Meaning
Armies Who of the Israelites were subject to service in
Num 1:3; Num 26:2; 2Ch 25:5
Who were exempt from service in
Num 1:50; Num 2:33; Deu 20:9; Jdg 7:3
Enumeration of Israel's military forces
Num 1:3; Num 26:2; 1Sa 11:8; 2Sa 18:2; 2Sa 24:9; 1Ki 20:15; 2Ch 25:5
Levies for
Num 31:4; Jdg 20:10
Compulsory service in
1Sa 14:52
Cowardice
How officered:
- Commander-in-chief
1Sa 14:50; 2Sa 2:8; 2Sa 8:16; 2Sa 17:25; 2Sa 19:13; 2Sa 20:23
- Generals of corps and divisions
Num 2:31; 1Ch 27:22; 2Ch 17:19
- Captains of thousands
Num 31:14; Num 31:48; 1Sa 17:18; 1Ch 28:1; 2Ch 25:5
- Captains of hundreds
Num 31:14; Num 31:48; 2Ki 11:15; 1Ch 28:1; 2Ch 25:5
- Captains of fifties
2Ki 1:9; Isa 3:3
Cavalry; Chariot
Rendezvous of
- Methods employed in effecting:
b Sounding a trumpet
Num 10:9; Jdg 3:27; Jdg 6:34; 1Sa 13:4
b Cutting oxen in pieces, and sending the pieces throughout Israel
1Sa 11:7
- Refusal to obey the summons, instance of
Jdg 21:11;
Tactics:
- Camp and march
Num 2
- March in ranks
Exo 13:18; 1Ch 12:33; Joe 2:7
- Move, in attack, in three divisions
Jdg 7:16; Jdg 9:43; 1Sa 11:11; 1Sa 13:18; 2Sa 18:2; Job 1:17
- Flanks called wings
Isa 8:8
Strategy in War
Orders delivered with trumpets
2Sa 2:28; 2Sa 18:16; 2Sa 20:1; 2Sa 20:22; Neh 4:18; Neh 4:20
Stratagems:
- Ambushes:
b at Ai
Jos 8:22
b at Shechem
Jdg 9:25; Jdg 9:34
b at Gibeah
Jdg 20:43
b at Zemaraim
2Ch 13:13
b by Jehoshaphat
2Ch 20:22
- Reconnaissances:
b of Jericho
Jos 2:24
b of Ai
Jos 7:3
b of Beth-El
Jdg 1:24
b of Laish
Jdg 18:10
- Night attacks
Gen 14:15; Jdg 7:22
- Decoy
Jos 8:22; Jdg 20:43; Neh 6
- Unusual winter campaign
2Sa 11:1; 1Ch 20:1
- Delay
2Sa 17:14
- Celerity of action:
b Abraham, in pursuit of Chedorlaomer
Gen 14:15
b Joshua, against the Amorites
Jos 10:6; Jos 10:9
b the confederated kings
Jos 11:7
b David's attack upon the Philistines
2Sa 5:25
- Forced marches
Isa 5:27
- Sieges:
b General references
Jer 39:1
b of Jericho
Jos 6
b of Samaria
2Ki 6:33; 2Ki 7
b of Jerusalem
2Ki 25:3
- »Engines« used
2Ch 26:15; Jer 6:6; Eze 26:9
- Fortifications
Jdg 9:31; 2Sa 5:9; 2Ki 25:1; 2Ch 11:11; 2Ch 26:9; Neh 3:8; Neh 4:2; Isa 22:10; Isa 25:12; Isa 29:3; Isa 32:14; Jer 6:6; Jer 32:24; Jer 33:4; Jer 51:53; Eze 4:2; Eze 17:17; Eze 21:22; Eze 26:8; Eze 33:27; Dan 11:15; Dan 11:19; Nah 2:1; Nah 3:14
Standards
Num 2:3; Num 2:10; Num 2:18; Num 2:25; Num 2:31; Num 2:34; Num 10:14; Num 10:18; Num 10:22; Num 10:25
Uniforms of
Eze 23:6; Eze 23:12; Nah 2:3
Standing armies
1Sa 13:2; 1Ch 27; 2Ch 1:14; 2Ch 17:19; 2Ch 26:15
Religious ceremonies attending:
- Seeking counsel from God before battle
Num 27:21; Jdg 1:1; 1Sa 14:19; 1Sa 14:41; 1Sa 23:12; 1Sa 30:8; 2Sa 2:1; 2Sa 5:19; 2Sa 5:23; 1Ki 22:28; 2Ki 3:19; 1Ch 14:10; 1Ch 14:14; Jer 37:10
- Sacrifices
1Sa 13:12
- Purifications
Num 31:24
- Prophets prophesy before
2Ch 20:17
- Holiness enjoined
Deu 23:9
Officers consecrate themselves to God
2Ch 17:16
- Army choir and songs
2Ch 20:22
- Ark taken to battle
Jos 6:7; Jos 6:13; 1Sa 4:11
Divine assistance to:
- When Aaron and Hur held up Moses' hands
Exo 17:12
- In siege of Jericho
Jos 6
- Sun stands still
Jos 10:14
- Gideon's victory
- Samaria's deliverances
1Ki 20; 2Ki 7
- Jehoshaphat's victories
2Ki 3; 2Ch 20
- Angel of the Lord smites the Assyrians
2Ki 19:35
Determine royal succession
2Sa 2:10; 1Ki 16:16; 2Ki 11:12
Composed of insurgents
1Sa 22:2
Composed of mercenaries
2Sa 10:6; 1Ch 19:7; 2Ch 25:6
Confederated
Jos 10:5; Jos 11:5; Jdg 1:3; 2Sa 10:6; 2Sa 10:16; 2Sa 10:19; 1Ki 15:20; 1Ki 22:4; 2Ki 16:9; 2Ki 18:21; 1Ch 19:7; 2Ch 16:9; 2Ch 18:1; 2Ch 18:3; 2Ch 20:1; 2Ch 22:5; 2Ch 28:16; 2Ch 28:20; Psa 83:12; Isa 7:9; Isa 8:12; Isa 54:15
Exhorted before battle
Deu 20:9
Battle shouts
Jdg 7:18; 1Sa 17:20; 1Sa 17:52
Triumphs of, celebrated:
- With songs
; 1Sa 18:7
- With music
2Ch 20:28
- With dancing
1Sa 18:7
Rewards for meritorious conduct:
- The general offers his daughter in marriage
Jos 15:17
- King offers his daughter
1Sa 17:25; 1Sa 18:28
- Promotion
2Sa 23:39; 1Ch 11:6; 1Ch 11:47
- Share the spoils
Num 31:47
Children instructed in military arts
2Sa 1:18
Insubordination in, punished, Achan
Jos 7
Check roll-call
1Sa 14:17; Num 31:49
Panics:
- General references
Isa 30:17
- Among the Midianites
Jdg 7:21
- Among the Philistines
1Sa 14:19
- Among the Syrians
2Ki 7:15
Soldiers destroy each other to escape captivity
1Sa 14:20; 1Sa 31:6
Champions fight instead of
1Sa 17:53; 2Sa 2:17; 2Sa 21:22
Confidence in, vain
Psa 33:16; Psa 44:6
Escort duty performed by
2Ki 1:9; Act 23:24; Act 23:33
Roman army:
- Captains
Act 22:29
- Centurions
Mat 8:5; Mat 8:8; Mat 27:54; Luk 7:2; Luk 23:47; Act 10:1; Act 10:7; Act 10:22; Act 21:32; Act 22:26; Act 23:17; Act 23:23; Act 24:23; Act 27:1; Act 27:11; Act 27:43; Act 28:16
- Divided into »bands«
Act 10:1; Act 27:1
Amalekites; Assyria; Babylon; Egyptians; Midianites; Persia; Syria; Commissary; Armor; Ambush; Cavalry; Fort; Garrison; Herald; Hostage; Navy; Reconnaissance; Siege; Soldiers; Spies; Standard; Strategy in War; Truce; War
Figurative
Deu 33:2; 2Ki 6:17; Psa 34:7; Psa 68:17; Rev 9:16
