Lexicon :: Strong's H4421 - milḥāmâ

waged war against King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, and King Shemeber of Zeboiim, as well as the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).

Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out and lined up for battle in the Siddim Valley

“Come, let’s deal shrewdly with them; otherwise they will multiply further, and when war breaks out, they will join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”

When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road to the land of the Philistines, even though it was nearby; for God said, “The people will change their minds and return to Egypt if they face war.”

The LORD is a warrior;

the LORD is his name.

He said, “Indeed, my hand is lifted up toward[fn] the LORD’s throne. The LORD will be at war with Amalek from generation to generation.”

When Joshua heard the sound of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is a sound of war in the camp.”

“When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who is attacking you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and be saved from your enemies.

Therefore it is stated in the Book of the LORD’s Wars:

Waheb in Suphah

and the ravines of the Arnon,

Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and King Og of Bashan came out against them with his whole army to do battle at Edrei.

But Moses became furious with the officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, who were returning from the military campaign.

Then the priest Eleazar said to the soldiers who had gone to battle, “This is the legal statute the LORD commanded Moses:

“Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to war and the entire community.

and told him, “Your servants have taken a census of the fighting men under our command, and not one of us is missing.

But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Should your brothers go to war while you stay here?

Moses replied to them, “If you do this ​— ​if you arm yourselves for battle before the LORD,

“but your servants are equipped for war before the LORD and will go across to the battle as my lord orders.”

Moses told them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, every man in battle formation before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.

“You answered me, ‘We have sinned against the LORD. We will go up and fight just as the LORD our God commanded us.’ Then each of you put on his weapons of war and thought it would be easy to go up into the hill country.

“The LORD said to me, ‘Show no hostility toward Moab, and do not provoke them to battle, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, since I have given Ar as a possession to the descendants of Lot.’ ”

“The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley was thirty-eight years until the entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.

“When all the fighting men had died among the people,

“The LORD also said, ‘Get up, move out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have handed the Amorites’ King Sihon of Heshbon and his land over to you. Begin to take possession of it; engage[fn] him in battle.

“So Sihon and his whole army came out against us for battle at Jahaz.

“Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and King Og of Bashan came out against us with his whole army to do battle at Edrei.

“Or has a god attempted to go and take a nation as his own out of another nation, by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, by great terrors, as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

“When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

“The officers are to address the army, ‘Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him leave and return home. Otherwise, he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.

“However, if it does not make peace with you but wages war against you, lay siege to it.

“But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce food. You may cut them down to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.

“When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God hands them over to you and you take some of them prisoner, and

“When you reached this place, King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.

About forty thousand equipped for war crossed to the plains of Jericho in the LORD’s presence.

This is the reason Joshua circumcised them: All the people who came out of Egypt who were males ​— ​all the men of war ​— ​had died in the wilderness along the way after they had come out of Egypt.

For the Israelites wandered in the wilderness forty years until all the nation’s men of war who came out of Egypt had died off because they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land he had sworn to their ancestors to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

“March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.

The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take all the troops with you and go attack Ai. Look, I have handed over to you the king of Ai, his people, city, and land.

So Joshua and all the troops set out to attack Ai. Joshua selected thirty thousand of his best soldiers and sent them out at night.

All the troops who were with him went up and approached the city, arriving opposite Ai, and camped to the north of it, with a valley between them and the city.

When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, the men of the city hurried and went out early in the morning so that he and all his people could engage Israel in battle at a suitable place facing the Arabah. But he did not know there was an ambush waiting for him behind the city.

So Joshua and all his troops, including all his best soldiers, came from Gilgal.

When they had brought the kings to him, Joshua summoned all the men of Israel and said to the military commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks.

So Joshua and all his troops surprised them at the Waters of Merom and attacked them.

Joshua waged war with all these kings for a long time.