9 occurrences

'Overcome' in the Bible

Then the Lord said to him, Truly, I will be with you, and you will overcome the Midianites as if they were one man.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Nature OfOnly One PersonGod With Specific PeopleOvercominggideon

Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in need of food.

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleTirednessThree To Four HundredThree Hundred And AboveTired In PursuitNot Giving Uptiredgideon

And he said to the men of Succoth, Give bread cakes to my people, for they are overcome with weariness, and I am going on after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.

Verse ConceptsFeeding Groups

So he came to the men of Succoth and said, Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, on account of whom you made sport of me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand, that we are to give bread to your army who are overcome with weariness?

Verse ConceptsMan's Work Finished

Then Jephthah said to the responsible men of Gilead, If you take me back to make war against the children of Ammon, and if with the help of the Lord I overcome them, will you make me your head?

And when he saw her he was overcome with grief, and said, Ah! my daughter! I am crushed with sorrow, and it is you who are the chief cause of my trouble; for I have made an oath to the Lord and I may not take it back.

Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesThose Who Tore Clothes

So the children of Benjamin saw that they were overcome: and the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin, putting their faith in the watchers who were to make the surprise attack on Gibeah.

Verse ConceptsUnreliabilityTrusting Other People

The men of Israel were to make a turn about in the fight. And Benjamin had overcome and put to death about thirty of the men of Israel, and were saying, Certainly they are falling back before us as in the first fight.

Verse ConceptsThirtyKilling Within Israel

And the men of Israel had made a turn about, and the men of Benjamin were overcome with fear, for they saw that evil had overtaken them.

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