day of sounding the horn and the war-cry against the walled towns and the high towers. Verse ConceptsFortificationsBattlementsTrumpets For Battle

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain