ARMIES OF ISRAEL
- - First mention of: ... Ex 7:4
- - COLLECTED BY
...... Sound of trumpets: .... Judges 3:27; 6:34
...... Special messengers: .... Judges 6:35; 2Sa
20:14
...... Extraordinary means: .... Judges 19:29;
20:1; 1Sa 11:7
- - Enroled by the chief scribe: ... 2Ki 25:19
- - CALLED
...... The host: .... De 23:9; 1Sa 28:19
...... The armies of the living God: .... 1Sa
17:26
...... Composed of infantry: .... Nu 11:21; Judges
5:15
...... Horsemen and chariots introduced into, after David's
reign: .... 1Ki 1:5; 4:26
- - DIVIDED INTO
...... Three divisions: .... Judges 7:16; 1Sa
11:11
...... Van and rear: .... Jos 6:9
...... Companies of thousands, &c: .... Nu
31:14; 2Ki 1:9,11; 1Ch 13:1; 27:1
- - Commanded by the captain of the host: ... 2Sa 2:8;
17:25; 20:23
- - Often led by the king in person: ... 1Sa 8:20; 15:4,5;
2Sa 12:29; 1Ki 22:1-53
- - INFERIOR OFFICERS OF, APPOINTED BY
...... The chief officers: .... De 20:9
...... The king: .... 2Sa 18:1; 2Ch 25:5
...... The captain of the host: .... 2Sa 18:11;
2Ki 4:13
- - Persons liable to serve in: ... Nu 1:2,3
- - PERSONS EXEMPTED FROM SERVING IN
...... Who had built a house: .... De 20:5
...... Who had planted a vineyard: .... De 20:6
...... Who were lately betrothed: .... De 20:7
...... Who were newly married: .... De 24:5
- - Refusing to join, stigmatised: ... Judges 5:15-17
- - Refusing to join, often punished: ... Judges 21:5,8-11;
1Sa 11:7
- - The fearful allowed to leave: ... De 20:8; Judges
7:3
- - Sometimes consisted of the whole nation: ... Judges
20:11; 1Sa 11:7
- - Strict discipline observed in: ... Jos 7:16-21;
1Sa 14:24-44
- - Educated in the art of war: ... Isa 2:4; Mic 4:3
- - Often supplied with arms from public armories: ...
2Ch 11:12; 26:14
- - BEFORE GOING TO WAR
...... Were numbered and reviewed: .... 2Sa 18:1,2,4;
1Ki 10:15,27
...... Required to keep from iniquity: .... De
23:9
...... Consulted the Lord: .... Judges 1:1; 20:27,28
...... Encouraged by their commanders: .... 2Ch
20:20
- - Ark of God frequently brought with: ... Jos 6:6,7;
1Sa 4:4,5; 2Sa 11:11; 15:24
- - Attended by priest with trumpets: ... Nu 10:9; 31:6;
2Ch 13:13,14
- - Praises of God often sung before: ... 2Ch 20:21,22
- - Often disposed to battle with Judgment, &c: ...
2Sa 10:9
- - Bravery and fidelity in, rewarded: ... Jos 15:16;
1Sa 17:25; 18:17; 2Sa 18:11; 1Ch 11:6
- - Men selected from, for difficult enterprises: ...
Ex 17:9; Nu 31:5,6; Jos 7:4; 8:3; Judges 7:5,6; 2Sa 17:1
- - Directed in their movements by God: ... Jos 8:1,2;
Judges 1:2; 2Sa 5:25; 1Ch 14:16
- - With the aid of God all-powerful: ... Le 26:3,7,8;
De 7:24; 32:30; Jos 1:5
- - Without God easily overcome: ... Le 26:17; Nu 14:42,45
- - MODE OF SUPPLYING
...... Food brought by themselves: .... Jos 1:11
...... Food sent by their families: .... 1Sa 17:17
...... Contribution levied: .... Judges 8:5; 1Sa
25:4-8
...... By presents: .... 2Sa 17:27-29
- - Congratulated on returning victorious: ... 1Sa 18:6,7;
Ex 15:1-21
- - Purified on returning from war: ... Nu 31:19-24
- - Disbanded after war: ... 1Sa 13:2; 1Ki 22:36
- - Part of, retained in times of peace by the kings: ...
1Sa 13:1,2; 1Ch 27:1-15
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ARMIES
- - Accompanied by beasts of burden and wagons for baggage:
... Judges 7:12; 2Ki 7:7; Ezek 23:2
- - Ambushes at Shechem: ... Judges 9:25,34
- - Ambushes at Zemaraim: ... 2Ch 13:13
- - Ambushes at Gibeah: ... Judges 20:29-43
- - Ambushes, at Ai: ... Jos 8:2-22
- - Among the Midianites: ... Judges 7:21
- - Among the Philistines: ... 1Sa 14:15-19
- - Among the Syrians: ... 2Ki 7:7-15
- - Ancient, often numerous: ... Jos 11:4; 1Sa 13:5
- - Angel of the Lord smites the Assyrians: ... 2Ki
19:35
- - Antiquity of: ... Ge 14:1-8
- - Ark taken to battle: ... Jos 6:6,7,13; 1Sa 4:4-11
- - Army choir and songs: ... 2Ch 20:21,22
- - Battle shouts: ... Judges 7:18; 1Sa 17:20,52
- - Began their campaigns in the spring: ... 2Sa 11:1
- - By Jehoshaphat: ... 2Ch 20:22
- - CALLED THE
...... Wings of a nation: .... Isa 8:8; Jer 48:40
...... Power of Kings: .... 2Ch 32:9
...... Hosts: .... Jos 10:5; Judges 8:10
...... Bands: .... 2Ki 24:2; 1Ch 7:4
- - Captains of fifties: ... 2Ki 1:9; Isa 3:3
- - Captains of hundreds: ... Nu 31:14,48; 2Ki 11:15;
1Ch 28:1; 2Ch 25:5
- - Captains of thousands: ... Nu 31:14,48; 1Sa 17:18;
1Ch 28:1; 2Ch 25:5
- - Celerity of action...... Abraham, in pursuit of
Chedorlaomer: ... Ge 14:14,15
- - Centurions: ... Mt 8:5,8; 27:54; Lu 7:2; 23:47;
Ac 10:1,7,22; 21:32; 22:26; 23:17,23; 24:23; 27:1,11,43; 28:16
- - Champions fight instead of: ... 1Sa 17:8-53; 2Sa
2:14-17; 21:15-22
- - Check roll-call: ... 1Sa 14:17; Nu 31:48,49
- - Children instructed in military arts: ... 2Sa 1:18
- - Commenced battles with a shout: ... 1Sa 17:20; 2Ch
13:15; Jer 51:14
- - COMPARED TO
...... Whirlwinds: .... Jer 25:32
...... Waters of a river: .... Isa 8:7
...... Caterpillars: .... Jer 51:14,27
...... Grasshoppers: .... Judges 6:3-5; 7:12
...... Locusts: .... Isa 33:4; Re 9:3,7
...... Flies: .... Isa 7:18,19
...... Clouds: .... Ezek 38:9-16
...... Overflowing torrents: .... Isa 28:2; Da
11:10,26
- - Composed of Mercenaries: ... 2Sa 10:6; 1Ch 19:6,7;
2Ch 25:5,6
- - Composed of insurgents: ... 1Sa 22:1,2
- - Compulsory service in: ... 1Sa 14:52
- - Confidence in, vain: ... Ps 33:16; 44:6
- - Cutting oxen in pieces, and sending the pieces throughout
Israel: ... 1Sa 11:7
- - David's attack upon the Philistines: ... 2Sa 5:23-25
- - Decoy: ... Jos 8:4-22; Judges 20:29-43; Ne 6
- - Delay: ... 2Sa 17:7-14
- - Determine royal succession: ... 2Sa 2:8-10; 1Ki
16:16; 2Ki 11:4-12
- - Devastation occasioned by: ... Isa 37:18; Jer 5:17
- - Different nations often enlisted: ... Jos 9:2; 10:5;
Judges 3:13; 1Ki 20:1
- - Divided into "bands" (R. V. margin, cohorts,): ...
Ac 10:1; 27:1
- - Divided the spoil: ... Ex 15:9; Zech. 14:1
- - Divine assistance to- - When Aaron and Hur held
up Moses' hands: ... Ex 17:11,12
- - EMPLOYED IN
...... Fighting battles: .... 1Sa 17:2,3; 1Ch
19:17
...... Besieging cities: .... De 20:12; Isa 29:3
...... Assaulting cities: .... Jos 7:3,4; Judges
9:45
- - ENCAMPED
...... In the open fields: .... 2Sa 11:11; 1Ch
11:15
...... Before cities: .... Jos 10:5; 1Sa 11:1
- - Engines used in: ... 2Ch 26:15; Jer 6:6
- - Enlisted: ... Jos 10:1-5; 11:1-5; Judges 1:3; 2Sa
10:6,15,16,19; 1Ki 15:20; 22:1-4; 2Ki 16:9; 18:19-21; 1Ch 19:6,7; 2Ch 16:2-9;
18:1,3; 20:1; 22:5; 28:16,20; Ps 83:1-12; Isa 7:1-9; 8:9-12; 54:15
- - Enumeration of Israel's military forces: ... Nu
1:2,3; 26:2; 1Sa 11:8; 2Sa 18:1,2; 24:1-9; 1Ki 20:15; 2Ch 25:5
- - Escort duty performed by: ... 2Ki 1:9; Ac 23:23,24,31-33
- - Exercised savage cruelties on the vanquished: ...
Jer 50:42; La 5:11-13; Am 1:13
- - Exhorted before battle: ... De 20:1-9
- - Fear occasioned by: ... Nu 22:3; Jer 6:25
- - FIGURATIVE: ... De 33:2; 2Ki 6:17; Ps 34:7; 68:17;
Re 9:16
- - Flanks called wings: ... Isa 8:8
- - Forced marches: ... Isa 5:26,27
- - Fortifications: ... Judges 9:31; 2Sa 5:9; 2Ki 25:1;
2Ch 11:11; 26:9; Ne 3:8; 4:2; Isa 22:10; 25:12; 29:3; 32:14; Jer 6:6; 32:24;
33:4; 51:53; Ezek 4:2; 17:17; 21:22; 26:8; 33:27; Da 11:15,19; Na 2:1;
3:14
- - Frequently the instrument of God's vengeance: ...
Isa 13:5
- - Furnished with standards: ... So 6:4; Isa 10:18;
Jer 4:21
- - Generally in three divisions: ... Ge 14:15; Job
1:17
- - Generals of corps and divisions: ... Nu 2:3,31;
1Ch 27:1-22; 2Ch 17:12-19
- - Gideon's victory: ... Judges 7
- - Holiness enjoined: ... De 23:9
- - ILLUSTRATIVE OF
...... Multitudes of angels: .... 1Ki 22:19; Ps
148:2; Da 4:35; Mt 26:53
...... The Church: .... Da 8:10-13; So 6:4,10
...... Numerous and heavy afflictions: .... Job
19:12
- - In latter ages received pay: ... Lu 3:14; 1Co 9:7
- - In siege of Jericho: ... Jos 6
- - Insubordination in, punished, Achan: ... Jos 7
- - Jehoshaphat's victories: ... 2Ki 3; 2Ch 20
- - Joshua, against the Amorites: ... Jos 10:6,9
- - Levies for: ... Nu 31:4; Judges 20:10
- - MARCHED
...... Ranks: ... Ex 13:18
...... Often in open line: .... Hab 1:6,8
...... With order and precision: .... Isa 5:27;
Joe 2:7,8
...... With rapidity: .... Jer 48:40; Hab 1:8
...... With noise and tumult: .... Isa 17:12,13;
Joe 2:5
- - Move, in attack, in three divisions: ... Judges 7:16;
9:43; 1Sa 11:11; 13:17,18; 2Sa 18:2; Job 1:17
- - Night attacks: ... Ge 14:15; Judges 7:16-22
- - Of Samaria: ... 2Ki 6:24-33; 7
- - Of Beth-el: ... Judges 1:23,24
- - Of Jericho: ... Jos 6
- - Of Jerusalem: ... 2Ki 25:1-3
- - Of Ai: ... Jos 7:2,3
- - Of Laish: ... Judges 18:2-10
- - Officers consecrate themselves to God: ... 2Ch 17:16
- - Officers...... Commander-in-chief: ... 1Sa
14:50; 2Sa 2:8; 8:16; 17:25; 19:13; 20:23
- - Often surprised their enemies: ... Jos 8:2; 2Ch
13:15; Jer 51:12
- - Often went on foreign service: ... Jer 5:15; 50:3
- - Often consisted of the whole effective strength of nations:
... Nu 21:23; 1Sa 29:1
- - OFTEN DESTROYED BY
...... Their enemies: .... Ex 17:13; Jos 10:10,20;
Judges 11:33; 2Sa 18:7; 1Ki 20:21
...... Themselves through divine intervention: ....
Judges 7:22; 1Sa 14:15,16; 2Ch 20:23
...... Supernatural means: .... Jos 10:11; 2Ki
19:35
...... Brought their idols with them: .... 1Ch
14:12
- - Orders delivered with trumpets: ... 2Sa 2:28; 18:16;
20:1,22; Ne 4:18,20
- - Panics: ... Isa 30:17
- - Promotion: ... 2Sa 23:8-39; 1Ch 11:6,10-47
- - Purifications: ... Nu 31:19-24
- - Reconnaissance...... Of Jericho: ... Jos 2:1-24
- - Refusal to obey the summons, instance of: ... Judges
21:5-11; with 20
- - Rendezvous of...... Methods employed in effecting......
Sounding a trumpet: ... Nu 10:9; Judges 3:27; 6:34; 1Sa 13:3,4
- - Rewards for meritorious conduct- - The general offers
his daughter in marriage: ... Jos 15:16,17
- - Roman army- - Captains (R. V. margin, military tribunes)
of: ... Ac 22:24-29
- - Sacrifices: ... 1Sa 13:11,12
- - Samaria's deliverance: ... 1Ki 20; 2Ki 7
- - Seeking counsel from God before battle: ... Nu 27:21;
Judges 1:1; 1Sa 14:19,37-41; 23:2-12; 30:8; 2Sa 2:1; 5:19,23; 1Ki 22:7-28;
2Ki 3:11-19; 1Ch 14:10,14; Jer 37:7-10
- - Sent out foraging parties: ... 2Ki 5:2
- - Share the spoils: ... Nu 31:25-47
- - Sieges: ... Jer 39:1
- - Soldiers destroy each other to escape captivity: ...
1Sa 14:20; 31:4-6
- - Standards: ... Nu 2:2,3,10,17,18,25,31,34; 10:14,18,22,25
- - Standing armies: ... 1Sa 13:2; 1Ch 27; 2Ch 1:14;
17:12-19; 26:11-15
- - Sun stands still: ... Jos 10:11-14
- - Tactics -1. Camp and march: ... Nu 2
- - The confederated kings: ... Jos 11:7
- - The king offers his daughter: ... 1Sa 17:25; 18:17-28
- - Toil and fatigue often endured by: ... Ezek 29:18
- - Triumphs of, celebrated- - With songs: ...
Judges 5; 1Sa 18:6,7
- - Troops often hired for: ... 1Ch 19:7; 2Ch 25:6
- - Uniforms of: ... Ezek 23:6,12; Na 2:3
- - Unusual winter campaign: ... 2Sa 11:1; 1Ch 20:1
- - WERE LED BY
...... Kings in person: .... 2Ki 18:13; 25:1
...... Experienced captains: .... 2Ki 18:17,24
- - WERE COMPOSED OF
...... Bowmen and slingers: .... 1Ch 12:2; Jer
4:29
...... War chariots: .... Jos 17:16; Judges
4:3
...... Spear men or heavy troops: .... Ps 68:30;
Ac 23:23
...... Cavalry: .... Ex 14:9; 1Ki 20:20
- - Who were exempt from service in: ... Nu 1:47-50;
2:33; De 20:5-9; Judges 7:3
- - Who of the Israelites were subject to serve in: ...
Nu 1:2,3; 26:2; 2Ch 25:5
- - With dancing: ... 1Sa 18:6,7
- - With music: ... 2Ch 20:28
- - 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 RECONNAISSANCE
...... See SIEGE
...... See SOLDIERS
...... See SPIES
...... See STANDARD
...... See STRATEGY
...... See TRUCE
...... See WAR
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