57 occurrences

'Fought' in the Bible

Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of nations, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar. Four kings fought against five.

Verse ConceptsFour PeopleFive People

Then Rachel said, "I have fought a desperate struggle with my sister, but I have won." So she named him Naphtali.

Verse ConceptsPeople OvercomingWrestlingPeople With Apt Names

"No longer will your name be Jacob," the man told him, "but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed."

Verse ConceptsTypes Of ChristChanged NamesGod Naming PeopleGod Renaming PeopleHuman Nature, OvercomingStruggles

So Joshua fought against Amalek just as Moses had instructed him;and Moses and Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsAaron, PrivilegesApprentices

When the Canaanite king of Arad who lived in the Negev heard that Israel was approaching along the road to Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoner.

Verse ConceptsNations Attacking Israel

But Sihon did not permit Israel to pass through his border; he gathered all his forces together and went out against Israel into the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and Judah

For Heshbon was the city of King Sihon of the Amorites. Now he had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all of his land from his control, as far as the Arnon.

Verse ConceptsArnon

They fought against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Nature OfExterminationDeath Of All Males

So the five Amorite kings (the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon) and all their troops gathered together and advanced. They deployed their troops and fought against Gibeon.

Verse ConceptsEncampmentsFive People

There has not been a day like it before or since. The Lord obeyed a man, for the Lord fought for Israel!

Verse ConceptsUnique EventsGod Paid Attention To Me

Joshua and all Israel marched from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against it.

Joshua and all Israel marched from Libnah to Lachish. He deployed his troops and fought against it.

Verse ConceptsEncampments

Joshua and all Israel marched from Lachish to Eglon. They deployed troops and fought against it.

Verse ConceptsEncampments

Joshua and all Israel marched up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.

Joshua and all Israel turned to Debir and fought against it.

Joshua captured in one campaign all these kings and their lands, for the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.

Verse ConceptsOvercoming Obstacles

(The Danites failed to conquer their territory, so they went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. They put the sword to it, took possession of it, and lived in it. They renamed it Dan after their ancestor.)

Verse ConceptsSwordsFighting EnemiesPeople Naming Things

Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived east of the Jordan. They fought with you, but I handed them over to you; you conquered their land and I destroyed them from before you.

Verse ConceptsThose God Gave Into Their Hands

You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The leaders of Jericho, as well as the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, fought with you, but I handed them over to you.

Verse ConceptsCrossing Into The Promised LandThose God Gave Into Their Hands

They met Adoni-Bezek at Bezek and fought him. They defeated the Canaanites and Perizzites.

Kings came, they fought; the kings of Canaan fought, at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no silver as plunder.

Verse ConceptsArmageddonMegiddoGentile Rulers

From the sky the stars fought, from their paths in the heavens they fought against Sisera.

my father fought for you; he risked his life and delivered you from Midian's power.

Verse ConceptsDeliverersRisking

So Gaal led the leaders of Shechem out and fought Abimelech.

Verse ConceptsFighting One Another

Abimelech fought against the city all that day. He captured the city and killed all the people in it. Then he leveled the city and spread salt over it.

Verse ConceptsConquestSournesssowing

It was some time after this when the Ammonites fought with Israel.

Verse Conceptsprocessreuniting

But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. He assembled his whole army, camped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.

Verse ConceptsNot Believing People

Jephthah assembled all the men of Gilead and they fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because the Ephraimites insulted them, saying, "You Gileadites are refugees in Ephraim, living within Ephraim's and Manasseh's territory."

Verse ConceptsIsrael FleeingFighting One AnotherReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

So the Philistines fought. Israel was defeated; they all ran home. The slaughter was very great; thirty thousand foot soldiers fell in battle.

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

"But they forgot the Lord their God, so he gave them into the hand of Sisera, the general in command of Hazor's army, and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

Verse ConceptsForgetting

After Saul had secured his royal position over Israel, he fought against all their enemies on all sides -- the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. In every direction that he turned he was victorious.

Verse ConceptsAmalekitesharassment

He fought bravely, striking down the Amalekites and delivering Israel from the hand of its enemies.

Verse ConceptsdefeatIndividuals Saving Others

So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. He took away their cattle and thoroughly defeated them. David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah.

Verse ConceptsLossIndividuals Saving Others

When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel's best men and deployed them against the Arameans.

Verse ConceptsFront And BackSpiritual Warfarereinforcement

When David was informed, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, and came to Helam. The Arameans deployed their forces against David and fought with him.

Verse ConceptsConfrontation

When the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, some of David's soldiers fell in battle. Uriah the Hittite also died.

Verse ConceptsKilling Named Individuals

So Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal city.

Verse ConceptsCitadelsCapturing Cities

Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, "I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent Out

So David assembled all the army and went to Rabbah and fought against it and captured it.

Verse ConceptsCapturing Cities

Another battle was fought between the Philistines and Israel. So David went down with his soldiers and fought the Philistines. David became exhausted.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahTirednessTired In ActivityFighting EnemiesstruggleWarBattleResolving Conflict

he stood his ground and fought the Philistines until his hand grew so tired that it seemed stuck to his sword. The Lord gave a great victory on that day. When the army returned to him, the only thing left to do was to plunder the corpses.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfFatigueSwordsThings Stuck TogetherPeople Stripping PeopleTired In Activity

King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. King Ahaziah son of Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he was ill.

Verse ConceptsVisitingVisiting Of The SickVisitationPeople Visiting

But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Jehu told his supporters, "If you really want me to be king, then don't let anyone escape from the city to go and warn Jezreel."

Verse ConceptsNo EscapeDo Not Tell

Because God fought for them, they killed many of the enemy. They dispossessed the Hagrites and lived in their land until the exile.

Now the Philistines fought against Israel. The Israelites fled before the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa.

Verse ConceptsIsrael Fleeing

When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel's best men and deployed them against the Arameans.

When David was informed, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, and marched against them. David deployed his army against the Arameans for battle and they fought against him.

Verse ConceptsAssembling Israel

But the Lord said to me: 'You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Nature OfSheddingSolomon's Temple

All the kingdoms of the surrounding lands were afraid of God when they heard how the Lord had fought against Israel's enemies.

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

Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Ahaziah son of King Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he had been wounded.

Verse ConceptsVisiting

For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a prayer of David written to instruct others. It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram-Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. O God, you have rejected us. You suddenly turned on us in your anger. Please restore us!

Verse ConceptsCarvings Of FlowersMusicDivine DispleasureDispleasure

Manasseh fought against Ephraim, and Ephraim against Manasseh; together they fought against Judah. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

Verse ConceptsGod's HandGod's Hands Stretched OutDisunity

The Lord revealed the following message during the year in which King Sargon of Assyria sent his commanding general to Ashdod, and he fought against it and captured it.

Verse ConceptsOther Times

I set a trap for you, Babylon; you were caught before you knew it. You fought against me. So you were found and captured.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationInfidelity To GodGod TrappingConflict

Then the Lord will go to battle and fight against those nations, just as he fought battles in ancient days.

Verse ConceptsGod Saves From Sin And DeathWarConflictBattle

But this will be the nature of the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations that have fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will decay while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot away in their sockets, and their tongues will dissolve in their mouths.

Verse ConceptsPeople RottingSocketsEyes HarmedDiseaseSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

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