243 occurrences in 10 translations

'Attacked' in the Bible

In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the [three] kings who were with him attacked and subdued the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

Verse ConceptsGiants

Then they attacked En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh) again, and they conquered all the territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazazon Tamar.

And he and his servants deployed against them by night, attacked them, and pursued them as far as Hobah to the north of Damascus.

Verse ConceptsdefeatDuring One Night

Gad will be attacked by raiders,but he will attack their heels.

Verse ConceptsNations Attacking IsraelOvercoming

The archers attacked him,shot at him, and were hostile toward him.

Verse ConceptsNations Attacking IsraelBitternessharassment

He looked this way and that and saw that no one was there, and then he attacked the Egyptian and concealed the body in the sand.

Verse ConceptsSandInadequate BurialsUnseenLooking And SeeingSand And Gravel

It happened at midnight -- the Lord attacked all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the prison, and all the firstborn of the cattle.

Verse ConceptsLivestockDungeonsDeath penaltyPrisonersRetributionThroneAnger Of God, Examples OfMiracles Of Moses And AaronMidnightDeath Of The FirstbornGod KillingKilling Domesticated AnimalsGreat And SmallImprisonmentsBoth Men And Animals KilledAngel Of DeathGod Killed The PeoplesFamily Death

And the fat of that which comes to a natural death, and the fat of that which is attacked by beasts, may be used for other purposes, but not in any way for food.

Verse ConceptsAnimals Torn To PiecesFat Of AnimalsDeath Of CreaturesForbidden FoodUseful Things

That which comes to a natural death, or is attacked by beasts, he may not take as food, for it will make him unclean: I am the Lord.

Verse ConceptsAnimals, religious role ofAnimals Torn To PiecesDeath Of CreaturesCorpses Of AnimalsI Am The LordForbidden Foodnatural DeathDeath Of A Family MemberEating Meat

Don't go up, since you know that the LORD is no longer with you. You'll be attacked right in front of your own enemies.

Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them as far as Hormah.

Verse ConceptsDefeat Of God's People

Instead of letting Israel pass through his territory, Sihon mustered his entire army and marched out to meet them in the wilderness. He arrived at Jahaz and attacked Israel.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and Judah

So they attacked him, his sons, and his entire army, until there wasn't even a single survivor left. Then they took possession of his land.

Verse ConceptsExtermination

For they attacked you with the treachery that they used against you in the Peor incident. They did the same in the case involving their sister Cozbi, daughter of the Midianite leader who was killed the day the plague came at Peor.”

Verse ConceptsSeducersharassment

The descendants of Manasseh's son Machir attacked Gilead and then captured and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.

The LORD our God delivered him to us, so we attacked him, his son, and his whole army.

"So the LORD our God also delivered into our control King Og of Bashan, along with his whole army. We attacked him until there were no survivors.

Verse ConceptsNo Survivors

in the Transjordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. (It is he whom Moses and the Israelites attacked after they came out of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsdefeatLeaving EgyptBeyond JordanGay Marriage

They met you along the way and attacked all your stragglers from behind when you were tired and weary. They did not fear God.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And Social BehaviourTirednessNo Fear Of GodTired In PursuitEnemy Attackstired

The entire fighting force with him attacked, approaching the city, and camped on the north side of Ai, with a ravine between them and Ai.

As soon as he stretched out his hand, the troops in ambush quickly got up from their place of hiding and attacked. They entered the city, seized it, and immediately set it on fire.

Verse ConceptsSpearsGroups RunningBurning Cities

When Joshua and the entire fighting force of Israel observed that the men who had been in ambush had seized the city and that the smoke from the city was rising, they turned around and attacked the men of Ai.

Then the others came out from the city against them, so the men of Ai were surrounded by the Israelis, some on one side and some on the other. Israel attacked them until no one was left to survive or escape.

Verse ConceptsThe Middle

When Israel had completed executing all of the residents of Ai in the open wilderness where they had chased them, and after all of them to the very last of them had been killed by swords, the entire fighting force of Israel returned to Ai and attacked it with swords.

Verse ConceptsCarnageConquest

The Gibeonites sent word to Joshua at his camp in Gilgal: "Don't abandon your servants. Come quickly, save us, and help us, because all of the kings of the Amorites who live in the hill country have attacked us."

Verse ConceptsGroups Helping

So after an all-night march from Gilgal, Joshua attacked them by surprise.

Verse ConceptsSuddenlyWalking All Nightsurprises

Joshua captured Makkedah that very day, and attacked both it and its king with swords, utterly destroying it along with every person in it, leaving no survivors. He dealt with the king of Makkedah the same way he had dealt with the king of Jericho.

Verse ConceptsAnnihilationConquestNo SurvivorsExtermination

Then Joshua and all Israel with him went on from Makkedah to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.

From Libnah, Joshua and all Israel with him crossed to Lachish. They laid siege to it and attacked it.

Verse ConceptsEncampments

Then Horam king of Gezer appeared to help Lachish. So Joshua attacked him and his army, until he left no one remaining.

Verse ConceptsdefeatNo SurvivorsExtermination

Then Joshua crossed from Lachish to Eglon and all Israel with him. They laid siege to it and attacked it.

Verse ConceptsEncampments

Next, Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and attacked it.

Finally, Joshua turned toward Debir and attacked it. And all Israel was with him.

So Joshua and his whole military force surprised them at the waters of Merom and attacked them.

Verse ConceptsSuddenly

The LORD handed them over to the control of Israel, who defeated them and chased them as far as Greater Sidon and east as far as the Mizpah Valley. They attacked them until none remained.

Verse ConceptsConquestNo SurvivorsExterminationThose God Gave Into Their Hands

At that time Joshua attacked and eliminated the Anakites from the hill country -- from Hebron, Debir, Anab, and all the hill country of Judah and Israel. Joshua annihilated them and their cities.

Verse ConceptsHillsTribes Of IsraelAnnihilationGiants

all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (the same was left of the remnant of the Rephaim); for Moses attacked these, and drove them out.

Verse ConceptsGiantsSole Survivors

all of the cities of the plain, the entire kingdom of King Sihon of the Amorites, who used to reign in Heshbon and whom Moses attacked, along with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, nobles of Sihon who lived in the land.

Verse ConceptsPrincesNamed Gentile Rulers

From there he attacked the people of Debir. (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.)

Later, when the descendants of Dan lost their territory, they went up and attacked Leshem. After they captured it and executed its inhabitants, they took possession of it and settled there, renaming the city of Leshem to Dan in memory of their ancestor Dan.

Verse ConceptsSwordsFighting EnemiesPeople Naming Things

When Judah attacked, the Lord handed the Canaanites and Perizzites over to them. They struck down 10,000 men in Bezek.

Verse ConceptsInvasionsTens Of ThousandsThose God Gave Into Their Hands

Then the army of Judah attacked Jerusalem, captured it, executed its inhabitants, and set fire to the city.

Verse ConceptsConquestBurning Jerusalem

They attacked the Canaanites who inhabited Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba) and fought Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

From there they attacked the people of Debir. (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.)

The army of Judah accompanied the army of Simeon, Judah's brother, as they attacked the Canaanites who were living in Zephath, and they completely destroyed it. Then they renamed the city Hormah.

Verse ConceptsAnnihilationFighting TogetherDestruction

The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the Lord was with them.

Verse ConceptsGod With Specific People

So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they attacked the city with swords, but they let the man and his entire family escape.

After Eglon convinced the Ammonites and the Amalekites to join forces with him, he attacked and defeated Israel and took possession of the City of Palms.

Verse ConceptsAmalekitesenemies, of Israel and JudahAmmonitesDefeat Of God's People

At that time they attacked about 10,000 Moabites, all of whom were strong and valiant men. Not one man escaped.

Verse ConceptsTens Of ThousandsNumbers Of Foreigners Killedhumor

After Ehud, Anath's son Shamgar attacked 600 Philistines with a cattle prod. He also delivered Israel.

Verse ConceptsGoadsDeliverersSix To Seven HundredSharp ToolsSix Hundred And AboveNumbers Of Foreigners Killed

Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the Qedemites came and attacked them.

Verse ConceptsNomadsFarmingEnemy Attacksisraelsowing

Gideon traveled on the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah and attacked their army while the army was unsuspecting.

Verse ConceptsNomadsSecurity

and now you have attacked my father’s house today, killed his 70 sons on top of a large stone, and made Abimelech, the son of his slave, king over the lords of Shechem ‘because he is your brother’—

Verse ConceptsConcubinesIngratitudeBeing Killed By A RockMaking KingsSeventiesKilling Brothers

So he took his army, divided it into three separate companies, and laid in ambush out in the field. When Abimelech noticed the people coming out from the city, his army attacked them and killed them.

Verse ConceptsThree GroupsAmbush

Abimelech and his units attacked and blocked the entrance to the city's gate. Two units then attacked all the people in the field and struck them down.

Verse ConceptsCapturing Gates

So Abimelech approached the tower, attacked it, and approached the tower's gate, intending to burn it down.

Verse ConceptsBurning Cities

Later on, the Ammonites attacked Israel.

Verse Conceptsprocessreuniting

When the Ammonites attacked, the leaders of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back from the land of Tob.

Then Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites and attacked them. The LORD gave them into his control.

Verse ConceptsFighting EnemiesThose God Gave Into Their Hands

He attacked them from Aroer to the entrance of Minnith twenty cities in all even as far as Abel-keramim. As a result, the Ammonites were subdued right in front of the Israelis.

Verse ConceptsConquestTwentyThose Subjected To People

So he attacked them ruthlessly in a massive slaughter, then left to live in the caves of Etam.

Verse ConceptsCavesThighs

So the men of Judah said, “Why have you attacked us?”They replied, “We have come to arrest Samson and pay him back for what he did to us.”

Verse ConceptsRepaying Evil For EvilTying UpWhy Do You Do This?

But the officials of Gibeah attacked me and surrounded the house because of me. They intended to kill me, but instead they tortured my mistress to death.

Verse ConceptsLewdnessAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleDeath Of Unnamed Individuals

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

Verse ConceptsTwenty Thousand And UpKilling Within IsraelDefeat Of God's People

So the Israelis attacked the descendants of Benjamin for a second day,

Verse ConceptsFighting One Another

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

Verse ConceptsConfrontationEleven To Nineteen ThousandKilling Within IsraelDefeat Of God's People

The Israelites attacked the Benjaminites the next day; they took their positions against Gibeah just as they had done before.

Verse ConceptsDoing Repeatedly

They attacked the army and were drawn away from the city as they began to inflict casualties on the soldiers along the roads to Bethel and Gibeah, just as they had done the other times. About 30 soldiers from Israel fell in battle there and in the fields.

Verse ConceptsThirtyBringing People Out Of Other PlacesKilling Within Israel

The men hiding in ambush made a mad dash to Gibeah. They attacked and put the sword to the entire city.

Meanwhile, the army of Israel went back to fight the surviving descendants of Benjamin. They attacked the entire city with swords, including its cattle and everyone they could find. Then they set fire to all of the cities that they could find.

Verse ConceptsBurning CitiesBoth Men And Animals Killed

The Lord attacked the residents of Ashdod severely, bringing devastation on them. He struck the people of both Ashdod and the surrounding area with sores.

Verse ConceptsDiseases, Kinds OfAnger Of God, Examples OfSwellingcancer

When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, "The ark of the God of Israel should not remain with us, for he has attacked both us and our god Dagon!"

Verse ConceptsDagon

But after it had been moved the Lord attacked that city as well, causing a great deal of panic. He struck all the people of that city with sores.

Jonathan attacked the Philistine garrison that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”

Verse ConceptsTrumpetGarrisonsTrumpets For Signalling

And all Israel heard the news, “Saul has attacked the Philistine garrison, and Israel is now repulsive to the Philistines.” Then the troops were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.

Verse ConceptsOffenceSmellsHating Peoples

Saul attacked the Amalekites from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

I went out after him and attacked him, and rescued it from his mouth; and when he rose up against me, I seized him by his beard and struck him and killed him.

Verse ConceptsMouthsFacial Hair

The next day, while David was playing the lyre as he had before, the evil spirit from the LORD attacked Saul, and he began to rave inside the house with a spear in his hand.

Verse ConceptsDavid, Abilities Ofevil, victory overHarpsMedicineProphecy, Methods Of OtSpiritsInstrumentalistsMental Illness

He put his life in his hand and attacked the Philistine, and Yahweh brought about a great victory for all of Israel, and you saw [it] and rejoiced! Now why should you sin against innocent blood by killing David without cause?"

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfSuffering, Of Jesus ChristInnocent BloodExcitementRestraints From KillingWronging Other PeopleRisking

The evil spirit from the LORD attacked Saul while he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand and David was playing the lyre.

Verse ConceptsAlertevil, victory overSpiritsInstrumentalistsMental Illness

Then the king told Doeg, "You turn and attack the priests." Doeg the Edomite turned and attacked the priests. That day he killed eighty-five men who carry the linen ephod.

Verse ConceptsCriminalsephodsLinenThe Number EightyEighties

He attacked the priestly town of Nob with the sword. Men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys and sheep were put to the sword.

Verse ConceptsBoth Men And Animals Killed

Whenever David attacked the land, he did not leave a single person alive, either man or woman, but he took flocks, herds, donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he came back to Achish,

Verse ConceptsPlunderingExtermination

David and his men arrived in Ziklag on the third day. The Amalekites had raided the Negev and attacked and burned down Ziklag.

Verse ConceptsConflagrationsBurning Cities

Then David attacked them from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped {except} four hundred young men who rode [off] on camels and fled.

Verse ConceptsEscapingCamelsCavalryFour To Five HundredOne DayEscaping From PeopleFour And Five HundredFighting Enemies

Then David called out to one of his young men and ordered him, "Go up to him and cut him down!" So he attacked him and killed him.

Verse ConceptsKings Summoning

When they had come [into] the house, he [was] lying on his couch {in his bedchamber}, and they attacked him and killed him. Then they {beheaded him}, and they took his head and went on the way of the Arabah all night.

Verse ConceptsBedroomsBeheadingWalking All NightBeds

David was angry because the Lord attacked Uzzah; so he called that place Perez Uzzah, which remains its name to this very day.

Verse ConceptsAngry PeopleGiven Names To This Day

It happened afterwards [that] David attacked [the] Philistines and subdued them, and he took Metheg Ammah from the hands of [the] Philistines.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahThose Subjected To People

David also attacked King Hadadezer, Rehob's son from Zobah, when he was attempting to restore his hegemony over the Euphrates River.

Verse ConceptsRestoration

So Joab and the soldiers who were with him attacked the Arameans in battle formation, and the Arameans retreated in front of him.

Verse ConceptsPeoples Who Fled

One spring day, during the time of year when kings go off to war, David sent out Joab, along with his personal staff and all of Israel's army. They utterly destroyed the Ammonites and then attacked Rabbah while David remained in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History OfSpringSiegesNature Of KingsReady For WarThe Nations Attackedspringtime

Then the men of the city came out and attacked Joab, and some of the men from David’s soldiers fell in battle; Uriah the Hittite also died.

Verse ConceptsKilling Named Individuals

The messenger told David, "The men surprised us and attacked us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the city gate.

Meanwhile, Joab attacked the Ammonite city of Rabbah and captured its stronghold.

Verse ConceptsCitadelsCapturing Cities

Then Joab sent messengers to David to tell him, "I just attacked Rabbah and captured its municipal water supply,

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent Out

So David mustered his entire army and marched on Rabbah, attacked it, and captured it.

Verse ConceptsCapturing Cities

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