WAR. (See under ARMY-ARMS.) 1st.-GENERAL REMARKS. WAR A FREQUENT OCCURENCE AND THE RESULT OF SINFUL PASSION. Ps. ix, 6. O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. WAR be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. Luke lii, 14. And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages. Luke xxi, 9,10. But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be Ps. xxxv, 20. For they speak not terrified: for these things must not peace; but they devise deceit-rst come to pass; but the end is ful matters against them that are not by and by. Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against quiet in the land. nation, and kingdom against kingdom. Ps. lxviii, 30. Scatter thou the people that delight in war. Ps. cxx, 6, 7. My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace, I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. Ps. cxl, 1, 2. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; Which imagine mischiefs in their heart: continually are they gathered together for war. Prov. xil, 20. Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil : but to the counsellors of peace is joy. Ezek. vil, 25. Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. Amos i, 11. Thus saith the LORD. For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever. Obad. 14. Neither shouldest thou have stood in the cross-way, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. Matth. xxiv, 6. And ye shall hear of wars, and rumours of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. Mark xiii,7,8. And when ye shall hear of wars, and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall James iv, 1, 2. From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Josh. xi, 18. Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. Num. xxxil, 6, 7, 20-23. And Moses said unto the children of Gad, and to the children of Re ben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them? And Moses said unto them, If ye w do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war, And wille all of you armed over Jordan le fore the LORD, until he bath drive out his enemies from before him, And the land be subdued before 2 Sam. ii, 1. Now there was the LORD: then afterward ye shall long war between the house of return, and be guiltless before e Saul and the house of David: but LORD, and before Israel; and this David waxed stronger and strong-land shall be your possession be er, and the house of Saul waxed fore the LORD. But if ye will weaker and weaker. do so, behold, ye have sinne against the LORD; and be sure your 1 Kings xiv, 30. And there was sin will find you out. war between Rehoboam Jeroboam all their days. Judges xi, 4. And it came to pass, in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel. and 1 Kings xv, 6, 16, 32. And there was war between Rehoboam and And there was war between Asa Jeroboam all the days of his life. and Baasha king of Israel all their days. And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 1 Kings xxii, 30, 31, 33. And the king of Israel said unto Jehosha phat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel. And it came to pass, when the captains of Deut. 11, 24, 31. Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have gives into thine hand Sihon the AB land; begin to possess it, and onrite, king of Heshbon, and s tend with him in battle. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sthon and his lami before thee: begin to possess, tai thou mayest inherit his land. Deut. iil, 18. And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given this land to possess it: ye shal pass over armed before your br thren the children of Israel, al that are meet for the war. Josh. 1, 12-15. And to the benites, and to the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseb, spaka Joshua, saying, Remember 659 word which Moses, the servantul Euphrates. him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. Acts xxiii, 10. And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle. the LORD commanded you, say- [lish his dominion by the river [ And as they went about to kill ing, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given Esther viii, 11--13. Wherein the you this land. Your wives, your king granted the Jews which were little ones, and your cattle, shall in every city to gather themselves remain in the land which Moses together, and to stand for their gave you on this side Jordan; but life, to destroy, to slay, and to ye shall pass before your brethren cause to perish, all the power of armed, all the mighty men of va- the people and province that lour, and help them; Until the would assault them,both little ones LORD have given your brethren and women, and to take the spoil rest, as he hath given you, and of them for a prey, Upon one day, they also have possessed the land in all the provinces of king Ahasnwhich the LORD your God givetherus, namely, upon the thirteenth them: then ye shall return unto day of the twelfth month, which the land of your possession, and is the month Adar. The copy of enjoy it, which Moses the LORD'S the writing, for a commandment, servant gave you on this side to be given in every province, was Jordan, toward the sun-rising. published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. AND SOMETIMES FOR SELF-DEFENCE Exod. xvil, 8, 14. Num. xxxi, 1--3. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. And Moses spake unto the people, sayng, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian. Deut. xxv, 17--19. Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it. 1 Chron. xviii, 3. And David stnote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stab Jer. xlix, 14. I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. Jer. 1, 14, 21. Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows; for she hath sinned against the LORD. Go up against the land of Mera thaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do accord ing to all that I have commanded thee. Jer. 11, 27. Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz. ... Joel iii, 9. Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let ali the men of war draw near, let them come up. RIOTS. Exod. xxxii, 17, 18. And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear. Isa. xxii, 2. Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle. Acts xxi, 30, 31. And all the city was moved, and the people ran together; and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut. CIVIL WARS AND PANICS. Judges vii, 22. And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth-shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath. Judges xil, 4. Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites. 1 Sam. xiv, 16, 20. And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one an other. And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. 2 Chron. xx, 23. ...... And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another. Isa. xix, 2. And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. Jer. xi, 9. And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jeru salem. Jer. xlvi, 12. The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry stumbled hath filled the land: for the man hath mighty against the mighty, and they are fallen both together. Ezek. xxxviii, 21. And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GoD: every man's sword shall be against his brother. WAR A SCOURGE OF DIVINE Jud. iii, 10. And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim. Jud. xi, 29. Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah,and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. 1 Chr. v, 22. For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity. LORD stirred up against Jehoram 2 Chr. xxi, 16. Moreover the the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians. 1 Chr. xxii, 8. But the word of the LORD came to me, saying,Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. Job xix, 29. Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judg ment. Isa. ix, 11,12. Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together. The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. . . . . Isa. xiii, 3-5. I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD. and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. 1sa. xxvi, 21. For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. Isa. xxxiv, 2, 3. For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. Jer. xlvii, 5-7. Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: O thou sword of the LORD, how how long wilt thou cut thyself? long will it be ere thou be quiet? Put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore? there hath he appointed it. Jer. xlviii, 10. Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. Ezek. xxxv, 5, 6. Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end. Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee. Joel ii, 20. But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hiuder part toward the utmost sea; and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things. Nahum iii, 1, 2. Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping chariots. Isa. xlv, 5--7. The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. The whole earth is at rest, and is Hab. il, 10. Thou hast consulted quiet: they break forth into sing-shame to thy house by cutting off ing. many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. Isa. xvii, 14. And behold at evening-tide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us. unto him, Put up again thy sword Matth. xxvi, 52. Then said Jesus into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Rev. xvi, 10. He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. THE BLESSING OF PEACE Deut. 11, 5, 9, 16-19, 37. Med not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esan jers possession. And the Lord unto me. Distress not the Mosb ites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give theechildren of Lot for a possessi of their land for a possession: cause I have given Ar unto De So it came to pass, when si te men of war were consumed and That the LORD spake unto dead from among the perple saying, Thou art to pass through Ar, the coast of Moh this day: And when thon omnes nigh over against the children f Ammon, distress them not, pr meddle with them: for I will give thee of the land of the c dren of Ammon ang pos-es because I have given it unto the Only unto the land of the chaire children of Lot for a possess of Ammon thou camest not, unto any place of the river da bok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoe the LORD our God forbade us continued three years 1 Chron. xix, 19. And when the servants of Hadarezer s they were put to the worse bet Israel, they made pesce wa David, and became his ser neither would the Syrians bety the children of Ammon any Rehoboam the son of Salam 2 Chron. xv, 19. And there of the LORD fell upon all the k 2 Chron. xvill, 18. Then be m the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace. 2 Chron. xx, 29, 30. And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD Sught against the enemies of Israel. So the realm of Jehoshabat was quiet; for his God gave im rest round about. Pe. xxix, 11. The LORD will give #rength unto his people; the LORD vill bless his people with peace. P. xlvi, 8, 9. Come, behold the vorks of the LORD, what desolalons he hath made in the earth. le maketh wars to cease unto be end of the earth; he breaketh he bow, and cutteth the spear in ander; he burneth the chariot in be fire. Prov. xvi, 7. When a man's rays please the LORD, he maketh ven his enemies to be at peace with him. Isa, il, 4. And he shall judge mong the nations, and shall reuke many people; and they shall eat their swords into ploughhares, and their spears into prunog-hooks: nation shall not lift up word against nation, neither hall they learn war any more. 1 Sam. xiii, 23. And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash. the name of the other Senen. The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. 1 Kings xv, 17. And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 2 Chron. xvi, 1. In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. GARRISONS. 2 Sam. viii, 14. And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons: and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. 1 Chron. xi, 16. And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem. 1 Chron. xviii, 6. Then David put garrisons in Syria-damascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whethersoever he went. 2 Chron. xvii, 2, 19. And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. These waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah THE WATCH. 2 Sam. xiii, 34, 35. But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch, lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him. And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy servant said, so it is. 2 Sam. xviii, 24-27. And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and and behold a man running alone. lifted up his eyes, and looked, And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his drew near. mouth. And he came apace, and And the watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called unto the porter, 1 Sam. xiv, 4, 5. And between and said, Behold another man the passages, by which Jonathan runing alone. And the king said, sought to go over unto the Phili- He also bringeth tidings. And stines' garrison, there was a sharp the watchman said, Me thinketh rock on the one side, and a sharp the running of the foremost is rock on the other side: and the like the running of Ahimaaz the name of the one was Bozez, and | son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings. 2 Kings ix, 17, 18. And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace? So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind. me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again. Cant. ili, 3. The watchmen that go about the city found me: to chom I said Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? Cant. v, 7. The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. Isa. xxi, 6, 11, 12. For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come. Isa. Ixli, 6, 7. I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence; And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth Ezek. xxxiii, 2--4. Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon the land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: If, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the the sound of the trumpet, and people; Then whosoever heareth taketh not warning; if the sword shall be upon his own head. come and take him away, his blood Hab. ii, 1. I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. SIEGE. Deut. xx, 10-15. When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it. And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thon shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. Josh. vi, 10. And Joshua bad commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout. 1 Sam. xiv, 12. And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armour-bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armour bearer, Come up after me; for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel. 2 Sam. xi, 1. And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, aud all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. 2 Kings vi, 24, 25. And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. 1 Chr. xx, 1. And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it. 2 Chr. xxxii, 1. After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judali, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for him self. have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. MACHINERY. saith the LORD concerning the Jer. vi, 6. For thus hath the mounts, they are come unto the it, and build a fort against it, and about Ezek. xxvl, 7-10. For thus saith north shall come, and cast np a Hab. i, 10. And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shaft be a scorn unto them: they shail deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust and take it. SIEGES MENTIONED IN and besleged him in Abel of BethABEL OF BETH-MAACHAR. maachah, and they cast up a bank 2 Sam. xx, 15. And they came against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. men from Jericho to Al, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side Josh. vii, 2, 3. And Joshua sent of Beth-el, and spake unto them saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went and viewed Ai. And they rater Let not all the people go up ed to Joshua, and said unto him, let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few. And be said unto Joshua, Fear not, ne ther be thou dismayed; take all Josh. vill, 1--8. And the Lose given into thy hand the king of the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have to Ai and her king as thou didst Al, and his people, and his city, and his land. And thou shalt de the spoil thereof, and the calde unto Jericho and her king: only thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves. Lay thee Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against At: aud ambush for the city behind it. 89 Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night. commanded them, saying, Behehi ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city, go that are with me, will approach very far from the city but be yeah ready: And I, and all the people pass, when they come out again unto the city; and it shall come to before them, (For they will come us, as at the first, that we will fee out after us,) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will fee before them. Then ye shall rise up tram the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will city, that ye shall set the city an fire: according to the command shall be, when ye have taken the deliver it into your hand. And ment of the LORD shall ye de See, I have commanded you. DEBIR. |