19. WAR
WAR God's Hand In War.
WAR OFFENSIVE TO GOD.
Psalms 140:1-2 Matthew 26:51-52
James 4:1-2 Revelation 13:10 BUT USED IN PUNISHING.
Deuteronomy 28:49 2 Chronicles 15:6
Isaiah 9:8-12 Lamentations 2:2 Lamentations 2:5 Lamentations 2:8 Ezekiel 23:22-25 Zephaniah 1:7-18
Jeremiah 49:5 GOD DIRECTING MILITARY OPERATIONS.
Exodus 14:13-14 Deuteronomy 20:4
1 Samuel 30:7-8 2 Samuel 5:22-25
2 Kings 19:4-5 2 Kings 19:21-22
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2 Samuel 2:1 1 Chronicles 14:10 (Use Made Of The Ark.)
1 Samuel 4:3-6 IMPLICIT OBEDIENCE REQUIRED.
Numbers 14:42-43 Deuteronomy 1:41-44 ASSURANCE OF VICTORY.
Psalms 108:13 Psalms 118:10-13
Psalms 144:10 2 Chronicles 13:18 ARMS VAIN WITHOUT GOD.
Deuteronomy 32:29-30 1 Samuel 17:45-47
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Haggai 2:21-22 GOD EXHORTS TO COURAGE.
Deuteronomy 3:21-22 Deuteronomy 7:17-19 Deuteronomy 31:6-8 Deuteronomy 31:23
SEE - WAR.
MILITARY VIRTURE AND VICES.
Courage from Above.
PROMISES VICTORY.
Deuteronomy 1:29-30 Deuteronomy 7:21 Deuteronomy 20:1
SEE 2 Chronicles 20:15 2 Chronicles 20:17 2 Chronicles 32:6-8
SENDS PANIC.
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Obadiah 1:9 (A Notable Instance.)
2 Kings 7:3-5 THREATENS DEFEAT.
Leviticus 26:17 Deuteronomy 32:25
1 Samuel 2:10 2 Chronicles 18:12-13 2 Chronicles 18:15-16
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Ezekiel 29:3 AND INFLICTS IT.
SEE 2 Chronicles 12:5-8 2 Chronicles 24:23 2 Chronicles 24:24
Isaiah 5:25 Jeremiah 46:15-16 GOD'S HAND ACKNOWLEDGED IN DEFEAT.
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Psalma 89:42-44 Military Organization.
HOUSEHOLD TROOPS
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VOLUNTEERS.
Judges 6:34-35 1 Samuel 17:13-14
2 Kings 3:21 MILITARY ADVENTURES.
1 Kings 11:25 1 Chronicles 12:20-21
1 Kings 11:24 MILITARY STRENGTH OF THE HEBREWS.
(Time Of Joshua: Of Two Tribes And A Half.)
Joshua 4:12-13 (Time Of The Judges.)
(Time Of Saul.)
1 Samuel 11:8 1 Chronicles 5:18 (Time Of David.)
SEE 1 Chronicles 12:23-38 (Time Of Rehoboam: Judah And Benjamin Only.)
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1 Kings 12:21 (Time Of Abijah: Judah And Israel.) 2 Chronicles 13:3 (Judah: Under Jehoshaphat.)
SEE 2 Chronicles 17:13-18 (Judah Under Amaziah.)
SEE 2 Chronicles 25:5 (Judah Under Uzziah.) 2 Chronicles 26:12-13 HEBREW STANDING ARMY.
(Under Saul.)
(Under Uzziah.) 2 Chronicles 26:11 GENERALS AND OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE KING.
2 Samuel 20:23 1 Chronicles 27:34 2 Chronicles 8:9
1 Kings 20:24 AUTHORITY OF OFFICERS.
LIFE-GUARD.
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2 Kings 25:8-20 Jeremiah 39:9-13
Jeremiah 40:1-5 (David's Life Saved.)
ARMOR-BEARERS.
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1 Samuel 14:7 1 Samuel 14:13-14 PRIEST'S MILITARY DUTIES.
Deuteronomy 20:2-3 2 Chronicles 13:12
AUXILIARIES.
2 Samuel 15:19-22 1 Samuel 29:1-11 1 Chronicles 12:19
MERCENARIES.
2 Samuel 10:6 1 Chronicles 19:6-7
SEE 2 Chronicles 16:2-3 2 Chronicles 25:6 REFERENCES TO CAVALRY.
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Jeremiah 8:16 Ezekiel 23:22-23
Zechariah 10:5 STRENGTH OF GENTILE ARMIES.
SEE 2 Chronicles 12:2-3 (For Sennacherib's army.)
2 Kings 19:35 Arms And Supplies.
UNIFORM.
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ARMOR.
(Offensive.)
Isaiah 3:25-26 Lamentations 2:21-22
(Defensive.)
Psalms 115:9-11 (Both Offensive And Defensive.) 1 Samuel 17:38-39 2 Chronicles 26:14
SLING.
1 Samuel 17:40 1 Samuel 17:48-50 Jeremiah 10:17-18 CAVALRY EQUIPMENT.
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BOW AND ARROWS.
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Zechariah 10:4 (Archery Signals.) 1 Samuel 20:11-15 1 Samuel 20:19-23 1 Samuel 20:35-39
CHARIOTS.
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Nahum 2:4 MILITARY MACHINES.
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COLORS.
Jeremiah 51:12 TRUMPET AND CORNET.
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PROVISIONS.
Judges 20:10-11 1 Samuel 25:18-20
2 Samuel 16:1-2 2 Samuel 17:27-29
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Ezekiel 38:7 PROVISIONS REFUSED.
Judges 8:15 1 Samuel 25:10-11 March And Encampment.
MUSTER AND DISBANDING.
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Nahum 2:5 TRUMPET SIGNALS.
Numbers 10:2-9 Jeremiah 4:19-22
Hosea 5:8 1 Corinthians 14:8 MARCHES AND MILITARY MOVEMENTS.
2 Samuel 2:12 2 Samuel 5:17-18 2 Samuel 15:17-18
2 Kings 3:8 ORDERS TO MARCH.
NIGHT MARCH.
ESCORT DUTY.
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HALT.
2 Samuel 18:16 MILITARY POSITION.
ENCAMPMENT.
1 Samuel 22:6 1 Chronicles 11:15
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2 Kings 7:5 Strategy And Tactics.
WISDOM REQUIRED.
(To Avoid War.)
1 Kings 5:12 (In Making War.)
Proverbs 24:5-6 Ecclesiastes 7:19 Ecclesiastes 9:13-16 Ecclesiastes 9:18 A COUNCIL OF WAR.
(The Wise Ahithophel Advises An Immediate Attack.)
2 Samuel 17:1-4 (The Crafty Hushai Advises Delay.) 2 Samuel 17:5-13 (Hushai's Advice Taken.) 2 Samuel 17:14-15
RECONNOITRING.
SEE - WAR.
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. By Reconnoissance and Scouting.
CHALLENGE TO BATTLE.
2 Kings 10:2-4 2 Chronicles 25:17 ORDER OF BATTLE.
1 Samuel 17:21 2 Samuel 10:7-11 1 Chronicles 19:9-12 1 Kings 20:13-15
1 Kings 20:19 (Position Of Commander.)
SURPRISES.
Judges 8:11 AN ATTACK FEARED.
Genesis 32:6-8 BUT IT WAS NOT MADE.
AMBUSCADES.
Judges 20:36-43 2 Chronicles 13:13
BATTLES.
1 Samuel 17:19 2 Samuel 10:15-17 1 Chronicles 19:16-17
STRATEGEMS.
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2 Kings 3:22-23 Victory And Pursuit.
PANIC.
VICTORY.
FLIGHT.
(Foretold.) Deuteronomy 28:7
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(Instances.)
Judges 20:47 1 Chronicles 10:1 2 Samuel 10:13-14 1 Chronicles 19:14-15
Psalms 78:9 FLIGHT INTERCEPTED.
PURSUIT.
1 Samuel 7:11 1 Samuel 14:21-23
1 Samuel 17:52 1 Samuel 23:24-26
OVERTAKING.
Psalms 18:37 EXULTATION OVER VICTORY.
2 Samuel 22:43 2 Samuel 22:48-49
Psalms 18:42 Fortresses And Sieges.
FORTIFIED CITIES.
Deuteronomy 3:5 2 Chronicles 11:5-12 2 Chronicles 26:9 STRONG POSITIONS OCCUPIED.
1 Samuel 14:4-5 1 Samuel 23:14-15
1 Samuel 26:1-3 1 Chronicles 11:16 FORTRESSES OCCUPIED.
1 Samuel 23:7 DIRECTIONS CONCERNING SIEGES.
(Places Must First Be Summoned To Surrender.) Deuteronomy 20:10-15 (Fruit Trees Must Not Be Destroyed.) Deuteronomy 20:19-20 SIEGES THREATENED.
Deuteronomy 28:52 JERUSALEM SUMMONED TO SURRENDER.
SIEGES FORMED.
1 Samuel 23:8 1 Chronicles 20:1
2 Kings 6:24-25 INCIDENTS OF A SIEGE.
(Tribute Demanded.)
(Famine.)
2 Kings 6:26-27 (Surrender Advised.) Jeremiah 38:15-19 (A Vivid Picture.)
Isaiah 22:1-14 RELIEF PROMISED.
SIEGE RAISED.
2 Samuel 20:16-17 2 Samuel 20:19-20 Jeremiah 37:11-12
CITIES TAKEN.
Judges 8:17 2 Samuel 12:26-29 (Signal For Protection At Capture.)
Joshua 6:22 CAPTURED CITIES BURNED.
Judges 20:48 Mishaps And Casualties.
EXHUASTION OF TROOPS.
(From Want Of Food.)
1 Samuel 14:24 1 Samuel 14:26-28
(From Fatigue.) 1 Samuel 30:9-10
WOUNDS.
Judges 9:40-41 1 Chronicles 10:3
Mark 14:47 GENTILES KILLED IN BATTLE.
(Indefinite Numbers.)
1 Kings 20:21 1 Chronicles 5:22 (Definite Numbers.)
Judges 8:10 1 Chronicles 18:5 1 Chronicles 18:12
2 Samuel 10:18 1 Chronicles 19:18
1 Kings 20:29 HEBREWS KILLED IN BATTLE.
(By Gentiles.)
2 Kings 13:7 (By Other Hebrews.)
Judges 20:44-46 2 Samuel 2:30-31
2 Samuel 18:6-7 2 Chronicles 13:17
LEADERS KILLED.
2 Samuel 2:22-23 2 Samuel 11:16-17
2 Samuel 18:14 1 Chronicles 10:2 1 Chronicles 10:6 TREATMENT OF DEAD ENEMIES.
1 Samuel 17:54 1 Samuel 31:8-10 MOURNING FOR THE DEAD IN BATTLE.
2 Samuel 1:17 2 Samuel 1:19-22
2 Samuel 19:3 Prisoners Of War. NO QUARTER GIVEN.
1 Samuel 27:10-12 PRISONERS TAKEN.
Numbers 31:9 Numbers 31:11-12 1 Chronicles 5:19 1 Chronicles 5:21 1 Chronicles 18:4
WELL TREATED.
SET FREE.
TORTURED.
2 Samuel 12:31 1 Chronicles 20:3
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PUT TO DEATH.
Judges 8:20-21 1 Samuel 15:32-33
Spoils Of War. NOT ALWAYS TAKEN.
REFUSED.
FORBIDDEN.
EXPECTED.
TAKEN.
Genesis 14:11 Genesis 34:28-29 Numbers 31:32-34
Numbers 31:36 Numbers 31:42-46 Deuteronomy 2:35
Deuteronomy 3:7 1 Samuel 13:17-18
RECOVERED.
Genesis 14:16 1 Samuel 30:18-20
DIVIDED.
Judges 14:19 1 Samuel 30:13-16 1 Samuel 30:21-31
Psalms 68:12 THE LORD'S PORTION.
Numbers 31:21-31 Numbers 31:37-39 Numbers 31:48-52
Joshua 6:24 Military Intelligence. BY DIVINE REVELATION.
2 Kings 6:8-12 BY RECONNOISSANCE AND SCOUTING.
SEE - WAR.
STRATEGY AND TACTICS.
Reconnoitring. FROM INHABITANTS.
1 Samuel 19:19 1 Samuel 23:19-23 1 Samuel 23:27-28
(Deception.)
Judges 4:20 FROM PRISONERS.
Judges 8:13-14 FROM FUGITIVES.
2 Samuel 1:1-8 FROM SPIES.
(Spies Sent Forth.)
(Suspected.)
Genesis 42:9-14 Genesis 42:30-31 (Discovered, But Escape.)
(Protected.)
Joshua 2:15-16 2 Samuel 17:19-20 (Recompense For Protecting.)
Joshua 6:25 (Intelligence Brought Back.)
2 Samuel 17:21 FROM PARTIZANS AMONG THE ENEMY.
SEE 2 Samuel 15:27-28 2 Samuel 15:33-37 DESPATCHES SENT AND RECEIVED.
2 Samuel 17:16 2 Samuel 18:19-32 WARNING OF INVASION BY BEACON.
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Jeremiah 6:1 USE MADE OF INTELLIGENCE.
1 Samuel 27:4 1 Chronicles 19:8 Military Virtues And Vices.
IMPIETY AND INJUSTICE TO BE SHUNNED.
(Examples.)
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Acts 10:7 (The Christian Minister A Soldier.)
2 Timothy 2:4-5 DISCRETION OF SOLDIERLY VIRTUE.
1 Samuel 18:30 MAGNANIMITY TO AN ENEMY.
1 Samuel 26:11 1 Samuel 26:14-16 2 Samuel 2:20-21
(Its Opposite.) Deuteronomy 28:50 EXHORTATIONS TO COURAGE.
2 Samuel 10:12 1 Chronicles 19:13
SEE - WAR.
GOD'S HAND IN WAR.
God Exhorts to Courage.
HEATHEN CHAMPION AND HIS CHALLENGE.
1 Samuel 17:23 1 Samuel 17:25-27
1 Samuel 17:44 COURAGE FROM ABOVE.
Psalms 27:3 HEROES AND THEIR DEEDS.
(Othniel.)
(Two Tribes.)
(Samson.)
(Jonathan.)
1 Samuel 14:6-7 1 Samuel 14:13-14
(Eleazar.) 1 Chronicles 11:13-14 (Three Mighty Men.) 2 Samuel 23:13-17
HEROINES.
(Deborah.)
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(Jael.)
Judges 5:26-27 (The Woman Of Thebez.)
2 Samuel 11:21 A SOLDIER'S PRIDE.
BOASTING.
1 Kings 20:11 2 Chronicles 25:19
FEAR.
1 Samuel 28:5 2 Chronicles 15:5 COWARDS SENT HOME.
SEE Deuteronomy 20:8 Wars And Conquests.
HEBREW CONQUESTS EAST OF THE JORDAN.
Numbers 32:39-40 Deuteronomy 2:36
Deuteronomy 3:4 Deuteronomy 3:8-10 Deuteronomy 4:46 Deuteronomy 29:7-8
Judges 11:12-15 OTHER HEBREW CONQUESTS.
Numbers 32:27-32 Deuteronomy 3:19-20
1 Samuel 27:8-9 1 Kings 11:15-16 1 Chronicles 18:1 1 Chronicles 18:3
2 Kings 13:25 1 Chronicles 4:41-43 1 Chronicles 5:10 SUNDRY GENTILE CONQUESTS.
Genesis 14:4-7 Deuteronomy 2:21-23 WARS AND DISSENSIONS AMONG THE HEBREWS.
2 Kings 15:16 2 Chronicles 13:19 MILITARY DEVASTATION.
(Foretold Or Apprehended.)
Numbers 22:4 Deuteronomy 28:51
(Commanded.)
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(Inflicted.)
2 Kings 3:25 INCOMPLETE CONQUEST.
Genesis 27:40 CONQUERED PEOPLE DISARMED.
DISPIRITED.
1 Samuel 31:7 1 Kings 11:17-18 1 Chronicles 10:7 Negotiations And Alliances.
PARLAY.
(To Prevent Violence.)
Judges 18:25-26 (To Stop Pursuit.) 2 Samuel 2:25-28 (To Terminate A Siege.)
SEE 2 Samuel 20:16-22 NEGOTIATIONS TO AVERT HOSTILITIES.
Luke 14:31-32 TO END WAR AND INDUCE SURRENDER.
Judges 21:13 INSULTING TERMS FROM A CONFIDENT FOE.
1 Kings 20:5-9 SUBMISSION AFTER DEFEAT.
AMBASSADORS.
1 Kings 20:17-18 MILITARY ALLIANCES.
2 Kings 3:7 (Not Always To Be Feared.)