Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD. which he spake by his servants the prophets. 2 Chron. xii, 2, 3. And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD. With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims and the Ethiopians. 2 Chron. xiv. 9. And there came out against them Zerah the Ethioplan with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah. Job 1, 17. While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. Jer. 1. 41. Behold. a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. Acts xxill, 23. And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cæsarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night. Ezek. xxxviii, 9. Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. Dan. xi, 10-13, 25. But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress. And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into after certain years with a great Joel i, 6. For a nation is come Rev. ix, 16. And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. ALLIED ARMIES. Joshua x, 1, 3-5. Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king, and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them: Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel. Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it. Joshua xi, 1-5. And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west, And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Iivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in with horses And when he hath multitude, taken away the multitude, his chariots very many. And when heart shall be lifted up; and he all these kings were met together, shall cast down many ten thou- they came and pitched together sands: but he shall not be strength-at the waters of Merom, to fight ened by it. For the king of the against Israel. north shall return, and shall set fo:th a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come his hand. may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. And 2 Sam. x, 6, 15, 16, 19. And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the childred of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand men. And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together. Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer cent before that were servants to Hadarezer them. And when all the kings saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more. 1 Kings xv, 20. So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. 1 Kings xxii, 1-4. And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is our's, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria? And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses. And 2 Kings xvi, 9. And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him; for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. 2 Kings xviii, 19-21. And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words.) I here and counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thon rebellest against me? Now, behold, thou trustest, upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. Judges i, 3. And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we 1 Chron. xix, 6, 7. And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah. So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his mon, and with them other beside 2 Chron. xxii, 5. He walked also 2 Chron. xxviii, 16. 20. At that people; who came and pitched be-kings of Assyria to help him. And time did king Ahaz send unto the fore Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle. 2 Chron. xvi, 2-9. Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying; There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali. And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease. Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. And at that time Hanani the secr came to Asa king of Judah and said unto him, BeCause thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand. Were Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria thou silence, ▸ Ged: held not thy Lot. are unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, Selah. Do unto them as as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: became as dung for the earth. Which perished at En-dor: they Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. So and make them afraid with thy persecute them with thy tempest, not the Ethiopians and the Lu-shame; that they may seek thy storm. Fill their faces with bims a huge host, with very many name, O LORD. Let them be conchariots and horsemen? yet, be- founded and troubled for ever; cause thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into yea, let them be put to shame, thine hand. For the eyes of the that thou, whose name alone is and perish: That men may know LORD run to and fro throughout JEHOVAH, art the most high the whole earth, to shew himself, strong in the behalf of them over all the earth. whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars. 2 Chron. xviii, 1, 3. Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will Isa. vii, 1-9. And it came to house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. Then said the LORD unto 2 Chron. xx, 1. It came to pass Isaiah, Go forth now to meet after this also, that the children Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy of Moab, and the children of Am-son, at the end of the conduit of be with thee in the war. 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 Remaliab, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, Let us go up against make a breach therein for us, and Judah, and vex it, and let us set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, the head of Syria is Damascus, neither shall it come to pass. For and the head of Damascus is five years shall Ephraim be Rezin; and within threescore and broken, that it be not a people. 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 yourbe broken in pieces; and give ear selves, and ye shall be broken in all ye of far countries: gird yourpieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, 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 peofederacy, to all them to whom this ple, saying, Say ye not, A conpeople 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 gathered themselves together, to Jebusite, heard thereof; That they fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had 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 1 Chron. xix, 6, 7. And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah. So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched be fore Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle. mon, and with them other beside 2 Chron. xxii, 5. He walked also time did king Ahaz send unto the Ps. lxxxiii, 1-12, 15-18. Keep not 2 Chron. xvi, 2-9. Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of thou silence, O Ged: hold not thy the treasures of the house of the peace, and be not still, O God. LORD and of the king's house, and For, lo, thine enemies make a sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, have lifted up the head. They tumult, and they that hate thee that dwelt at Damascus, saying, have taken crafty counsel against There is a league between me and thy people, and consulted against thee, as there was between my thy hidden ones. They have said, father and thy father: behold, I Come, and let us cut them off have sent thee silver and gold; go, from being a nation; that the name break thy league with Baasha king of Israel may be no more in reof Israel, that he may depart from membrance. For they have conme. And Ben-hadad hearkened sulted together with one consent: unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the thee: The tabernacles of Edom, they are confederate against cities of Israel; and they smote and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and the Hagarenes; Gebal, and Amall the store cities of Naphtali. And it came to pass, when Baasha with the inhabitants of Tyre; mon, and Amalek; the Philistines heard it, that he left off building Assur also is joined with them: of Ramah, and let his work cease. they have holpen the children of Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, Lot. Selah. Do unto them as of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; Which perished at En-dor: they as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: and he built therewith Geba and became as dung for the earth. Mizpah. And at that time Han- Make their nobles like Oreb, and ani the seer came to Asa king of like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Judah and said unto him, Be-Zebah, and as Zalmunna: Who cause thou hast relied on the said, Let us take to ourselves the king of Syria, and not relied on houses of God in possession. So the LORD thy God, therefore is persecute them with thy tempest, the host of the king of Syria and make them afraid with thy and perish: That men may know escaped out of thine hand. Were over all the earth. Isa. vii, 1-9. And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the 2 Chron. xviii, 1, 3. Now Jeho-king of Syria, and Pekah the son shaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. And Aliab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war. 2 Chron. xx, 1. It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Am of Remaliah, king of Israel, went 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 the son of Tabeal: Thus saith 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 broken, that it be not a people. five years 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 yourbe broken in pieces; and give ear selves, and ye shall be broken in all ye of far countries: gird yourpieces; 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, ple, saying, Say ye not, A connot walk in the way of this peofederacy, 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 me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy 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, inhabitants of Gibeon heard what with one accord. And when the to Ai, They did work wilily, and Joshua had done unto Jericho and went and made as if they had 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 Judges xi, 5-10. And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob: And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress? And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head? And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah. The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words. 1 Sam. xii. 11. And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe. UNDER SAUL AND DAVID. 1 Sam. viii, 12. And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties. 1 Sam. ix, 16. To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me. very wisely, he was afraid of him. 2 Sam. iv. 1, 2. And when Saul's 2 Sam. v, 1, 2. Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and brought est in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. UNDER DAVID. 2 Sam. v, 8. And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. 2 Sam. xvii, 25. And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother. 1 Chron. xi, 6. And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief. 1 Chron. xii, 34. And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them, with shield and spear, thirty and seven thousand. 1 Chron. xxvii, 1-24, 34. Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month through out all the months of the year, of four thousand. every course were twenty and Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: The and in his course were twenty and four thousand. Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month. And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand. The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty; and in his course was Ammizabad his son. fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and tour thousand. The eighth captain 1 Sam. xviii, 5, 12-16, 30. And 2 Sam. xix, 13. And say ye to for the eighth month was Sibbecal David went out whithersoever and of my flesh? God do so to me, four thousand. The ninth captain Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and in his course were twenty and the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: Saul sent him, and behaved him- and more also, if thou be not cap-for the ninth month was Abiezer self wisely: and Saul set him over tain of the host before me continthe men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the peo-ually in the room of Joab. ple, and also in the sight of Saul's servants. And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul. Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him. Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself 1 Sam. xiii, 14. But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee. 2 Sam. xviii, 1. And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them. 2 Sam. xx, 23. Now Joab was over all the host of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites, and over the Pelethites. 2 Sam. xxiii, 22, 23. These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and had the name among three mighty men. He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard. the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharal the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite of the children of Ephraim, and in his course were twenty and four thousand. The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel; and |