9 occurrences

'Battle' in the Bible

If your people go out to battle against his enemy in the way that you shall send them and they pray to Yahweh, toward the city which you have chosen and the house which I have built for your name,

Verse ConceptsPrinciples Of WarA Place For God's Name

Ahab said, "By whom?" And he said, "Thus says Yahweh: 'By the servants of the commanders of the provinces.'" He asked, "Who will begin the battle?" And he said, "You."

Verse ConceptsCommanderOfficersWho Is The Doer?First To Fight

These encamped opposite for seven days, and it happened on the seventh day that {the battle began}, and the {Israelites} killed the Arameans, one hundred thousand infantry in one day.

Verse ConceptsWeeksOne Hundred Thousand And MoreThe Seventh Day Of The WeekSeven DaysDay 7Fighting EnemiesNumbers Of Foreigners Killedsyriacredibility

As the king [was] passing by, he called to the king and said, "Your servant went out in the thick of the battle, and suddenly a man turned and brought a man to me and said, 'Guard this man. If by any means he should be missed, it will be your life in his place, or you shall pay a talent of silver.'

Verse ConceptsCoinageEquality Of PunishmentFine As PenaltyMissing SomeoneTalents

Then he said to Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to the battle for Ramoth-Gilead?" Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "{I am like you}; {my people are like your people}; {my horses are like your horses}."

Verse ConceptsNationalismFighting TogetherPeople Are The SameAcquiring HorsesList Of Kings Of IsraelThe Nations Attacked

Then the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and he said to them, "Shall I go against Ramoth-Gilead for the battle, or should I refrain?" Then they said, "Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king."

Verse ConceptsSchool Of ProphetsFour To Five HundredFour And Five HundredTo Be Given Into One's HandsWarBattleFake Friendsisraelprophetsgathering

When he came to the king, the king asked him, "Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-Gilead to the battle, or shall we refrain?" He said to him, "Go up and triumph, and Yahweh will give [it] into the hand of the king."

Verse ConceptsTo Be Given Into One's Hands

Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "[I will] disguise myself and go into the battle, but you wear your robes." So the king of Israel disguised himself, and he went into the battle.

Verse ConceptsRobesdisguisesDistinctive Clothing

The battle intensified on that day, and the king was being propped up in the chariot opposite Aram, but he died in the evening, and the blood of the wound ran out to the floor of the chariot.

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Causes OfCovered With BloodOther Supporting