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'Set' in the Bible

Then the army of Judah attacked Jerusalem, captured it, executed its inhabitants, and set fire to the city.

Verse ConceptsConquestBurning Jerusalem

They set up their military encampments to fight them, destroyed the harvest of the land as far as Gaza, and left nothing in Israel, whether harvested grain, sheep, oxen, or donkeys.

And please don't leave here until I've come back to you, brought my offering, and set it down in front of you." The LORD replied, "I'll stay until you return."

Verse ConceptsLeavingWaiting Till Marriage

Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and certain groups from the east gathered together, crossed the Jordan River, and set up camp in the Jezreel Valley.

Verse ConceptseastValleys

All the men from Shechem and Beth-millo gathered together and set up Abimelech as king near the pillar erected in Shechem.

Verse ConceptsPillarsObelisksOaksMaking KingsCitizens

Then his entire army also cut down a branch for each soldier, followed Abimelech to the inner chamber, and set fire to it while they were inside. As a result, all the men of the tower of Shechem died, including about a thousand men and women.

Verse ConceptsA Thousand PeopleBurning CitiesKilling Within IsraelPrivate Rooms

Later on, Abimelech went to Thebez, set up a siege encampment there, and captured it.

Verse ConceptsSiegesPeople Attacking Their Own

The next day, they told Samson's wife, "Coax your husband to explain the riddle or we'll set fire to your father's house with you in it! You've invited us here to make us paupers, haven't you?"

Verse ConceptsEnticementThe Fourth Day Of The WeekBurning PeopleEnticingBecoming PoorDay 4

Then he ignited the torches, set the foxes loose into the Philistines' unharvested grain, and burned up both the harvested shocks and the standing grain, along with their vineyards and olive groves.

Verse ConceptsFireArsonbranding

When he had returned the silver to his mother, his mother took 200 of the silver coins and handed them over to a silversmith. He crafted them into a carved image and into a cast image, and they were set up in Micah's house.

Verse ConceptsCraftsmenMetalworkersSkill

Micah set up the descendant of Levi in ministry, and the young man became his priest while he lived in Micah's house.

Verse ConceptsConsecrationMan Appointing

So 600 descendants of Dan from Zorah and Eshtaol set out for battle, armed with military weapons.

Verse ConceptsSix To Seven HundredSix Hundred And Above

But the descendants of Dan took what Micah had made, along with the priest who had worked for him, and went to Laish, to a quiet and carefree people, and killed them with swords. Then they set fire to the city.

Verse ConceptsConflagrationsBurning CitiesMen Of Peace

The descendants of Dan set up the carved image, and Gershom's son Jonathan, a descendant of Manasseh, served along with his descendants as priests to the tribe of Dan until the land was taken captive.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesExile In Prospect

Micah's carved image, that he himself had crafted, was in place during the entire time that God's tent was set up at Shiloh.

Verse ConceptsThe House Of God At ShilohThe Temple At Shiloh

So they continued on their way, and the sun set on them near Gibeah, which is part of Benjamin's territorial allotment.

So Israel set soldiers in ambush around Gibeah.

Then the descendants of Benjamin realized that they had been defeated. The army of Israel pretended to retreat from the army of Benjamin, knowing that they had set some soldiers in ambush near Gibeah.

Verse ConceptsUnreliabilityTrusting Other People

Meanwhile, the army of Israel went back to fight the surviving descendants of Benjamin. They attacked the entire city with swords, including its cattle and everyone they could find. Then they set fire to all of the cities that they could find.

Verse ConceptsBurning CitiesBoth Men And Animals Killed

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