12 Bible Verses about Defeat Of God's People

So the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country swooped down and attacked them as far as Hormah.

Eglon formed alliances with the Ammonites and Amalekites. He came and defeated Israel, and they seized the City of Date Palm Trees.

So the Philistines fought. Israel was defeated; they all ran home. The slaughter was very great; thirty thousand foot soldiers fell in battle.

So about three thousand men went up, but they fled from the men of Ai.

If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan! O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has retreated before its enemies?

In those days the Lord began to reduce the size of Israel's territory. Hazael attacked their eastern border.

The Benjaminites attacked from Gibeah and struck down twenty-two thousand Israelites that day.

The Benjaminites again attacked them from Gibeah and struck down eighteen thousand sword-wielding Israelite soldiers.

Now the battle was very severe that day; Abner and the men of Israel were overcome by David's soldiers.

The army of Israel was defeated there by David's men. The slaughter there was great that day -- 20,000 soldiers were killed.

Judah was defeated by Israel, and each man ran back home.

Now if their transgression means riches for the world and their defeat means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full restoration bring?