60 occurrences

'Fought' in the Bible

Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought against Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsAaron, PrivilegesApprentices

When the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, then he fought against Israel and took some of them captive.

Verse ConceptsNations Attacking Israel

But Sihon would not permit Israel to pass through his border. So Sihon gathered all his people and went out against Israel in the wilderness, and came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and Judah

For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon.

Verse ConceptsArnon

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.

Verse ConceptsEncampmentsFive People

There was no day like that before it or after it, when the Lord listened to the voice of a man; for the Lord fought for Israel.

Verse ConceptsUnique EventsGod Paid Attention To Me

Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Makkedah to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.

And Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Libnah to Lachish, and they camped by it and fought against it.

Verse ConceptsEncampments

And Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Lachish to Eglon, and they camped by it and fought against it.

Verse ConceptsEncampments

Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron, and they fought against it.

Then Joshua and all Israel with him returned to Debir, and they fought against it.

Joshua captured all these kings and their lands at one time, because the Lord, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.

Verse ConceptsOvercoming Obstacles

The territory of the sons of Dan proceeded beyond them; for the sons of Dan went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. Then they struck it with the edge of the sword and possessed it and settled in it; and they called Leshem Dan after the name of Dan their father.

Verse ConceptsSwordsFighting EnemiesPeople Naming Things

Then I brought you into the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan, and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand, and you took possession of their land when I destroyed them before you.

Verse ConceptsThose God Gave Into Their Hands

Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel, and he sent and summoned Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.

Verse ConceptsCursing Israel

You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho; and the citizens of Jericho fought against you, and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Girgashite, the Hivite and the Jebusite. Thus I gave them into your hand.

Verse ConceptsCrossing Into The Promised LandThose God Gave Into Their Hands

They found Adoni-bezek in Bezek and fought against him, and they defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

Then the sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.

Verse ConceptsConquestBurning Jerusalem

“The kings came and fought;Then fought the kings of CanaanAt Taanach near the waters of Megiddo;They took no plunder in silver.

Verse ConceptsArmageddonMegiddoGentile Rulers

“The stars fought from heaven,From their courses they fought against Sisera.

for my father fought for you and risked his life and delivered you from the hand of Midian;

Verse ConceptsDeliverersRisking

So Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought with Abimelech.

Verse ConceptsFighting One Another

Abimelech fought against the city all that day, and he captured the city and killed the people who were in it; then he razed the city and sowed it with salt.

Verse ConceptsConquestSournesssowing

So Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it, and approached the entrance of the tower to burn it with fire.

Verse ConceptsBurning Cities

It came about after a while that the sons of Ammon fought against Israel.

Verse Conceptsprocessreuniting

When the sons of Ammon fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob;

But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory; so Sihon gathered all his people and camped in Jahaz and fought with Israel.

Verse ConceptsNot Believing People

Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought Ephraim; and the men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because they said, “You are fugitives of Ephraim, O Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim and in the midst of Manasseh.”

Verse ConceptsIsrael FleeingFighting One AnotherReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

So the Philistines fought and Israel was defeated, and every man fled to his tent; and the slaughter was very great, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers.

Verse ConceptsTentsCarnageThirty Thousand And UpIsrael FleeingKilling Within IsraelDefeat Of God's People

But they forgot the Lord their God, so He sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

Verse ConceptsForgetting

Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, the sons of Ammon, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines; and wherever he turned, he inflicted punishment.

Verse ConceptsAmalekitesharassment

When there was war again, David went out and fought with the Philistines and defeated them with great slaughter, so that they fled before him.

Verse ConceptsCarnagePeoples Who Fled

So David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines; and he led away their livestock and struck them with a great slaughter. Thus David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah.

Verse ConceptsLossIndividuals Saving Others

Toi sent Joram his son to King David to greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him; for Hadadezer had been at war with Toi. And Joram brought with him articles of silver, of gold and of bronze.

Now when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together and crossed the Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Arameans arrayed themselves to meet David and fought against him.

Verse ConceptsConfrontation

The men of the city went out and fought against Joab, and some of the people among David’s servants fell; and Uriah the Hittite also died.

Verse ConceptsKilling Named Individuals

Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and captured the royal city.

Verse ConceptsCitadelsCapturing Cities

Joab sent messengers to David and said, “I have fought against Rabbah, I have even captured the city of waters.

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent Out

So David gathered all the people and went to Rabbah, fought against it and captured it.

Verse ConceptsCapturing Cities

Now when the Philistines were at war again with Israel, David went down and his servants with him; and as they fought against the Philistines, David became weary.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahTirednessTired In ActivityFighting EnemiesstruggleWarBattleResolving Conflict

Now Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his army, and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahAttackingChariotsHorsesSiegesThirty SomeNations Attacking Israelsyria

Then they said, “This is blood; the kings have surely fought together, and they have slain one another. Now therefore, Moab, to the spoil!”

Verse ConceptsPlunderingLifebloodKilling One Another

So King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel because he was sick.

Verse ConceptsVisitingVisiting Of The SickVisitationPeople Visiting

but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to be healed of the wounds which the Arameans had inflicted on him when he fought with Hazael king of Aram. So Jehu said, “If this is your mind, then let no one escape or leave the city to go tell it in Jezreel.”

Verse ConceptsNo EscapeDo Not Tell

Then Hazael king of Aram went up and fought against Gath and captured it, and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsFacesAttackingWhole HeartednessCapturing Cities

Now the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Examples OfFighting One AnotherHistorical Books

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

Verse ConceptsFighting One AnotherHistorical Booksaccomplishments

Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam and all that he did and his might, how he fought and how he recovered for Israel, Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

Verse ConceptsHistorical Booksaccomplishmentsaccomplishment

Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

Verse ConceptsIsrael Fleeing

he sent Hadoram his son to King David to greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and had defeated him; for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou. And Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze.

When it was told David, he gathered all Israel together and crossed the Jordan, and came upon them and drew up in formation against them. And when David drew up in battle array against the Arameans, they fought against him.

Verse ConceptsAssembling Israel

And the dread of God was on all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel.

Verse ConceptsKingdomsRescueReverence, And God's NatureTerror Of GodGod's InterventionFearing GodBeing Scared

So he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had inflicted on him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

Verse ConceptsVisiting

He fought also with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed over them so that the Ammonites gave him during that year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand kors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. The Ammonites also paid him this amount in the second and in the third year.

Verse ConceptsCoinageGrainTributesWeights And Measures, DryWheat

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,And fought against me without cause.

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Causes OfPeople Being HatedEnemy Attacks

In the year that the commander came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him and he fought against Ashdod and captured it,

Verse ConceptsOther Times

Bible Theasaurus

Campaign (11 instances)
Contend (56 instances)
Defend (63 instances)
Fought (134 instances)
Oppose (85 instances)

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