Lexicon :: Strong's H962 - bāzaz

The plunder that remained from the spoil of war which the warriors had taken, was 675,000 sheep,

Then Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them [alive].” They said, “Do whatever seems good to you.” Then the priest said, “Let us approach God here.”

Then the people [of Israel] went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. So [goods were so plentiful that] a measure of finely-milled flour [was sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in accordance with the word of the LORD [as spoken through Elisha].

And the sons of Israel led away captive 200,000 of their kinsmen [of Judah]—women, sons, and daughters—and they also took a great quantity of spoil from them and brought it to Samaria.

Let the creditor seize all that he has,

And let strangers plunder the product of his labor.

So as to deprive the needy of justice

And rob the poor of My people of rightful claims,

So that widows may be their spoil

And that they may plunder the fatherless.

I send Assyria against a godless nation

And commission it against the people of My wrath

To take the spoil and to seize the plunder,

And to trample them down like mud in the streets.

Ephraim and Judah will [unite and] swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines toward the west;

Together they will plunder the sons (Arabs) of the east.

They will possess Edom and Moab,

And the sons of Ammon will be subject to them.

At evening time, now look, sudden terror!

Before [fn]morning the Assyrians are no more.

This is the portion (fate) of those who plunder us,

And the lot of those who pillage us.

Your ship’s ropes (tackle) hang loose;

They cannot hold the base of their mast firmly,

Nor spread out the sail.

Then an abundance of spoil and plunder will be divided;

Even the lame will take the plunder.

But this is a people despoiled and plundered;

All of them are trapped in holes,

Or are hidden away in prisons.

They have become a prey with no one to rescue them,

And a spoil, with no one to say, “Give them back!”

Who gave up Jacob [the kingdom of Judah] for spoil, and [the kingdom of] Israel to the plunderers?

Was it not the LORD, He against whom we [of Judah] have sinned,

And in whose ways they [of Israel] were unwilling to walk,

And whose law and teaching they did not obey?

‘Therefore all who devour you will be devoured;

And all your adversaries, every one of them, will go into captivity.

And they who plunder you will become plunder,

And all who prey upon you I will give for prey.

“A sword against their horses and against their chariots

And against all the foreign troops that are in her midst,

And they will become [as weak and defenseless as] women!

A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered!

Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD,

“An adversary (Assyria), even one surrounding the land,

Shall pull down your strength from you

And your fortresses will be looted.”

Plunder the silver!

Plunder the gold!

For there is no end to the treasure—

Wealth from every precious object.

“Therefore, as I live,” declares the LORD of hosts,

The God of Israel,

“[fn]Moab will in fact become like Sodom

And the [fn]sons of Ammon like Gomorrah,

A land possessed by nettles and salt pits,

And a perpetual desolation.

The remnant of My people will plunder them

And what is left of My nation will inherit them [as their own].”