LXX Concordance for δύναμιν

“You are to observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread because on this very day I brought your military divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must observe this day throughout your generations as a permanent statute.

The water came back and covered the chariots and horsemen, plus the entire army of Pharaoh that had gone after them into the sea. Not even one of them survived.

He threw Pharaoh's chariots

and his army into the sea;

the elite of his officers

were drowned in the Red Sea.

“These are the instructions about the Nazirite who vows his offering to the LORD for his consecration, in addition to whatever else he can afford; he must fulfill whatever vow he makes in keeping with the instructions for his consecration.”

The Israelites took the Midianite women and their dependents captive, and they plundered all their cattle, flocks, and property.

“You may say to yourself, ‘My power and my own ability have gained this wealth for me,'

“what he did to Egypt's army, its horses and chariots, when he made the water of the Red Sea flow over them as they pursued you, and he destroyed them completely;[fn]

“Everyone must appear with a gift suited to his means, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you.

All the people who were at the city gate, including the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who is entering your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built the house of Israel. May you be powerful in Ephrathah and your name well known in Bethlehem.

The bows of the warriors are broken,

but the feeble are clothed with strength.

He fought bravely, defeated the Amalekites, and rescued Israel from those who plundered them.

Then he distributed a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake to each one in the entire Israelite community, both men and women. Then all the people went home.

When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,

David heard about it and sent Joab and all the elite troops.

Now King Ben-hadad of Aram assembled his entire army. Thirty-two kings, along with horses and chariots, were with him. He marched up, besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

“Raise another army for yourself like the army you lost ​— ​horse for horse, chariot for chariot ​— ​and let's fight with them on the plain; and we will certainly be stronger than they are.” The king listened to them and did it.

Then the man of God approached and said to the king of Israel, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans have said, “The LORD is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,” I will hand over all this whole huge army to you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.' ”

he sent horses, chariots, and a massive army there. They went by night and surrounded the city.

At that time, men came day after day to help David until there was a great army, like an army of God.[fn]

When King Tou of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer of Zobah,

In the spring[fn] when kings march out to war, Joab led the army and destroyed the Ammonites' land. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.

“So to the best of my ability I've made provision for the house of my God: gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx, stones for mounting,[fn] antimony,[fn] stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and a great quantity of marble.

“Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? When you depended on the LORD, he handed them over to you.

He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.

Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu's soldiers captured him (he was hiding in Samaria). So they brought Ahaziah to Jehu, and they killed him. The soldiers buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So no one from the house of Ahaziah had the strength to rule the kingdom.

Although the Aramean army came with only a few men, the LORD handed over a vast army to them because the people of Judah had abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors. So they executed judgment on Joash.

Then King Neco of Egypt made Jehoahaz's brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took his brother Jehoahaz and brought him to Egypt.

I did this because I was ashamed to ask the king for infantry and cavalry to protect us from enemies during the journey, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek him, but his fierce anger is against all who abandon him.”

He would show you the secrets of wisdom,

for true wisdom has two sides.

Know then that God has chosen to overlook some of your iniquity.

He dams up the streams from flowing[fn]

so that he may bring to light what is hidden.

Listen to this, Job.

Stop and consider God's wonders.

Do you give strength to the horse?

Do you adorn his neck with a mane?[fn]

Adorn yourself with majesty and splendor,

and clothe yourself with honor and glory.

God ​— ​he clothes me with strength

and makes my way perfect.

You have clothed me with strength for battle;

you subdue my adversaries beneath me.

LORD, when you showed your favor,

you made me stand like a strong mountain;

when you hid your face, I was terrified.

A king is not saved by a large army;

a warrior will not be rescued by great strength.

note its ramparts; tour its citadels

so that you can tell a future generation:

With God we will perform valiantly;

he will trample our foes.

God, you are awe-inspiring in your sanctuaries.

The God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.

Blessed be God!

They go from strength to strength;

each appears before God in Zion.

The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty;

the LORD is robed, enveloped in strength.

The world is firmly established;

it cannot be shaken.

With God we will perform valiantly;

he will trample our foes.

There are shouts of joy and victory

in the tents of the righteous:

“The LORD's right hand performs valiantly!

but hurled Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea.

His faithful love endures forever.

They will proclaim the power of your awe-inspiring acts,

and I will declare your greatness.[fn]

And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

“for before the boy knows how to call ‘Father,' or ‘Mother,' the wealth of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria will be carried off to the king of Assyria.”

Your city gates will always be open;

they will never be shut day or night

so that the wealth of the nations

may be brought into you,

with their kings being led in procession.

For this is what the LORD of Armies says:

Cut down the trees;

raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem.

This city must be punished.

There is nothing but oppression within her.

Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire Chaldean army that is fighting with you, and there remained among them only the badly wounded[fn] men, each in his tent, they would get up and burn this city.' ”

About Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco, Egypt's king, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon in the fourth year of Judah's King Jehoiakim son of Josiah:

Don't let the archer string his bow;

don't let him put on[fn] his armor.

Don't spare her young men;

completely destroy her entire army!

By your wisdom and understanding you have acquired wealth for yourself. You have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.

“Son of man, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon made his army labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder chafed, but he and his army received no compensation from Tyre for the labor he expended against it.

I offer thanks and praise to you,

God of my ancestors,

because you have given me

wisdom and power.

And now you have let me know

what we asked of you,

for you have let us know

the king's mystery.[fn]

From one of them a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the beautiful land.[fn]

“In the place of the king of the South, one from her family[fn] will rise up, come against the army, and enter the fortress of the king of the North. He will take action against them and triumph.

On the day you stood aloof,

on the day strangers captured his wealth,[fn]

while foreigners entered his city gate

and cast lots for Jerusalem,

you were just like one of them.

Do not enter my people's city gate

in the day of their disaster.

Yes, you ​— ​do not gloat over their misery

in the day of their disaster,

and do not appropriate their possessions

in the day of their disaster.

“I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the Gentile kingdoms. I will overturn chariots and their riders. Horses and their riders will fall, each by his brother's sword.

Listen! The Lord will impoverish her

and cast her wealth into the sea;

she herself will be consumed by fire.