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Lexicon :: Strong's H3898 - lāḥam

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לָחַם
Transliteration
lāḥam
Pronunciation
law-kham'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1104,1105

Strong’s Definitions

לָחַם lâcham, law-kham'; a primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction):—devour, eat, × ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 177x

The KJV translates Strong's H3898 in the following manner: fight (149x), to war (10x), make war (8x), eat (5x), overcome (2x), devoured (1x), ever (1x), prevail (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 177x
The KJV translates Strong's H3898 in the following manner: fight (149x), to war (10x), make war (8x), eat (5x), overcome (2x), devoured (1x), ever (1x), prevail (1x).

  1. to fight, do battle, make war

    1. (Qal) to fight, do battle

    2. (Niphal) to engage in battle, wage war

  2. (Qal) to eat, use as food

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָחַם lâcham, law-kham'; a primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction):—devour, eat, × ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
STRONGS H3898: Abbreviations
I. [לָחַם]171 verb fight, do battle (Late Hebrew Hithp.; ואלתחם MI11.15.19 perhaps = order the battle, compare NöZMG xl. 1886, 721; Arabic bdb053506 fit close together, so Late Hebrew לחם Pi., Syriac bdb053507 Pa. unite, bdb053508 fit also threaten; GerberVerb. Denom. 59 thinks verb in Hebrew denominative from מִלְחָמָה battle-line, but dubious); —
† Qal (poetry) only Imperative masculine singular and Participle active — fight, do battle with, rare, only Psalms, apparently later usage: — לְחַם אֶתלֹֿחֲמָ֑י Psalm 35:1 do battle with those battling with me (dubious whether את is accusative sign compare preposition with, compare Ol; || רִיבָה אֶתיְֿרִיבַי); לֹחֲמִים לִי Psalm 56:3 doing battle against me; לֹחֵם Psalm 56:2 as substantive fighter. †
Niph. 167 Perfect נִלְחַם Judges 9:17 +, וְנִלְחַמְתָּ֫ Judges 11:8; 1 Samuel 15:18, וְנִלְחַמְנוּ Deuteronomy 1:41 consecutive, etc.; Imperfect יִלָּהֵם Exodus 14:14; Deuteronomy 1:30; יִלָּ֫חֶם לָ֑נוּ Nehemiah 4:14, וַיִּלָּ֫חֶם Exodus 17:8 + 19 times; 3rd person feminine singular תִּלָּחֵם Zechariah 14:14; 3rd person masculine plural תִּיִּלָּֽחֲמוּ Judges 1:5 + 13 times; suffix וַיִּלָּֽחֲמוּנִי Psalm 109:3; 2nd person masculine plural תִּלָּֽחֲמוּ 1 Kings 22:31 + 4 times; תִּלָּֽחֲמוּן 1 Kings 12:24; etc.; Imperative הִלָּחֵם Exodus 17:9; 1 Samuel 18:17; הִלָּ֫חֶם בּוֺ Judges 9:38; plural הִלָּֽחֲמוּ 2 Kings 10:3; Nehemiah 4:8; Infinitive absolute נִלְחֹם Judges 11:25; construct הִלָּחֵם Judges 1:9 + 35 times; הִלָּ֫חֶם בּוֺ etc., Numbers 22:11 + 6 times; suffix הִלָּחֲמוֺ 2 Kings 8:29 + 3 times; Participle נִלְחָם Exodus 14:24 + 10 times; plural נִלְחָמִים Joshua 10:25 + 10 times (but 1 Samuel 31:1 read rather נִלְחֲמוּ, so || 1 Chronicles 10:1 We Klo Bu, compare Dr); — engage in battle (reciprocal), sometimes wage war (Joshua 10:5; Judges 11:5; 1 Kings 14:19; 1 Kings 22:46; 2 Kings 6:8; 2 Kings 14:28 etc.), often with בְּ of enemy (60 times) Exodus 1:10; Exodus 17:9, 10; Numbers 21:23, 26; Numbers 22:11 (all E), Judges 11:8, 25; 1 Samuel 15:18; 2 Samuel 8:10 + (49 times); less often with בְּ of city attacked or besieged † Judges 9:45; 1 Samuel 23:1; 2 Samuel 12:26, 27, 29; Isaiah 20:1; Joshua 10:31 (D), 1 Kings 20:1; Nehemiah 4:2; of tower Judges 1:52 [Judges 9:52]; followed by בְּאַרְצִי Judges 11:12†; also with עִם of enemy (26 times): Judges 5:20; Judges 11:4, 5, 20; Joshua 11:5 (JE), 1 Samuel 13:5; 1 Samuel 17:19, also 1 Samuel 17:32, 33 (of single combat), Deuteronomy 20:4; Joshua 9:2 (both D), 2 Kings 13:12; 2 Kings 14:15; 2 Chronicles 11:1; 17:10; 27:5; Daniel 10:20; Daniel 11:11 +; with עִם of city † Joshua 10:29 (D), Joshua 19:47 (JE) †; with אֶתֿ = with, of enemy, † Joshua 24:8 (E), 1 Samuel 17:9 (single combat), Jeremiah 21:5; 1 Kings 20:23; 2 Kings 19:9 = Isaiah 37:9; Jeremiah 37:10; also Judges 12:4; 2 Samuel 11:17; 2 Samuel 21:15; 1 Kings 22:31; 2 Kings 8:2; 2 Kings 9:15; Jeremiah 21:4; Jeremiah 32:5; Jeremiah 33:5; 2 Chronicles 18:30; 22:6, and with אוֺתָם (= אִתָּם) Joshua 10:25 (D), 1 Kings 20:25 (KöLgb. ii, 296)†; with עִל, against, of enemy only Jeremiah 21:2; elsewhere (16 times) of city: † Joshua 10:5 (JE), Isaiah 7:1; 2 Kings 12:18; 2 Kings 19:8 = Isaiah 37:8; especially D and Je: Deuteronomy 20:10, 19; Joshua 10:34, 36, 38 (all D), Jeremiah 32:24, 29; Jeremiah 34:1, 7, 8, 22†; with אֶלֿ of enemy † Jeremiah 1:19; Jeremiah 15:20†; with suffix וַיִּלָּֽחֲמוּנִי † Psalm 109:3 and they have fought against me†; with יָ֑חַד i.e. fight together = with (against) one another † 1 Samuel 17:10; absolute with accusative of congnate meaning with verb מִלְחָמוֺת fight battles † 1 Samuel 8:20; 1 Samuel 18:17; 1 Samuel 25:28; 2 Chronicles 32:8†; absolute elsewhere Judges 5:19 (twice in verse); Judges 5:20; Deuteronomy 1:41; Zechariah 10:5 + 26 times + וַיָּסֻרוּ עָלָיו לְהִלָּחֵ֑ם 1 Kings 22:32; † with עַל for, in behalf of, Judges 9:17; 2 Kings 10:3; Nehemiah 4:8; with לְ = id., Exodus 14:14 (J), Exodus 14:25 (J; + בְּ of enemy), Deuteronomy 1:30; Deuteronomy 3:22; Deuteronomy 20:4 (+ עִם of enemy, see above), Joshua 10:14, 42; Joshua 23:3, 10 (all D), Nehemiah 4:14 † יָכֹל לְהִלּ׳ be able to fight, with את of enemy 1 Samuel 17:9, with בְּ of enemy Numbers 22:11, = be successful in fighting, prevail against; so with עַל of city Isaiah 7:1, and absolute 2 Kings 16:5 (after וַיָּצֻרוּ עָל besiege).

† II. [לָחַם] verb use as food, eat, poetic (so Thes Buhl, compare Frä30 GuidiDella Sede 33; this would explain different between לֶחֶם and bdb053603; yet verb rare and chiefly late); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural לָֽחֲמוּ Proverbs 4:17; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תִּלְחַם Proverbs 23:6, 1st person singular אֶלְחַם Psalm 141:4; Imperative masculine plural לַחֲמוּ Proverbs 9:5; Infinitive construct לְחוֺם Proverbs 23:1; Passive participle plural construct לְחֻמֵי Deuteronomy 32:24; eat (mostly Proverbs), absolute Proverbs 23:1; followed by accusative of congnate meaning with verb לֶחֶם Proverbs 4:17; Proverbs 23:6; followed by בְּלַחְמִי Proverbs 9:5; followed by בְּמַנְעַמֵּיהֶם Psalm 141:4 eat of their dainties; לְחֻמֵי רֶשֶׁף Deuteronomy 32:24 (poem) eaten up with the Fire-bolt, figurative of pestilence (Dr).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

1:10; 14:14; 14:14; 14:24; 14:25; 17:8; 17:9; 17:9; 17:10

Numbers

21:23; 21:26; 22:11; 22:11; 22:11

Deuteronomy

1:30; 1:30; 1:41; 1:41; 3:22; 20:4; 20:4; 20:10; 20:19; 32:24; 32:24

Joshua

9:2; 10:5; 10:5; 10:14; 10:25; 10:25; 10:29; 10:31; 10:34; 10:36; 10:38; 10:42; 11:5; 19:47; 23:3; 23:10; 24:8

Judges

1:5; 1:9; 5:19; 5:20; 5:20; 9:17; 9:17; 9:38; 9:45; 9:52; 11:4; 11:5; 11:5; 11:8; 11:8; 11:12; 11:20; 11:25; 11:25; 12:4

1 Samuel

8:20; 13:5; 15:18; 15:18; 17:9; 17:9; 17:10; 17:19; 17:32; 17:33; 18:17; 18:17; 23:1; 25:28; 31:1

2 Samuel

8:10; 11:17; 12:26; 12:27; 12:29; 21:15

1 Kings

12:24; 14:19; 20:1; 20:23; 20:25; 22:31; 22:31; 22:32; 22:46

2 Kings

6:8; 8:2; 8:29; 9:15; 10:3; 10:3; 12:18; 13:12; 14:15; 14:28; 16:5; 19:8; 19:9

1 Chronicles

10:1

2 Chronicles

11:1; 17:10; 18:30; 22:6; 27:5; 32:8

Nehemiah

4:2; 4:8; 4:8; 4:14; 4:14

Psalms

35:1; 56:2; 56:3; 109:3; 109:3; 141:4; 141:4

Proverbs

4:17; 4:17; 9:5; 9:5; 23:1; 23:1; 23:6; 23:6

Isaiah

7:1; 7:1; 20:1; 37:8; 37:9

Jeremiah

1:19; 15:20; 21:2; 21:4; 21:5; 32:5; 32:24; 32:29; 33:5; 34:1; 34:7; 34:8; 34:22; 37:10

Daniel

10:20; 11:11

Zechariah

10:5; 14:14

H3898

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Strong's Number H3898 matches the Hebrew לָחַם (lāḥam),
which occurs 177 times in 171 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Exo 1:10–Jdg 10:18)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:10 - Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war befall us, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:14 - The LORD will fight for you, and you have only to be still."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:25 - clogging their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily; and the Egyptians said, "Let us flee from before Israel; for the LORD fights for them against the Egyptians."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:8 - Then came Am'alek and fought with Israel at Reph'idim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:9 - And Moses said to Joshua, "Choose for us men, and go out, fight with Am'alek; tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:10 - So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Am'alek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:1 - When the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the Negeb, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:23 - But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. He gathered all his men together, and went out against Israel to the wilderness, and came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26 - For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:11 - 'Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and it covers the face of the earth; now come, curse them for me; perhaps I shall be able to fight against them and drive them out.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:30 - The LORD your God who goes before you will himself fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:41 - "Then you answered me, 'We have sinned against the LORD; we will go up and fight, just as the LORD our God commanded us.' And every man of you girded on his weapons of war, and thought it easy to go up into the hill country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:42 - And the LORD said to me, 'Say to them, Do not go up or fight, for I am not in the midst of you; lest you be defeated before your enemies.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:22 - You shall not fear them; for it is the LORD your God who fights for you.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:4 - for the LORD your God is he that goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:10 - "When you draw near to a city to fight against it, offer terms of peace to it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19 - "When you besiege a city for a long time, making war against it in order to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat of them, but you shall not cut them down. Are the trees in the field men that they should be besieged by you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:24 - they shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat and poisonous pestilence; and I will send the teeth of beasts against them, with venom of crawling things of the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:2 - they gathered together with one accord to fight Joshua and Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:5 - Then the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered their forces, and went up with all their armies and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:14 - There has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD hearkened to the voice of a man; for the LORD fought for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:25 - And Joshua said to them, "Do not be afraid or dismayed; be strong and of good courage; for thus the LORD will do to all your enemies against whom you fight."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:29 - Then Joshua passed on from Makke'dah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:31 - And Joshua passed on from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish, and laid siege to it, and assaulted it:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:34 - And Joshua passed on with all Israel from Lachish to Eglon; and they laid siege to it, and assaulted it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:36 - Then Joshua went up with all Israel from Eglon to Hebron; and they assaulted it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:38 - Then Joshua, with all Israel, turned back to Debir and assaulted it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:42 - And Joshua took all these kings and their land at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:5 - And all these kings joined their forces, and came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:47 - When the territory of the Danites was lost to them, the Danites went up and fought against Leshem, and after capturing it and putting it to the sword they took possession of it and settled in it, calling Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:3 - and you have seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, for it is the LORD your God who has fought for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:10 - One man of you puts to flight a thousand, since it is the LORD your God who fights for you, as he promised you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:8 - Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites, who lived on the other side of the Jordan; they fought with you, and I gave them into your hand, and you took possession of their land, and I destroyed them before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:9 - Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel; and he sent and invited Balaam the son of Be'or to curse you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:11 - And you went over the Jordan and came to Jericho, and the men of Jericho fought against you, and also the Amorites, the Per'izzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Gir'gashites, the Hivites, and the Jeb'usites; and I gave them into your hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:1 - After the death of Joshua the people of Israel inquired of the LORD, "Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:3 - And Judah said to Simeon his brother, "Come up with me into the territory allotted to me, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into the territory allotted to you." So Simeon went with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:5 - They came upon Ado'ni-be'zek at Bezek, and fought against him, and defeated the Canaanites and the Per'izzites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:8 - And the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:9 - And afterward the men of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who dwelt in the hill country, in the Negeb, and in the lowland.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:19 - "The kings came, they fought; then fought the kings of Canaan, at Ta'anach, by the waters of Megid'do; they got no spoils of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:20 - From heaven fought the stars, from their courses they fought against Sis'era.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:1 - And the men of E'phraim said to him, "What is this that you have done to us, not to call us when you went to fight with Mid'ian?" And they upbraided him violently.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:17 - for my father fought for you, and risked his life, and rescued you from the hand of Mid'ian;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38 - Then Zebul said to him, "Where is your mouth now, you who said, 'Who is Abim'elech, that we should serve him?' Are not these the men whom you despised? Go out now and fight with them."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39 - And Ga'al went out at the head of the men of Shechem, and fought with Abim'elech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - And Abim'elech fought against the city all that day; he took the city, and killed the people that were in it; and he razed the city and sowed it with salt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:52

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:52 - And Abim'elech came to the tower, and fought against it, and drew near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9 - And the Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah and against Benjamin and against the house of E'phraim; so that Israel was sorely distressed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:18 - And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said one to another, "Who is the man that will begin to fight against the Ammonites? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."

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