12 occurrences

'Attacked' in the Bible

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

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

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

"I've been a widowed woman ever since my husband died," she answered. "Your humble servant used to have two sons, but they got into a fight out in the field. Because there was no one to keep them apart, one of them attacked the other and killed him.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietyTwo SonsKilling Brothers

Now please pay attention closely! My whole family is attacking your humble servant! They're saying, "Turn over the one who attacked his brother and we'll put him to death in retribution for his brother, whose life he took. That way, we'll kill the heir also!' They're going to extinguish the only light left in my family, leaving my late husband neither an ongoing name nor a survivor on the face of the earth!"

Verse ConceptsCoal, Metaphorical UseNo SurvivorsHanding Over PeopleExtinguishingNames Blotted OutDeath Penalty For Killing

But Zeruiah's son Abishai came to David's aid, attacked the Philistine, and killed him. After this, David's army told him, "You're not going out anymore with us to battle, so Israel's beacon won't be extinguished!"

Verse ConceptsNot Extinguishing

He also killed a soldier from Egypt. Of handsome appearance, the Egyptian carried a spear, but Benaiah attacked him with a staff, snatched the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationSpears

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