16 occurrences

'Attack' in the Bible

Then the children of Judah made an attack on Jerusalem, and took it, burning down the town after they had put its people to the sword without mercy.

Verse ConceptsConquestBurning Jerusalem

And Gideon went up by the way used by the people living in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and made an attack on the army when they had no thought of danger.

Verse ConceptsNomadsSecurity

So that punishment for the violent attack made on the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, and for their blood, might come on Abimelech, their brother, who put them to death, and on the townsmen of Shechem who gave him their help in putting his brothers to death.

Verse ConceptsPunishment, Nature OfSeventiesKilling Brothers

So Abimelech and the people with him got up by night, in four bands, to make a surprise attack on Shechem.

Verse ConceptsFour Groups

And he took his people, separating them into three bands, and was waiting secretly in the field; and when he saw the people coming out of the town, he went up and made an attack on them.

Verse ConceptsThree GroupsAmbush

And Abimelech came to the tower and made an attack on it, and got near to the door of the tower for the purpose of firing it.

Verse ConceptsBurning Cities

And the people of Israel said to one another, Who will be the first to make an attack on the children of Ammon? We will make him head over all Gilead.

Verse ConceptsFirst To FightFighting EnemiesCompetition

And he made an attack on them from Aroer all the way to Minnith, overrunning twenty towns, as far as Abel-cheramim, and put great numbers to the sword. So the children of Ammon were crushed before the children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsConquestTwentyThose Subjected To People

And he made an attack on them, driving them in uncontrolled flight, and causing great destruction; then he went away to his safe place in the crack of the rock at Etam.

Verse ConceptsCavesThighs

Then they said to him, We have come down to take you and give you up into the hands of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Give me your oath that you will not make an attack on me yourselves.

Verse ConceptsRestraints From KillingTying UpPeople Bound By Oaths

And the children of Dan said to him, Say no more, or men of bitter spirit may make an attack on you, causing loss of your life and the lives of your people.

Verse ConceptsBad AttitudeCurbing SpeechFierce Men

So Israel put men secretly all round Gibeah to make a surprise attack on it.

And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, moving away from the town; and as before, at their first attack, they put to death about thirty men of Israel on the highways, of which one goes up to Beth-el and the other to Gibeah, and in the open country.

Verse ConceptsThirtyBringing People Out Of Other PlacesKilling Within Israel

So all the men of Israel got up and put themselves in fighting order at Baal-tamar: and those who had been waiting secretly to make a surprise attack came rushing out of their place on the west of Geba.

So the children of Benjamin saw that they were overcome: and the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin, putting their faith in the watchers who were to make the surprise attack on Gibeah.

Verse ConceptsUnreliabilityTrusting Other People

Now the sign fixed between the men of Israel and those making the surprise attack was that when they made a pillar of smoke go up from the town,

Verse ConceptsSmokeBurning Cities

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Approach (127 instances)
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