and to all the cities of the Hivites,
and of the Canaanites: and they
went out to the south of Judah,
even to Beer-sheba. So when
they had gone through all the
land, they came to Jerusalem at
the end of nine months and twenty
days. And Joab gave up the sum
of the number of the people unto
the king: and there were in Israel
eight hundred thousand valiant
men that drew the sword; and the
men of Judah were five hundred
thousand men.

1 Chron. xviii, 17. And Benalah
the son of Jehoiada was over the
Cherethites and the Pelethites;
and the sons of David were chief
about the king.

COMPLETED UNDER THE

KINGS.

2 Chron. xiv. 8. And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.

Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains. The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred. And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

FOREIGN ARMIES.

Erod. xiv, 8, 9. And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand. But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.

Judges vii, 12. And the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and all the children of the east, lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea-side for multitude.

1 Sam. xiii, 5. And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven.

2 Chron. xvil, 13-19. And he [Jehoshaphat] had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem. And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand. And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand. And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour. And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with 1 Kings xx, 1, 27. And Benbow and shield two hundred thou-hadad the king of Syria gathered sand. And next him was Jehoz- all his host together: and there abad, and with him an hundred were thirty and two kings with and fourscore thousand ready him, and horses, and chariots: and prepared for the war. he went up and besieged Samaria, waited on the king, beside those and warred against it. And the whom the king put in the fenced children of Israel were numbered, cities throughout all Judah. and were all present, and went but the against them: Syrians filled the country.

These

fy, xxiv, 1-9. And again the
of the LORD was kindled
ist Israel, and
he moved
ainst them to say, Go,
Israel and Judah. For
held to Joab the captain
st, which was with him,
hrough all the tribes of
Dan even to Beer-
number ye the people,
ay know the number of
And Joab said unto
Now the LORD thy God
to the people, how many
they be, an hundred-fold,
hat the eyes of my lord the
ay see it: but why doth my 2 Chron. xxv, 5, 6. Moreover
oking delight in this thing? Amaziah gathered Judah together,
tanding the king's word and made them captains over
against Joab, and against thousands, and captains over hun-
tains of the host. And dreds, according to the houses of
the captains of the host their fathers, throughout all Judah
from the presence of and Benjamin: and he numbered
to number the people of them from twenty years old and
And they passed over Jor- above, and found them three hun-
#pitched in Aroer, on the dred thousand choice men, able
de of the city that lieth in to go forth to war, that could
ist of the river of Gad, and handle spear and shield. He
Jazer. Then they came to hired also an hundred thousand
d. and to the land of Tabtim- mighty men of valour out of
it and they came to Dan-Israel for an hundred talents of
and about to Zidon, And silver.

to the strong hold of Tyre, 2 Chron. xxvi, 11-13. Moreover

1 Sam. xvii, 21. For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.

2 Kings iii, 21. And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward and stood in the border.

2 Kings xxiii, 29. In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

2 Kings xxiv, 2. And the LORD sent against him bands of the

Chron. xix, 6, 7. And when the dren of Ammon saw that they Imade themselves odions to id, Hanun and the children of mon sent a thousand talents of er to hire them chariots and men out of Mesopotamia, out of Syria-maachah, and of Zobah. So they hired and two thousand chariots, the king of Maachah and his e who came and pitched beMedeba. And the children Amon gathered themselves Aber from their cities, and to battle.

mon, and with them other beside
the Ammonites, came against Je-
hoshaphat to battle.

2 Chron. xxii, 5. He walked also
after their counsel, and went with
Jehoram the son of Ahab king of
Israel to war against Hazael king
of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the
Syrians smote Joram.

2 Chron. xxviii, 16. 20. At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him. And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

Qru xvi, 2-9. Then Asa Ps. lxxxiii, 1-12, 15-18. Keep not ght eat silver and gold out of thou silence, O God: hold not thy treasures of the house of the peace, and be not still, O God. d of the king's house, and For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult, and they that hate thee Ben-hadad king of Syria, have lifted up the head. They dwelt at Damascus, saying, have taken crafty counsel against a league between me and thy people, and consulted against as there was between my thy hidden ones. They have said, and thy father: behold, I Come, and let us cut them off sent thee silver and gold; go, from being a nation; that the name thy league with Baasha king of Israel may be no more in remel, that he may depart from membrance. For they have conAnd Ben-hadad hearkened sulted together with one consent: king Asa, and sent the cap- they are d his armies against the thee: The tabernacles of Edom, confederate against Israel; and they smote and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and the Hagarenes; Gebal, and AmWare cities of Naphtali. on to pass, when Baasha with the inhabitants of Tyre; mon, and Amalek; the Philistines at he left off building Assur also is joined with them: and let his work cease. they have holpen the children of the king took all Judah; Lot. Selah. y carried away the stones unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, Do unto them as and the timber thereof, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: Baasha was building; Which perished at En-dor: they balt therewith Geba and became as dung for the earth. And at that time Han- Make their nobles like Oreb, and e seer came to Asa king of like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as and said unto him, Be-Zebah, and as Zalmunna: Who thou hast relied on the said, Let us take to ourselves the at Syria, and not relied on houses of God in possession. So ORD thy God, therefore is t of the king of Syria and make them afraid with thy persecute them with thy tempest, Ethiopians and the Lu-shame; that they may seek thy Fill their faces with hage host, with very many name, O LORD. Let them be conand horsemen? yet, be- founded and troubled for ever; Rou didst rely on the be delivered them into and perish: That men may know yea, let them be put to shame, Band. For the eyes of the that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high

d out of thine hand. Were

storm.

over all the earth.

to and fro throughout ole earth, to shew himself in the behalf of them heart is perfect toward Isa. vii, 1-9. And it came to Herein thou hast done fool-pass in the days of Ahaz the son therefore from henceforth of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, alt have wars.

on xviil, 1, 3. Now Jeho

had riches and honour in Ence, and joined affinity with And Ahab king of Israel ato Jehoshaphat king of Wilt thon go with me to gilead? And he answerI am as thou art, and my athy people; and we will thee in the war.

king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is his heart was moved, and the confederate with Ephraim. And heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. Then said the LORD unto FOR, 1x, 1. It came to pass Isaiah, Go forth now to meet his also, that the children Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy b, and the children of Am-son, at the end of the conduit of

the upper pool in the highway of
the fuller's field; And say unto
him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear
not, neither be faint-hearted for
the two tails of these smoking
firebrands, for the fierce anger of
Rezin with Syria, and of the son
of Remaliah. Because Syria,
Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah,
have taken evil counsel against
thee, saying, Let us go up against
Judah, and vex it, and let us
set a king in the midst of it, even
make a breach therein for us, and
Thus saith

the son of Tabeal:
the Lord GOD, It shall not stand,
neither shall it come to pass. For
the head of Syria is Damascus,
and the head of Damascus is
Rezin; and within threescore and
five years
broken, that it be not a people.
shall Ephraim be
And the head of Ephraim is
Samaria, and the head of Samaria
is Remaliah's son. If ye will not
believe, surely ye shall not be
established.

selves, O ye people, and ye shall
Isa. viii, 9-12. Associate your-
be broken in pieces; and give ear
selves, and ye shall be broken in
all ye of far countries: gird your-
pieces, gird yourselves, and ye
shall be broken in pieces. Take
come to nought; speak the word,
counsel together, and it shall
and it shall not stand: for God is
with us.

For the LORD spake and instructed me that I should thus to me with a strong hand, not walk in the way of this people, saying, Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

surely gather together, but not by Isa. liv, 15. Behold, they shall gether against thee shall fall for me: whosoever shall gather tothy sake.

THE LEAGUE WITH THE CUNNING GIBEONITES. pass, when all the kings which Josh. ix, 1-27. And it came to were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof; That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and went and made as if they had to Ai, They did work wilily, and been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of

their provision was dry and mouldy. And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us. And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you? And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye? And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Baashan, which was at Ashtaroth. Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us. This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy: and these bottles of wine, which

we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become

congregation; as the princes had
promised them. And Joshua
called for them, and he spake un-
to them, saying, Wherefore have
ye beguiled us, saying, We are
very far from you; when ye dwell
among us? Now therefore ye are
cursed, and there shall none of
you be freed from being bondmen,
and hewers of wood and drawers
of water for the house of my God.
And they answered Joshua, and
said, Because it was certainly told
thy servants, how that the LORD
thy God commanded his servant
Moses to give you all the land,
and to destroy all the inhabitants
of the land from before you, there
fore we were sore afraid of our
lives because of you, and have
done this thing. And now, be-
hold, we are in thine hand: as it
seemeth good and right unto thee
to do unto us, do. And so did he
unto them, and delivered them
out of the hand of the children of
Israel, that they slew them not.
And Joshua made them that day
hewers of wood and drawers of
water for the congregation, and
for the altar of the LORD, even
unto this day, in the place which
he should choose.

BANNERS.

Exod. xvii, 15. And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it

JEHOVAH-nissi.

Num. 1, 52. And the children of
Israel shall pitch their tents,
and every man by his own stand-
ard, throughout their hosts.

old by reason of the very long
journey. And the men took of
their victuals, and asked not coun-
sel at the mouth of the LORD. Num. ii, 1-34. And the LORD
And Joshua made peace with spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,
them, and made a league with saying, Every man of the children
them, to let them live: and the of Israel shall pitch by his own
princes of the congregation sware standard, with the ensign of their
unto them. And it came to pass father's house: far off about the
at the end of three days after tabernacle of the congregation
they had made a league with shall they pitch. And on the east
them, that they heard that they side toward the rising of the sun
were their neighbours, and that shall they of the standard of the
they dwelt among them. And camp of Judah pitch thoughout
the children of Israel journeyed, their armies: and Nahshon the son
and came unto their cities on the of Amminadab shall be captain of
third day. Now their cities were the children of Judah. And his
Gibeon, and Chephirah, and host, and those that were num-
Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim. And bered of them, were threescore
the children of Israel smote them and fourteen thousand and six
not, because the princes of the hundred. And those that do pitch
congregation had sworn unto next unto him shall be the tribe of
them by the LORD God of Israel. Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of
And all the congregation mur-Zuar shall be captain of the chil-
mured against the princes. But dren of Issachar. And his host,
all the princes said unto all the and those that were numbered
congregation, We have sworn thereof, were fifty and four thou-
unto them by the LORD GOD of sand and four hundred. Then the
Israel: now therefore we may tribe of Zebulun; and Eliab the son
not touch them. This we will of Helon shall be captain of the
do to them; we will even let children of Zebulun. And his
them live, lest wrath be upon us, host, and those that were num-
because of the oath which we bered thereof, were fifty and seven
sware unto them. And the prin- thousand and four hundred. All
ces said unto them, Let them live; that were numbered in the camp
but let them be hewers of wood of Judah were an hundred thou-
and drawers of water unto all the sand and fourscore thousand and

six thousand and four hu throughout their armies. shall first set forth. On the side shall be the standard · camp of Reuben according t armies: and the captain children of Reuben shall be the son of Shedeur. And hi and those that were num thereof, were forty and six sand and five hundred. those which pitch by him s the tribe of Simeon: and th tain of the children of S shall be Shelumiel the Zurishaddai. And his hos those that were numbered of were fifty and nine thousan three hundred. Then the t Gad: and the captain of th of Gad shall be Eliasaph the Reuel. And his host, and the were numbered of them, wer and five thousand and six hi and fifty. All that were num in the camp of Reuben were a dred thousand and fifty ar thousand and four hundre fifty, throughout their a And they shall set forth i second rank. Then the nacle of the congregation s forward with the camp ( Levites in the midst of the as they encamp, so shall t forward, every man in his by their standards. On the

side shall be the standard their armies: and the cap camp of Ephraim accordi the sons of Ephraim Elishama the son of Am And his host, and those tha numbered of them, were thousand and five hundred by him shall be the tribe nasseh: and the captain! children of Manassel Gamaliel the son of Ped And his host, and those tha numbered of them, were and two thousand and tw dred. Then the tribe of Ben and the captain of the s Benjamin shall be Abidan t of Gideoni. And his hos those that were numbered o were thirty and five thousa four hundred. All that numbered of the camp of El were an hundred thousan eight thousand and an hu throughout their armies. they shall go forward in the rank. The standard of the of Dan shall be on the nort by their armies: and the cap the children of Dan shall be A the son of Ammishaddal. his host, and those that wer bered of them, were thre and two thousand and seve! dred. And those that enca him shall be the tribe of and the captain of the child Asher shall be Pagiel the Ocran. And his host, and

upon the high mountain, exalt | the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the voice unto them, shake the the king said unto the people, I hand, that they may go into the will surely go forth with you mygates of the nobles. self also.