12 Bible Verses about Defeat Of God's People

Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and defeated them and pursued them, even to Hormah.

He gathered to himself the Ammonites and the Amalekites, and went and defeated Israel. And they took possession of the city of palms.

So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled, every man to his home. And there was a very great slaughter, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers.

So about 3,000 men went up there from the people. And they fled before the men of Ai,

O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!

In those days the LORDbegan to cut off parts of Israel. Hazael defeated them throughout the territory of Israel:

The people of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and destroyed on that day 22,000 men of the Israelites.

And Benjamin went against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed 18,000 men of the people of Israel. All these were men who drew the sword.

And the battle was very fierce that day. And Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.

And the men of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David, and the loss there was great on that day, twenty thousand men.

And Judah was defeated by Israel, and every man fled to his home.

Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean!