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Lexicon :: Strong's H4421 - milḥāmâ

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מִלְחָמָה
Transliteration
milḥāmâ
Pronunciation
mil-khaw-maw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From לָחַם (H3898) (in the sense of fighting)
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TWOT Reference: 1104c

Strong’s Definitions

מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh, mil-khaw-maw'; from H3898 (in the sense of fighting); a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. war-fare):—battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 319x

The KJV translates Strong's H4421 in the following manner: war (158x), battle (151x), fight (5x), warriors (with H6213) (2x), fighting (with H6213) (1x), war (with H376) (1x), wars (with H376) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 319x
The KJV translates Strong's H4421 in the following manner: war (158x), battle (151x), fight (5x), warriors (with H6213) (2x), fighting (with H6213) (1x), war (with H376) (1x), wars (with H376) (1x).

  1. battle, war

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh, mil-khaw-maw'; from H3898 (in the sense of fighting); a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. war-fare):—battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).
STRONGS H4421: Abbreviations
מִלְחָמָה 319 noun feminine battle, war; — absolute מ׳ Genesis 14:2, 8; Exodus 1:10 +; construct מִלְהֶ֫מֶת 1 Samuel 13:22 (מִכְמָשׁ מ׳ Greek Version of the LXX Th We Bu HPS Ew§ 188 c Köii. 182 > absolute Thes and others); suffix מִלְחַמְתִּי 2 Chronicles 35:21; מִלְחַמְתְּךָ 2 Samuel 11:25; מִלְחַמְתֶּ֑ךָ Isaiah 41:12, etc.; plural מִלְחָמוֺת Isaiah 42:13 + 7 times Chronicles, Psalms; construct מִלְחֲמוֺת Judges 3:1 +, etc.; — battle, Genesis 14:8; 1 Samuel 17:1, 2, 8; 1 Samuel 31:3; 1 Kings 20:14, 18, 29, 39 + often; war, Genesis 14:2; Exodus 1:10; Deuteronomy 20:12; Joshua 11:23; Joshua 14:15; 2 Samuel 3:1 (אֲרֻכָּה וַתְּהִי הַמִּלְחָמָה) +; מִלְחֲמוֺת כְּנָ֑עַן Judges 3:1; סֵפֶד מִלְחֲמֹת י׳ Numbers 21:14 (JE); accusative of congnate meaning with verb with נלחם †1 Samuel 8:20; 2 Chronicles 32:8 and (מִלְחֲמוֺת י׳) 1 Samuel 18:17; 1 Samuel 25:28†; = art of war, למד מ׳ Isaiah 2:4 learn war = Micah 4:3; למּד מ׳ Judges 3:2 teach war, fighting; מְלַמֵּד יָדַי לַמּ׳ 2 Samuel 22:35 = Psalm 18:35, compare Psalm 144:1; לְמוּדֵי מ׳ 1 Chronicles 5:18, מְלֻמְּדֵי מ׳ Songs 3:8 instructed in war; once = battlefield וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד הַמּ׳ 1 Samuel 14:20 (so KitKauAT). The most frequent phrases are: †אִישׁ מ׳ Isaiah 3:2; 1 Samuel 16:18; 1 Samuel 17:33; 2 Samuel 17:8; Ezekiel 39:20; Joshua 17:1 (P), also (collective) Judges 20:17, of י׳ Exodus 15:3 (poem); אַנְשֵׁי הַמּ׳ Joshua 6:3; Joshua 10:24 (both J E), Deuteronomy 2:14, 16; Joshua 5:4, 6 (all D), Jeremiah 38:4; Jeremiah 39:4; Jeremiah 41:3, 16; Jeremiah 49:26; Jeremiah 51:32; Jeremiah 52:7, 25, also 1 Kings 9:22; 2 Kings 25:4; Numbers 31:28, 49 (P), Joel 4:9; late אַנְשֵׁי מ׳ Joel 2:7; 1 Chronicles 12:39 (38 van d. H) 2 Chronicles 8:9; 17:13; אִישׁ מִלְחָמוֺת Isaiah 42:13; 1 Chronicles 28:3; אַנְשֵׁי מִלְחַמְתָּהּ Jeremiah 50:30 her men of war, compare Isaiah 41:12; Ezekiel 27:10, 27; אִישׁ מִלְחֲמוּת תֹּעִי 2 Samuel 8:10 a man of battles of Toi, i.e. his frequent opponent (see Dr), = 1 Chronicles 18:10; seldom גִּבּוֺר מ׳ Psalm 24:8 (f י׳), גִּבּוֺרֵי מ׳ 2 Chronicles 13:3; שָׂרֵי מִלְחָמוֺת 2 Chronicles 32:6; עַם הַמּ׳ Joshua 8:1, 3; Joshua 10:7; Joshua 11:7, compare Joshua 8:11 (all J E), compare also 1 Samuel 13:16 add. Greek Version of the LXX We Dr, compare Klo; אַנְשֵׁי חַיִל לַמּ׳ Jeremiah 48:14; צְבָא מ׳ battle-host Isaiah 13:4, so הַמּ׳ צ׳ Numbers 31:14 (P); also גְּדוּדֵי צְבָא מ׳ 1 Chronicles 7:4, לַמּ׳ יֹצְאֵי צ׳ 1 Chronicles 7:11 אַנְשֵׁי צָבָא לַמּ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:9 (8 van d. H)†; weapons of war, כְּלֵי (ה)מ׳ Judges 18:11, 17; Jeremiah 21:4; Jeremiah 51:20; 1 Chronicles 12:34 (33 van d. H), also figurative 2 Samuel 1:27 ׅ || (גִבּוֺרִים; כְּלֵי צְבָא מ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:38 (37 van d. H); קֶשֶׁת מ׳ Zechariah 9:10; Zechariah 10:4; כְּלֵי מִלְחַמְתּוֺ his weapons of war 1 Samuel 8:12; Deuteronomy 1:41, compare Judges 18:16; Ezekiel 32:37; דִּבְרֵי הַמּ׳ = the news of the battle 2 Samuel 11:18, 19 + 2 Samuel 11:22 add. Greek Version of the LXX The We Klo Dr Bu. Frequently combined with verbs are: עָרַךְ מ׳ draw up battle-line Judges 20:22 +, followed by אֵת with = against Genesis 14:8; Judges 20:20, followed by עִם 2 Chronicles 13:3; אסר המּ׳ i. e. begin the battle 1 Kings 20:14, compare 2 Chronicles 13:3; וַתִּקְרַב הַמּ׳ 1 Kings 20:29 and the battle was joined; עָשָׂה מ׳ make war Proverbs 20:8; Proverbs 24:6; 1 Chronicles 22:8, followed by אֵת with Genesis 14:2; Joshua 11:18 (D), followed by עִם Deuteronomy 20:12, 20; 1 Chronicles 5:10, 19; עִם יָצָא לַמּ׳ Judges 20:14, 20, 28, with עַל 1 Kings 8:44; 2 Chronicles 6:34; עִם הָלַךְ לַמּ׳ 2 Kings 8:28; עַם נגשׁ לַמּ׳ Judges 20:23, with בְּ 1 Samuel 7:10; 2 Samuel 10:3, absolute Jeremiah 46:3; עִם וַתְּהִי הַמּ׳ 2 Samuel 21:18, 19, with בֵּין 2 Samuel 3:1, compare 2 Samuel 3:6 +; † קִדַּשׁ מ׳ consecrate war, i.e. open a campaign (with sacred rites, Che) Micah 3:5; Jeremiah 6:4 (both withעל), Joel 4:9; compare † הִדְבִּיקָתְהוּ וְהַמּ׳ Judges 20:42 and the battle clung to them; וַתַּעֲלֶה הַמּ׳ Judg 22:35 and the battle rose (high) = 2 Chronicles 18:34; וַתִּטּשׁ הַמּ׳ 1 Samuel 4:2, read וַתֵּט הַמּ׳ (Greek Version of the LXX We Klo Bu, compare Dr) and the battle inclined (in favour of one side); נָפוֺצֶת הַמּ׳ 2 Samuel 18:8 Qr the battle was spread (extended), so read 1 Samuel 14:24 add. Greek Version of the LXX The We Klo Dr; תָּקוּם עָלַי מ׳ Psalm 27:3 if war rise against me†; כָּבֵ֑דָה הַמּ׳ Judges 20:34 the battle was severe, compare אֶלשָֿׁאוּל וַתִּכְבַּד הַמּ׳ 1 Samuel 31:3 = 1 Chronicles 10:3 (על for אל); so חֲזָקָה וַתְּהִי הַמּ׳ 1 Samuel 14:52, חָזַק מִמֶּנּוּ הַמּ׳ 2 Kings 3:26; קָשָׁה וַתְּהִי הַמּ׳ 2 Samuel 2:17: compare כֹּבֶד מ׳ Isaiah 21:15, עֱזוּז מ׳ Isaiah 42:25.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

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

Exodus

1:10; 1:10; 15:3

Numbers

21:14; 31:14; 31:28; 31:49

Deuteronomy

1:41; 2:14; 2:16; 20:12; 20:12; 20:20

Joshua

5:4; 5:6; 6:3; 8:1; 8:3; 8:11; 10:7; 10:24; 11:7; 11:18; 11:23; 14:15; 17:1

Judges

3:1; 3:1; 3:2; 18:11; 18:16; 18:17; 20:14; 20:17; 20:20; 20:20; 20:22; 20:23; 20:28; 20:34; 20:42

1 Samuel

4:2; 7:10; 8:12; 8:20; 13:16; 13:22; 14:20; 14:24; 14:52; 16:18; 17:1; 17:2; 17:8; 17:33; 18:17; 25:28; 31:3; 31:3

2 Samuel

1:27; 2:17; 3:1; 3:1; 3:6; 8:10; 10:3; 11:18; 11:19; 11:22; 11:25; 17:8; 18:8; 21:18; 21:19; 22:35

1 Kings

8:44; 9:22; 20:14; 20:14; 20:18; 20:29; 20:29; 20:39

2 Kings

3:26; 8:28; 25:4

1 Chronicles

5:10; 5:18; 5:19; 7:4; 7:11; 10:3; 12:9; 12:34; 12:38; 12:39; 18:10; 22:8; 28:3

2 Chronicles

6:34; 8:9; 13:3; 13:3; 13:3; 17:13; 18:34; 32:6; 32:8; 35:21

Psalms

18:35; 24:8; 27:3; 144:1

Proverbs

20:8; 24:6

Song of Songs

3:8

Isaiah

2:4; 3:2; 13:4; 21:15; 41:12; 41:12; 42:13; 42:13; 42:25

Jeremiah

6:4; 21:4; 38:4; 39:4; 41:3; 41:16; 46:3; 48:14; 49:26; 50:30; 51:20; 51:32; 52:7; 52:25

Ezekiel

27:10; 27:27; 39:20

Joel

2:7

Micah

3:5; 4:3

Zechariah

9:10; 10:4

H4421

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Strong's Number H4421 matches the Hebrew מִלְחָמָה (milḥāmâ),
which occurs 319 times in 308 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 7 (Gen 14:2–Jos 11:19)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:2 - that they made war with Bera the king of Sodom, and with Birsha the king of Gomorrah, Shinab the king of Admah, and Shemeber the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:8 - And the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar, went out, and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:10 - Come on, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass that, if war occur, they take side with our enemies and fight against us, and go up out of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:17 - And it came to pass, when Pharaoh let the people go, that God did not lead them the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, That the people may not repent when they see conflict, and return to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:3 - Jehovah is a man of war; Jehovah, his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:16 - And he said, For the hand is on the throne of Jah; Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation!

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:17 - And Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, and said to Moses, There is a shout of war in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:9 - And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:14 - Therefore it is said in the book of the wars of Jehovah, Vaheb in Suphah, and the brooks of Arnon;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:33 - And they turned and went up by the way to Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, for battle to Edrei.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:14 - And Moses was wroth with the officers of the army, with the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:21 - And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war that had gone to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:27 - and divide the prey into halves, between them that conducted the war, who went out to the battle, and the whole assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:28 - And thou shalt levy a tribute for Jehovah of the men of war who went out to the army, one soul of five hundred of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the asses, and of the small cattle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:49 - and they said to Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war who were under our hand, and there is not one man of us lacking.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:6 - And Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall *ye* abide here?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:20 - And Moses said to them, If ye do this thing, if ye arm yourselves before Jehovah for war,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:27 - but thy servants will pass over, every one armed for war, before Jehovah to battle, as my lord says.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:29 - And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben pass with you over the Jordan, every one armed for battle, before Jehovah, and the land be subdued before you, then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:41 - -- And ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah, we will go up and fight, according to all that Jehovah our God hath commanded us. And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and ye would go presumptuously up the hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:9 - And Jehovah said to me, Distress not the Moabites, neither engage with them in battle; for I will not give thee of their land a possession; for unto the children of Lot have I given Ar as a possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:14 - Now the days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we had come over the torrent Zered, were thirty-eight years; until the whole generation of the men of war was consumed from the midst of the camp, as Jehovah had sworn unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:16 - And it came to pass when all the men of war were consumed, having died off from among the people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:24 - Rise up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon. Behold, I have given into thy hand Sihon the king of Heshbon, the Amorite, and his land: begin, take possession, and engage with him in battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:32 - And Sihon came out against us for battle, he and all his people, to Jahaz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:1 - And we turned, and went up the way to Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, for battle at Edrei.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34 - Or hath God essayed to come to take him a nation from the midst of a nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a powerful hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:1 - When thou goest out to war against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more numerous than thou, thou shalt not fear them; for Jehovah thy God is with thee, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:2 - And it shall be, when ye approach unto the battle, that the priest shall draw near and speak unto the people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:3 - and shall say unto them, Hear, Israel, ye are approaching this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be afraid of them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:5 - And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:6 - And what man is there that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not eaten of it? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:7 - And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:12 - And if it will not make peace with thee, but will make war with thee, then thou shalt besiege it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:20 - Only the trees which thou knowest are not trees for meat, thou mayest destroy and cut them down, and build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:10 - When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou hast taken captives of them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:7 - And ye came to this place; and Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out against us for battle, and we smote them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:13 - About forty thousand armed for military service passed over before Jehovah to the war, unto the plains of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:4 - And this is the cause why Joshua circumcised them: all the people that had come out of Egypt, the males, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way, after they came out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:6 - For the children of Israel had walked forty years in the wilderness, till the whole nation of men of war had perished who had come out of Egypt, who had not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah; to whom Jehovah had sworn that he would not show them the land which Jehovah had sworn unto their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:3 - And ye shall go round the city, all the men of war, encompassing the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:1 - And Jehovah said to Joshua, Fear not, neither be dismayed. Take with thee all the people of war, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:3 - And Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai. And Joshua chose thirty thousand valiant men, and sent them away by night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:11 - And all the people of war that were with him went up, and drew near, and came before the city; and they encamped on the north of Ai; and the valley was between them and Ai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - And it came to pass when the king of Ai saw it, that the men of the city hasted and rose early, and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the appointed place before the plain. But he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:7 - So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and all the people of war with him, even all the valiant men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:24 - And it came to pass when they had brought forth those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called to all the men of Israel, and said to the captains of the men of war who went with him, Come forward, put your feet on the necks of these kings. And they came forward and put their feet on their necks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:7 - And Joshua, and all the people of war with him, came upon them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:18 - Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:19 - There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites who dwelt at Gibeon; they took all in battle.

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