10 occurrences

'Set' in the Bible

The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem and captured it. They put the sword to it and set the city on fire.

Verse ConceptsConquestBurning Jerusalem

Now, come up at night with your men and set an ambush in the field outside the city.

So Abimelech and all his men came up at night and set an ambush outside Shechem -- they divided into four units.

Verse ConceptsFour Groups

he took his men and divided them into three units and set an ambush in the field. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he attacked and struck them down.

Verse ConceptsThree GroupsAmbush

So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches against the stronghold and set fire to it. All the people of the Tower of Shechem died -- about a thousand men and women.

Verse ConceptsA Thousand PeopleBurning CitiesKilling Within IsraelPrivate Rooms

Abimelech came and attacked the tower. When he approached the entrance of the tower to set it on fire,

Verse ConceptsBurning Cities

On the seventh day, before the sun set, the men of the city said to him, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" He said to them, "If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!"

Verse ConceptsPloughingHeifersThe Seventh Day Of The WeekStrength Of AnimalsMetaphorical PloughingSweetnessDay 7

He lit the torches and set the jackals loose in the Philistines' standing grain. He burned up the grain heaps and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.

Verse ConceptsFireArsonbranding

So six hundred Danites, fully armed, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol.

Verse ConceptsSix To Seven HundredSix Hundred And Above

The Israelites returned to the Benjaminite towns and put the sword to them. They wiped out the cities, the animals, and everything they could find. They set fire to every city in their path.

Verse ConceptsBurning CitiesBoth Men And Animals Killed

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