'Armies' in the Bible
from twenty years old and upward, whoever is able to go out to war in Israel, you and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
The sons of Israel shall camp, each man by his own camp, and each man by his own standard, according to their armies.
Now those who camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah, by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab,
The total of the numbered men of the camp of Judah: 186,400, by their armies. They shall set out first.
“On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur,
The total of the numbered men of the camp of Reuben: 151,450 by their armies. And they shall set out second.
“On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud,
The total of the numbered men of the camp of Ephraim: 108,100, by their armies. And they shall set out third.
“On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai,
These are the numbered men of the sons of Israel by their fathers’ households; the total of the numbered men of the camps by their armies, 603,550.
The standard of the camp of the sons of Judah, according to their armies, set out first, with Nahshon the son of Amminadab, over its army,
Next the standard of the camp of Reuben, according to their armies, set out with Elizur the son of Shedeur, over its army,
Next the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim, according to their armies, was set out, with Elishama the son of Ammihud over its army,
Then the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan, according to their armies, which formed the rear guard for all the camps, set out, with Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai over its army,
This was the order of march of the sons of Israel by their armies as they set out.
These are the journeys of the sons of Israel, by which they came out from the land of Egypt by their armies, under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.
When the officers have finished speaking to the people, they shall appoint commanders of armies at the head of the people.
So the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered together and went up, they with all their armies, and camped by Gibeon and fought against it.
They came out, they and all their armies with them, as many people as the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about 15,000 men, all who were left of the entire army of the sons of the east; for the fallen were 120,000 swordsmen.
Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle; and they were gathered at Socoh which belongs to Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
Then a champion came out from the armies of the Philistines named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
Then David spoke to the men who were standing by him, saying, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should taunt the armies of the living God?”
Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted the armies of the living God.”
Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted.
Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek, while the Israelites were camping by the spring which is in Jezreel.
“Now you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed; he also shed the blood of war in peace. And he put the blood of war on his belt about his waist, and on his sandals on his feet.
So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah and all Chinneroth, besides all the land of Naphtali.
Now the mighty men of the armies were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and they conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim and all the store cities of Naphtali.
Yet You have rejected us and brought us to dishonor,And do not go out with our armies.
Have not You Yourself, O God, rejected us?And will You not go forth with our armies, O God?
“Kings of armies flee, they flee,And she who remains at home will divide the spoil!”
Have not You Yourself, O God, rejected us?And will You not go forth with our armies, O God?
For the Lord’s indignation is against all the nations,And His wrath against all their armies;He has utterly destroyed them,He has given them over to slaughter.
But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.
“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that her desolation is near.
quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.
The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them.
And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses.
And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army.