'Attack' in the Bible

But Jeroboam had sent an ambush to attack from the rear, so Israel was in front of Judah, with the ambush set in place behind them.

And they made an attack on the tents of the owners of the cattle, and took away great numbers of sheep and camels and went back to Jerusalem.

"Let's make a treaty between you and me," he said, "just like the one between my father and your father. Notice that I've sent you silver and gold to break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he'll retreat from his attack on me."

So King Ben-hadad did just what King Asa had asked: he sent his commanding officers to attack the cities of Israel. They conquered Ijon, Dan, Bel-maim, and all of the storage centers in Naphtali.

When Baasha learned of the attack, he withdrew from Ramah and stopped his interdiction.

After a few years, he visited Ahab in Samaria. Ahab slaughtered lots of sheep and oxen for him, and the people who were with him persuaded Jehoshaphat to attack Ramoth-gilead.

King Ahab of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to attack Ramoth Gilead?" Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, "I will support you; my army is at your disposal and will support you in battle."

So the king of Israel gathered together 400 prophets and asked them, "Should we go attack Ramoth-gilead, or should I call off the attack?" "Go attack them," they all said, "because God will drop them right in the king's hand."

All the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, "Attack Ramoth Gilead! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king!"

Micaiah came before the king and the king asked him, "Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?" He answered him, "Attack! You will succeed; they will be handed over to you."

"The LORD asked, "Who will tempt King Ahab of Israel to attack Ramoth-gilead, so that he will die there?' And one was saying one thing and one was saying another.

Meanwhile, the king of Aram had issued these orders to his chariot commanders: "Don't attack unimportant soldiers or ranking officers. Go after only the king of Israel."

When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they shouted, “He must be the king of Israel!” So they turned to attack him, but Jehoshaphat cried out and the Lord helped him. God drew them away from him.

If disaster comes on us in the form of military attack, judgment, plague, or famine, we will stand in front of this temple before you, for you are present in this temple. We will cry out to you for help in our distress, so that you will hear and deliver us.'

Now therefore look! The Ammonites, the Moabites, and the inhabitants of Mount Seir, whom you would not permit Israel to attack when they arrived from the land of Egypt since they turned away from them and did not eliminate them

Tomorrow you are to go down to attack them. Pay attention, now they'll be coming up near the ascent of Ziz. You'll find them at the end of the valley that looks out over the Jeruel wilderness.

And at the first notes of song and praise the Lord sent a surprise attack against the children of Ammon and Moab and the people of Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were overcome.

And the children of Ammon and Moab made an attack on the people of Mount Seir with a view to their complete destruction; and when they had put an end to the people of Seir, everyman's hand was turned against his neighbour for his destruction.

So Jehoram crossed into Edom with his commanders and all his chariots. Then at night he set out to attack the Edomites who had surrounded him and the chariot commanders.

The Lord put it into the mind of the Philistines and the Arabs who live near the Cushites to attack Jehoram.

God used Ahaziah's visit to Joram to destroy Ahaziah. As soon as he arrived, Ahaziah went out with Joram to attack Nimshi's son Jehu, whom the LORD had appointed to eliminate Ahab's dynasty.

After Amaziah came from the attack on the Edomites, he brought the gods of the Seirites and set them up as his gods. He worshiped before them and burned incense to them.

Then Yahweh his God gave him into the hand of the king of Aram who defeated him and captured many captives from him and brought [them to] Damascus. Moreover, he was also given into the hand of the king of Israel, and he defeated him by a great attack.

As soon as Hezekiah learned that Sennacherib had arrived and had determined to attack Jerusalem,

After this, King Sennacherib of Assyria sent his messengers to Jerusalem while he was in the middle of a vigorous attack on Lachish. They delivered this message to King Hezekiah of Judah and to all the people of Judah who had gathered in Jerusalem:

But Josiah wouldn't turn around. In fact, he put on a disguise so he could fight Neco. He wouldn't listen to what God told him through what Neco had to say, and as a result, Josiah came to attack Neco on the Megiddo plain.

Then we went away from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was on us, and he gave us salvation from our haters and those who were waiting to make an attack on us by the way.

And they made designs, all of them together, to come and make an attack on Jerusalem, causing trouble there.

When the Jews who lived nearby arrived, they said to us time and again, “Everywhere you turn, they attack us.”

In those days, while Mordecai was seated at the king's doorway, two of the king's servants, Bigthan and Teresh, keepers of the door, being angry, were looking for a chance to make an attack on King Ahasuerus.

But it was not enough for him to make an attack on Mordecai only; for they had made clear to him who Mordecai's people were; so Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

It came out that it was recorded in the book how Mordecai had given word of the designs of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's servants, keepers of the door, by whom an attack on the king had been designed.

Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, See now, I have given Esther the family of Haman, and he has come to his death by hanging, because he made an attack on the Jews.

In them the king granted the Jews who were in each and every city the right to assemble and to defend their lives, to destroy, to kill and to annihilate the entire army of any people or province which might attack them, including children and women, and to plunder their spoil,

In each of King Ahasuerus’s provinces the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who intended to harm them. Not a single person could withstand them; terror of them fell on every nationality.

""You have brought new witnesses against me, you're even more angry with me you've brought fresh troops to attack me!

Terrifying sounds ring in his ears; when times are prosperous, the Destroyer will attack him.

Distress and pressure terrify him; they overwhelm him, like a king poised for attack.

You've arrested me, making me testify against myself! My leanness rises up to attack me, accusing me to my face.

Attack follows attack as he breaks through my defenses! He runs over me like a mighty warrior.

These ten times you have been reproaching me; you are not ashamed to attack me!

Even though he is satiated and self-sufficient, he suffers everyone in any sort of trouble will attack him.

As through a wide broken place in the wall they come on, I am overturned by the shock of their attack.

You have become cruel to me; with the strength of your hand you attack me.

Nevertheless, God has found a pretext to attack me; he considers me his enemy.

A psalm of David when he fled from his son Absalom.Lord, how my foes increase!There are many who attack me.

I am not afraid of the multitude of people who attack me from all directions.

Protect me from the wicked men who attack me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill.

They attack me, now they surround me; they intend to throw me to the ground.

With You I can attack a barrier,and with my God I can leap over a wall.

He delivers me from my enemies; you snatch me away from those who attack me; you rescue me from violent men.

When evil men attack me to devour my flesh, when my adversaries and enemies attack me, they stumble and fall.

By David. O Lord, fight those who fight with me! Attack those who attack me!

Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.

Those who repay evil for goodattack me for pursuing good.

They are absolutely terrified, even by things that do not normally cause fear. For God annihilates those who attack you. You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them.

For foreigners attack me; ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life. (Selah)

because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.

He will rescue me and protect me from those who attack me, even though they greatly outnumber me.

Those who anticipate my defeat attack me all day long. Indeed, many are fighting against me, O Exalted One.

They attack, they lurk,They watch my steps,As they have waited to take my life.

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when Saul sent men to surround his house and murder him. Deliver me from my enemies, my God! Protect me from those who attack me!

Lord, look! They set an ambush for me.Powerful men attack me,but not because of any sin or rebellion of mine.

Though I have done nothing wrong, they are anxious to attack. Spring into action and help me! Take notice of me!

How long will you threaten a man?Will all of you attackas if he were a leaning wallor a tottering stone fence?

Then I would quickly subdue their enemies, and attack their adversaries."

O God, arrogant men attack me; a gang of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life.

My eyes look down on my enemies;my ears hear evildoers when they attack me.

They surround me with hateful wordsand attack me without cause.

They will curse, but you will bless. When they attack, they will be humiliated, while your servant rejoices.

O Lord, do not let the wicked have their way! Do not allow their plan to succeed when they attack! (Selah)

Look to the right [the point of attack] and see;For there is no one who has regard for me [to act in my favor].Escape has failed me and I have nowhere to run;No one cares about my life.

and in Your faithful love destroy my enemies.Wipe out all those who attack me,for I am Your servant.

If they say—“Come with us!Let’s set an ambush and kill someone.Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun!

but they set an ambush to kill themselves;they attack their own lives.

Don't lie in wait like an outlaw to attack where the righteous live;

There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it.

I will attack you; I will purify your metal with flux. I will remove all your slag.

Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against his people, so he stretched out his hands against them and afflicted them. The mountains quaked, and their corpses were like refuse in the middle of the streets. Throughout all of this, his anger has not turned away, and his hands are still stretched out to attack.

During the reign of Jotham's son Ahaz, Uzziah's grandson, king of Judah, King Rezin of Aram and Remaliah's son Pekah, king of Israel, approached Jerusalem and waged war against it, but they could not mount an attack against it.

"Let's go attack Judah, let's terrorize it, and let's conquer it for ourselves. Then we'll install Tabeel's son as king!"'

Then the Lord provoked their adversaries to attack them, he stirred up their enemies --

I sent him against a godless nation, I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, to take plunder and to carry away loot, to trample them down like dirt in the streets.

Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; they are not concerned about silver, nor are they interested in gold.

Indeed, the waters of Dimon are full of blood! Indeed, I will heap even more trouble on Dimon. A lion will attack the Moabite fugitives and the people left in the land.

A dire vision has been announced to me: the traitor betrays, and the plunderer takes loot. Get up, Elam! Attack, Media! I am putting a stop to all the groaning she has caused.

For you have been a stronghold for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat for the blistering attack from the ruthless is like a rainstorm beating against a wall,

My passion is over: if the thorns were fighting against me, I would make an attack on them, and they would be burned up together.

Then the hordes of all the nations that fight against Aruel, all that attack her and her fortification and besiege her, will become like a dream, with its visions in the night

Every blow from his punishing cudgel, with which the Lord will beat them, will be accompanied by music from the tambourine and harp, and he will attack them with his weapons.

Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.

How then can you drive back a single officer among the weakest of my master’s officers and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

Have I attacked this land to destroy it without the Lord’s approval? The Lord said to me, ‘Attack this land and destroy it.’”

And when news came to him that Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, had made an attack on him, ... And he sent representatives to Hezekiah, king of Judah, saying,

So this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: 'He will not enter this city, nor will he shoot an arrow here. He will not attack it with his shielded warriors, nor will he build siege works against it.

All of us had wandered off like sheep; each of us had strayed off on his own path, but the Lord caused the sin of all of us to attack him.

Watch! If anyone does attack you, it will not be from me; whoever may attack you will fall because of you.

For I will not attack forever, and I will not be angry forever, for [the] spirit will grow faint before me, and [the] breaths [that] I myself I have made.

Indeed, I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north.”This is the Lord’s declaration.They will come, and each king will set up his throneat the entrance to Jerusalem’s gates.They will attack all her surrounding wallsand all the other cities of Judah.

They will attack you but they will not be able to overcome you, for I will be with you to rescue you," says the Lord.