Lexicon :: Strong's H5826 - ʿāzar

“by the God of your father who helps you,

and by the Almighty who blesses you

with blessings of the heavens above,

blessings of the deep that lies below,

and blessings of the breasts and the womb.

“Who ate the fat of their sacrifices

and drank the wine of their drink offerings?

Let them rise up and help you;

let it[fn] be a shelter for you.

“Your wives, dependents, and livestock may remain in the land Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But your best soldiers must cross over in battle formation[fn] ahead of your brothers and help them

“Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”

Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Don’t give up on your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, for all the Amorite kings living in the hill country have joined forces against us.”

At that time King Horam of Gezer went to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down along with his people, leaving no survivors.

Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it upright between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer,[fn] explaining, “The LORD has helped us to this point.”

When the Arameans of Damascus came to assist King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand Aramean men.

“You must not go! ” the people pleaded. “If we have to flee, they will not pay any attention to us. Even if half of us die, they will not pay any attention to us because you are worth[fn] ten thousand of us. Therefore, it is better if you support us from the city.”

But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle. You must not extinguish the lamp of Israel.”

He conspired[fn] with Joab son of Zeruiah and with the priest Abiathar. They supported Adonijah,

They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the thirty-two kings who were helping him were getting drunk in their quarters.

For the LORD saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter for both slaves and free people.[fn] There was no one to help Israel.

They received help against these enemies because they cried out to God in battle, and the Hagrites and all their allies were handed over to them. He was receptive to their prayer because they trusted in him.

The following were the men who came to David at Ziklag while he was still banned from the presence of Saul son of Kish. They were among the warriors who helped him in battle.

David went out to meet them and said to them, “If you have come in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you, but if you have come to betray me to my enemies even though my hands have done no wrong, may the God of our ancestors look on it and judge.”

They helped David against the raiders, for they were all valiant warriors and commanders in the army.

Because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, with God’s help, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

When the Arameans of Damascus came to assist King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand Aramean men.

Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon:

Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God, “LORD, there is no one besides you to help the mighty and those without strength. Help us, LORD our God, for we depend on you, and in your name we have come against this large army. LORD, you are our God. Do not let a mere mortal hinder you.”

When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they shouted, “He must be the king of Israel! ” So they turned to attack him, but Jehoshaphat cried out and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from him.

Then Jehu son of the seer Hanani went out to confront him[fn] and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Do you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the LORD’s wrath is on you.

The Ammonites and Moabites turned against the inhabitants of Mount Seir and completely annihilated them. When they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped destroy each other.

“But if you go with them, do it! Be strong for battle! But God will make you stumble before the enemy, for God has the power to help or to make one stumble.”

God helped him against the Philistines, the Arabs that live in Gur-baal, and the Meunites.

Under their authority was an army of 307,500 equipped for combat, a powerful force to help the king against the enemy.

He made skillfully designed devices in Jerusalem to shoot arrows and catapult large stones for use on the towers and on the corners. So his fame spread even to distant places, for he was wondrously helped until he became strong.

At that time King Ahaz asked the king of Assyria for help.

He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had defeated him; he said, “Since the gods of the kings of Aram are helping them, I will sacrifice to them so that they will help me.” But they were the downfall of him and of all Israel.

so he consulted with his officials and his warriors about stopping up the water of the springs that were outside the city, and they helped him.

“He has only human strength,[fn] but we have the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people relied on the words of King Hezekiah of Judah.

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.”

Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah opposed this, with Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supporting them.

God does not hold back his anger;

Rahab’s assistants cringe in fear beneath him!

How you have helped the powerless

and delivered the arm that is weak!

For I rescued the poor who cried out for help,

and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.

They tear up my path;

they contribute to my destruction,

without anyone to help them.

But you yourself have seen trouble and grief,

observing it in order to take the matter into your hands.

The helpless one entrusts himself to you;

you are a helper of the fatherless.

Don’t be far from me, because distress is near

and there’s no one to help.

The LORD is my strength and my shield;

my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.

Therefore my heart celebrates,

and I give thanks to him with my song.

“LORD, listen and be gracious to me;

LORD, be my helper.”

The LORD helps and delivers them;

he will deliver them from the wicked and will save them

because they take refuge in him.

God is within her; she will not be toppled.

God will help her when the morning dawns.

God is my helper;

the Lord is the sustainer of my life.[fn]

For he will rescue the poor who cry out

and the afflicted who have no helper.

God of our salvation, help us,

for the glory of your name.

Rescue us and atone for our sins,

for your name’s sake.