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Saturday, December 21st, 2024
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Armies
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- Who of the Israelites were subject to service in
Numbers 1:2,3; 26:2; 2 Chronicles 25:5 - Who were exempt from service in
Numbers 1:47-50; 2:33; Deuteronomy 20:5-9; Judges 7:3 - Enumeration of Israel's military forces
Numbers 1:2,3; 26:2; 1 Samuel 11:8; 2 Samuel 18:1,2; 24:1-9; 1 Kings 20:15; 2 Chronicles 25:5 - Levies for
Numbers 31:4; Judges 20:10 - Compulsory service in
1 Samuel 14:52 - See COWARDICE
- How officered
- Commander-in-chief
1 Samuel 14:50; 2 Samuel 2:8; 8:16; 17:25; 19:13; 20:23
- Commander-in-chief
- Generals of corps and divisions
Numbers 2:3,31; 1 Chronicles 27:1-22; 2 Chronicles 17:12-19 - Captains of thousands
Numbers 31:14,48; 1 Samuel 17:18; 1 Chronicles 28:1; 2 Chronicles 25:5 - Captains of hundreds
Numbers 31:14,48; 2 Kings 11:15; 1 Chronicles 28:1; 2 Chronicles 25:5 - Captains of fifties
2 Kings 1:9; Isaiah 3:3 - See CAVALRY
- See CHARIOTS
- Rendezvous of (methods employed in effecting)
- Sounding a trumpet
Numbers 10:9; Judges 3:27; 6:34; 1 Samuel 13:3,4 - Cutting oxen in pieces, and sending the pieces throughout Israel
1 Samuel 11:7
- Sounding a trumpet
- Refusal to obey the summons, instance of
Judges 21:5-11; 20 - Tactics
- Camp and march
Numbers 2 - March in ranks
Exodus 13:18- Margin note)
1 Chronicles 12:33; Joel 2:7 - Move, in attack, in three divisions
Judges 7:16; 9:43; 1 Samuel 11:11; 13:17,18; 2 Samuel 18:2; Job 1:17 - Flanks called wings
Isaiah 8:8 - See STRATEGY
- Orders delivered with trumpets
2 Samuel 2:28; 18:16; 20:1,22; Nehemiah 4:18,20 - Stratagems
- Ambushes, at Ai
Joshua 8:2-22 - Ambushes at Shechem
Judges 9:25,34 - Ambushes at Gibeah
Judges 20:29-43 - Ambushes at Zemaraim
2 Chronicles 13:13 - By Jehoshaphat
2 Chronicles 20:22
- Ambushes, at Ai
- Reconnoissances
- Of Jericho
Joshua 2:1-24 - Of Ai
Joshua 7:2,3 - Of Beth-el
Judges 1:23,24 - Of Laish
Judges 18:2-10 - Night attacks
Genesis 14:15; Judges 7:16-22 - Decoy
Joshua 8:4-22; Judges 20:29-43; Nehemiah 6 - Unusual winter campaign
2 Samuel 11:1; 1 Chronicles 20:1 - Delay
2 Samuel 17:7-14
- Of Jericho
- Celerity of action
- Abraham, in pursuit of Chedorlaomer
Genesis 14:14,15 - Joshua, against the Amorites
Joshua 10:6,9 - The confederated kings
Joshua 11:7 - David's attack upon the Philistines
2 Samuel 5:23-25 - Forced marches
Isaiah 5:26,27
- Abraham, in pursuit of Chedorlaomer
- Sieges
Jeremiah 39:1- Of Jericho
Joshua 6 - Of Samaria
2 Kings 6:24-33; 7 - Of Jerusalem
2 Kings 25:1-3 - "Engines" used
2 Chronicles 26:15; Jeremiah 6:6 - Margin;
Ezekiel 26:9
- Of Jericho
- Fortifications
Judges 9:31; 2 Samuel 5:9; 2 Kings 25:1; 2 Chronicles 11:11; 26:9; Nehemiah 3:8; Nehemiah 4:2; Isaiah 22:10; 25:12; 29:3; 32:14; Jeremiah 6:6; 32:24; 33:4; 51:53; Ezekiel 4:2; 17:17; 21:22; 26:8; 33:27; Daniel 11:15,19; Nahum 2:1; 3:14 - Standards
Numbers 2:2,3,10,17,18,25,31,34; 10:14,18,22,25 - Uniforms of
Ezekiel 23:6,12; Nahum 2:3 - Standing armies
1 Samuel 13:2; 1 Chronicles 27; 2 Chronicles 1:14; 17:12-19; 26:11-15 - Religious ceremonies attending
- Seeking counsel from God before battle
Numbers 27:21; Judges 1:1; 1 Samuel 14:19,37-41; 23:2-12; 30:8; 2 Samuel 2:1; 5:19,23; 1 Kings 22:7-28; 2 Kings 3:11-19; 1 Chronicles 14:10,14; Jeremiah 37:7-10
- Seeking counsel from God before battle
- Sacrifices
1 Samuel 13:11,12 - Purifications
Numbers 31:19-24 - Holiness enjoined
Deuteronomy 23:9 - Officers consecrate themselves to God
2 Chronicles 17:16 - Army choir and songs
2 Chronicles 20:21,22 - Ark taken to battle
Joshua 6:6,7,13; 1 Samuel 4:4-11 - Divine assistance to
- When Aaron and Hur held up Moses' hands
Exodus 17:11,12 - In siege of Jericho
Joshua 6 - Sun stands still
Joshua 10:11-14 - Gideon's victory
Judges 7 - Samaria's deliverances
1 Kings 20; 2 Kings 7
- When Aaron and Hur held up Moses' hands
- Jehoshaphat's victories
2 Kings 3; 2 Chronicles 20 - Angel of the Lord smites the Assyrians
2 Kings 19:35 - Determine royal succession
2 Samuel 2:8-10; 1 Kings 16:16; 2 Kings 11:4-12 - Composed of insurgents
1 Samuel 22:1,2 - Mercenaries
2 Samuel 10:6; 1 Chronicles 19:6,7; 2 Chronicles 25:5,6 - Confederated
Joshua 10:1-5; 11:1-5; Judges 1:3; 2 Samuel 10:6,15,16,19; 1 Kings 15:20; 22:1-4; 2 Kings 16:9; 18:19-21; 1 Chronicles 19:6,7; 2 Chronicles 16:2-9; 18:1,3; 20:1; 22:5; 28:16,20; Psalm 83:1-12; Isaiah 7:1-9; 8:9-12; 54:15 - Exhorted before battle
Deuteronomy 20:1-9 - Battle shouts
Judges 7:18; 1 Samuel 17:20,52 - Triumphs of, celebrated
- With songs
Judges 5; 1 Samuel 18:6,7
- With songs
- With music
2 Chronicles 20:28 - With dancing
1 Samuel 18:6,7 - Rewards for meritorious conduct
- The general offers his daughter in marriage
Joshua 15:16,17
- The general offers his daughter in marriage
- The king offers his daughter
1 Samuel 17:25; 18:17-28 - A promotion
2 Samuel 23:8-39; 1 Chronicles 11:6,10-47 - A share the spoils
Numbers 31:25-47 - Children instructed in military arts
2 Samuel 1:18 - Insubordination in, punished, Achan
Joshua 7 - Check roll-call
1 Samuel 14:17; Numbers 31:48,49 - Panics
Isaiah 30:17 - Among the Midianites
Judges 7:21 - Among the Philistines
1 Samuel 14:15-19 - Among the Syrians
2 Kings 7:7-15 - Soldiers destroy each other to escape captivity
1 Samuel 14:20; 31:4-6 - Champions fight instead of
1 Samuel 17:8-53; 2 Samuel 2:14-17; 21:15-22 - Confidence in, vain
Psalm 33:16; 44:6 - Escort duty performed by
2 Kings 1:9; Acts 23:23,24,31-33 - Roman army
- Captains (RSV margin, military tribunes) of
Acts 22:24-29 - Centurions
Matthew 8:5,8; 27:54; Luke 7:2; 23:47; Acts 10:1,7,22; 21:32; Acts 22:26; 23:17,23; 24:23; 27:1,11,43; 28:16
- Captains (RSV margin, military tribunes) of
- Divided into "bands" (RSV margin, cohorts,)
Acts 10:1; 27:1 - For other than armies of the Israelites and Romans
- See AMALEKITES
- See ASSYRIA
- See BABYLON
- See EGYPTIANS
- See MIDIANITES
- See PERSIA
- See SYRIA
- For commissaries of
- See COMMISSARY
- For weapons used
- See ARMOR
- See AMBUSH
- See CAVALRY
- See FORT
- See GARRISON
- See HERALD
- See HOSTAGE
- See NAVY
- See RECONNOISSANCE
- See SIEGE
- See SOLDIERS
- See SPIES
- See STANDARD
- See STRATEGY
- See TRUCE
- See WAR
- Margin note)
- FIGURATIVE
Deuteronomy 33:2; 2 Kings 6:17; Psalm 34:7; 68:17; Revelation 9:16
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Bibliography Information
Nave, Orville J. Entry for 'Armies'. Nave's Topical Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​concordances/​eng/​ntb/​a/armies.html. 1896.
Nave, Orville J. Entry for 'Armies'. Nave's Topical Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​concordances/​eng/​ntb/​a/armies.html. 1896.