Thematic Bible: Used in war


Thematic Bible



The heaviest fighting was against Saul. When the archers got him in their range, he was badly wounded by them. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesArchers, Men Shot By

All your leaders have fled together. They have been captured without using the bow. All you who were caught were taken prisoner together. You fled while the enemy was still far away. Verse ConceptsIsrael Fleeing

Do not give its soldiers time to shoot their arrows or to put on their armor. Do not spare the young men! Destroy the whole army! Verse ConceptsBreastplatesDisarmamentRopes

A stray arrow wounded the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing. He said to the chariot driver: Go to the side. Take me away from the fight for I am badly wounded. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesBow And Arrows, Uses OfArmourDeath Of The Wicked, Examples OfArchers, Men Shot ByChancearmorlungs

He has prepared his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts. Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsGod's ArrowsWeapons Of GodArrowsinstruments

You shot arrows and scattered them. You flashed bolts of lightning and confused them. Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfGod's ArrowsScattering The Peoples

This is what Jehovah said about the Assyrian king: 'He will not enter this city or shoot a single arrow against it. No soldiers with shields will come near the city. No siege mounds will be built around it.' Verse ConceptsShieldsArchers, In ArmiesAttacks On Jerusalem Turned Back

I will knock his bow out of his left hand and his arrows out of his right hand. Verse ConceptsImpotence Of SatanEvil For The Right HandArrows

And their bows will mow down the young men. They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb. Nor will they have compassion on children. Verse ConceptsMercy, HumanInfanticidePitilessnessPeople Without Mercypity

He bends his bow for the attack. He takes his place with his hand ready. In his hate he puts to death all those pleasing to the eye in the tent of the daughter of Zion. He poured out his rage just 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


They came out with all their troops and many horses and chariots. Their army was more numerous than the sand of the seashore. Verse ConceptsChariotsHorsesMany CombatantsLargenessSand And GravelLarge Armies

The Philistines assembled to fight Israel. They had thirty thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and as many soldiers as the sand on the seashore. They camped at Michmash, east of Beth Aven. Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberFigures Of Speechenemies, of Israel and JudahChariotsAssemblyMany CombatantsSandSoldiersArmies, Against IsraelCavalrySix ThousandThirty Thousand And UpSand And Gravel

The children of Joseph said: The hill is not enough for us. All the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel. Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahChariotsValleysIron ObjectsShortage Other Than Food

He commanded his officers in charge of his six hundred best chariots and all his other chariots to start after the Israelites. Verse ConceptsOfficersSix To Seven HundredSix Hundred And Above


Jehovah was with Judah. He drove out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. Verse ConceptsChariotsIronWarfare, Examples OfNot Driving Them OutIron ObjectsGod Has Been With YouUnable To Expel

Sisera gathered together all his nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the nations to the Kishon River. Verse ConceptsChariotsSeven To Nine HundredIron ObjectsRiver Kishon

and the Israelites drove the Syrian army back. David and his men killed seven hundred Syrian chariot drivers and forty thousand cavalry. They wounded Shobach, the enemy commander, who died on the battlefield. Verse ConceptsSeven To Nine HundredForty Thousand And UpPeoples Who Fled

I am against you, said Jehovah of Hosts! I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will destroy your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will be heard no more. Verse ConceptsChariotsSmokeCessationDestroying ChariotsKilling Wild AnimalsDeliverance From Lions

Look when someone raises a flag on the mountains. Listen when someone blows a ram's horn, all you inhabitants of the world, you who live on the earth. Verse ConceptsBanners, Literal UseTrumpetTrumpets For SignallingFlags

Uzziah prepared shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and stones for slings for the entire army. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesCoatsArmourHead coveringShieldsSlingsSpearsArchers, In ArmiesArmor ProtectionArmorySports

They destroyed their cities. As they passed by a fertile field, every Israelite would throw a stone on it until finally all the fields were covered with stones. They also stopped up the springs and cut down the fruit trees. At last only the capital city of Kir Heres was left. The slingers surrounded it and attacked it. Verse ConceptsSlingsFelling TreesCities Under AttackThrowing StonesPeople Drying Things UpHarming Treescrusades

Besides these, the citizens of Gibeah gathered seven hundred specially chosen men who were left-handed. Every one of them could sling a stone at a strand of hair and never miss. Verse ConceptsHairsHandsSlingsStonesWarriorsAccuracyAmbidextrousSeven To Nine HundredLeft HandedThrowing StonesSlinging StonesOther References To HairMissing The MarkHair

How long must I see the battle flag and hear the sound of rams' horns? Verse ConceptsTrumpets For BattleFlagsBefore God Acts

Raise your battle flag throughout the world. Blow the ram's horn among the nations. Prepare nations to attack Babylon. Tell the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz to attack it. Appoint a commander to lead the attack. Bring up horses like a swarm of locusts. Verse ConceptsCaterpillarsTrumpetTrumpets For BattleFlags

Flee for safety people of Benjamin. Run from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow a ram's horn in Tekoa and raise a signal over Beth-haccerem. Evil looks down from the north. There is great destruction. Verse ConceptsSafetyTrumpetBeaconsOut Of The NorthTrumpets For BattleNatural Disasters

O my anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. My heart pounds in side of me. My heart is pounding! I cannot keep quiet because I hear a ram's horn sounding the alarm for war. Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartAgony, God's JudgmentRenewed HeartBowelsTrumpets For BattleOther References To The HeartReady For WarWarTragedyheartbeat

I will send a fire to Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth. Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet! Verse ConceptsFortressesTrumpetDestruction Of StrongholdsFire Of JudgementBattle CriesTrumpets For BattleDisorder Among The NationsDeath Of Other Groups

Will the trumpet be blown in a city and the people not be afraid? Will disaster happen to a city and Jehovah not cause it? Verse ConceptsTrumpetCalamityGod Appointed AfflictionsTremblingTrumpets For SignallingGod Can Harm PeopleWisdomNatural Disasters

I set watchmen over you. I said: 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet! But they said: 'We will not listen!' Verse ConceptsWatchmanTrumpets For SignallingPay Attention To God!

If the trumpet gives an unclear sound, who will prepare himself for the battle? Verse ConceptsTrumpetAmbiguityTrumpets For BattleReady For WarPreparationWarSpiritual WarfareBattleuncertainty

Anxious and excited, the horse eats up the ground and does not trust the sound of the ram's horn. As often as the horn sounds, the horse says: Aha! And it smells the battle far away; the thundering orders of the captains and the battle cries.

Then you say: We will go to Egypt, where we will not have to see war, hear the sound of a ram's horn, or be hungry. We will stay there. Verse ConceptsTrumpetTrumpets For BattleNo More FamineNo War

They have blown a ram's horn and everything is ready. But no one will go into battle, because my fury is against their whole crowd. Verse ConceptsTrumpetDesertionTrumpets For BattlePreparing For ActionNo War

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That day will be a day of alarm signals and battle cries against the fortified cities and against the high corner towers. Verse ConceptsFortificationsBattlementsTrumpets For Battle