Armies Who of the Israelites were subject to service in
Numbers 1:3; Numbers 26:2; 2 Chronicles 25:5
Who were exempt from service in
Numbers 1:50; Numbers 2:33; Deuteronomy 20:9; Judges 7:3
Enumeration of Israel's military forces
Numbers 1:3; Numbers 26:2; 1 Samuel 11:8; 2 Samuel 18:2; 2 Samuel 24:9; 1 Kings 20:15; 2 Chronicles 25:5
Levies for
Numbers 31:4; Judges 20:10
Compulsory service in
1 Samuel 14:52
Cowardice
How officered:
- Commander-in-chief
1 Samuel 14:50; 2 Samuel 2:8; 2 Samuel 8:16; 2 Samuel 17:25; 2 Samuel 19:13; 2 Samuel 20:23
- Generals of corps and divisions
Numbers 2:31; 1 Chronicles 27:22; 2 Chronicles 17:19
- Captains of thousands
Numbers 31:14; Numbers 31:48; 1 Samuel 17:18; 1 Chronicles 28:1; 2 Chronicles 25:5
- Captains of hundreds
Numbers 31:14; Numbers 31:48; 2 Kings 11:15; 1 Chronicles 28:1; 2 Chronicles 25:5
- Captains of fifties
2 Kings 1:9; Isaiah 3:3
Cavalry; Chariot
Rendezvous of
- Methods employed in effecting:
b Sounding a trumpet
Numbers 10:9; Judges 3:27; Judges 6:34; 1 Samuel 13:4
b Cutting oxen in pieces, and sending the pieces throughout Israel
1 Samuel 11:7
- Refusal to obey the summons, instance of
Judges 21:11;
Tactics:
- Camp and march
Numbers 2
- March in ranks
Exodus 13:18; 1 Chronicles 12:33; Joel 2:7
- Move, in attack, in three divisions
Judges 7:16; Judges 9:43; 1 Samuel 11:11; 1 Samuel 13:18; 2 Samuel 18:2; Job 1:17
- Flanks called wings
Isaiah 8:8
Strategy in War
Orders delivered with trumpets
2 Samuel 2:28; 2 Samuel 18:16; 2 Samuel 20:1; 2 Samuel 20:22; Nehemiah 4:18; Nehemiah 4:20
Stratagems:
- Ambushes:
b at Ai
Joshua 8:22
b at Shechem
Judges 9:25; Judges 9:34
b at Gibeah
Judges 20:43
b at Zemaraim
2 Chronicles 13:13
b by Jehoshaphat
2 Chronicles 20:22
- Reconnaissances:
b of Jericho
Joshua 2:24
b of Ai
Joshua 7:3
b of Beth-El
Judges 1:24
b of Laish
Judges 18:10
- Night attacks
Genesis 14:15; Judges 7:22
- Decoy
Joshua 8:22; Judges 20:43; Nehemiah 6
- Unusual winter campaign
2 Samuel 11:1; 1 Chronicles 20:1
- Delay
2 Samuel 17:14
- Celerity of action:
b Abraham, in pursuit of Chedorlaomer
Genesis 14:15
b Joshua, against the Amorites
Joshua 10:6; Joshua 10:9
b the confederated kings
Joshua 11:7
b David's attack upon the Philistines
2 Samuel 5:25
- Forced marches
Isaiah 5:27
- Sieges:
b General references
Jeremiah 39:1
b of Jericho
Joshua 6
b of Samaria
2 Kings 6:33; 2 Kings 7
b of Jerusalem
2 Kings 25:3
- »Engines« used
2 Chronicles 26:15; Jeremiah 6:6; Ezekiel 26:9
- Fortifications
Judges 9:31; 2 Samuel 5:9; 2 Kings 25:1; 2 Chronicles 11:11; 2 Chronicles 26:9; Nehemiah 3:8; Nehemiah 4:2; Isaiah 22:10; Isaiah 25:12; Isaiah 29:3; Isaiah 32:14; Jeremiah 6:6; Jeremiah 32:24; Jeremiah 33:4; Jeremiah 51:53; Ezekiel 4:2; Ezekiel 17:17; Ezekiel 21:22; Ezekiel 26:8; Ezekiel 33:27; Daniel 11:15; Daniel 11:19; Nahum 2:1; Nahum 3:14
Standards
Numbers 2:3; Numbers 2:10; Numbers 2:18; Numbers 2:25; Numbers 2:31; Numbers 2:34; Numbers 10:14; Numbers 10:18; Numbers 10:22; Numbers 10:25
Uniforms of
Ezekiel 23:6; Ezekiel 23:12; Nahum 2:3
Standing armies
1 Samuel 13:2; 1 Chronicles 27; 2 Chronicles 1:14; 2 Chronicles 17:19; 2 Chronicles 26:15
Religious ceremonies attending:
- Seeking counsel from God before battle
Numbers 27:21; Judges 1:1; 1 Samuel 14:19; 1 Samuel 14:41; 1 Samuel 23:12; 1 Samuel 30:8; 2 Samuel 2:1; 2 Samuel 5:19; 2 Samuel 5:23; 1 Kings 22:28; 2 Kings 3:19; 1 Chronicles 14:10; 1 Chronicles 14:14; Jeremiah 37:10
- Sacrifices
1 Samuel 13:12
- Purifications
Numbers 31:24
- Prophets prophesy before
2 Chronicles 20:17
- Holiness enjoined
Deuteronomy 23:9
Officers consecrate themselves to God
2 Chronicles 17:16
- Army choir and songs
2 Chronicles 20:22
- Ark taken to battle
Joshua 6:7; Joshua 6:13; 1 Samuel 4:11
Divine assistance to:
- When Aaron and Hur held up Moses' hands
Exodus 17:12
- In siege of Jericho
Joshua 6
- Sun stands still
Joshua 10:14
- Gideon's victory
- Samaria's deliverances
1 Kings 20; 2 Kings 7
- Jehoshaphat's victories
2 Kings 3; 2 Chronicles 20
- Angel of the Lord smites the Assyrians
2 Kings 19:35
Determine royal succession
2 Samuel 2:10; 1 Kings 16:16; 2 Kings 11:12
Composed of insurgents
1 Samuel 22:2
Composed of mercenaries
2 Samuel 10:6; 1 Chronicles 19:7; 2 Chronicles 25:6
Confederated
Joshua 10:5; Joshua 11:5; Judges 1:3; 2 Samuel 10:6; 2 Samuel 10:16; 2 Samuel 10:19; 1 Kings 15:20; 1 Kings 22:4; 2 Kings 16:9; 2 Kings 18:21; 1 Chronicles 19:7; 2 Chronicles 16:9; 2 Chronicles 18:1; 2 Chronicles 18:3; 2 Chronicles 20:1; 2 Chronicles 22:5; 2 Chronicles 28:16; 2 Chronicles 28:20; Psalms 83:12; Isaiah 7:9; Isaiah 8:12; Isaiah 54:15
Exhorted before battle
Deuteronomy 20:9
Battle shouts
Judges 7:18; 1 Samuel 17:20; 1 Samuel 17:52
Triumphs of, celebrated:
- With songs
; 1 Samuel 18:7
- With music
2 Chronicles 20:28
- With dancing
1 Samuel 18:7
Rewards for meritorious conduct:
- The general offers his daughter in marriage
Joshua 15:17
- King offers his daughter
1 Samuel 17:25; 1 Samuel 18:28
- Promotion
2 Samuel 23:39; 1 Chronicles 11:6; 1 Chronicles 11:47
- Share the spoils
Numbers 31:47
Children instructed in military arts
2 Samuel 1:18
Insubordination in, punished, Achan
Joshua 7
Check roll-call
1 Samuel 14:17; Numbers 31:49
Panics:
- General references
Isaiah 30:17
- Among the Midianites
Judges 7:21
- Among the Philistines
1 Samuel 14:19
- Among the Syrians
2 Kings 7:15
Soldiers destroy each other to escape captivity
1 Samuel 14:20; 1 Samuel 31:6
Champions fight instead of
1 Samuel 17:53; 2 Samuel 2:17; 2 Samuel 21:22
Confidence in, vain
Psalms 33:16; Psalms 44:6
Escort duty performed by
2 Kings 1:9; Acts 23:24; Acts 23:33
Roman army:
- Captains
Acts 22:29
- Centurions
Matthew 8:5; Matthew 8:8; Matthew 27:54; Luke 7:2; Luke 23:47; Acts 10:1; Acts 10:7; Acts 10:22; Acts 21:32; Acts 22:26; Acts 23:17; Acts 23:23; Acts 24:23; Acts 27:1; Acts 27:11; Acts 27:43; Acts 28:16
- Divided into »bands«
Acts 10:1; Acts 27:1
Amalekites; Assyria; Babylon; Egyptians; Midianites; Persia; Syria; Commissary; Armor; Ambush; Cavalry; Fort; Garrison; Herald; Hostage; Navy; Reconnaissance; Siege; Soldiers; Spies; Standard; Strategy in War; Truce; War
Figurative
Deuteronomy 33:2; 2 Kings 6:17; Psalms 34:7; Psalms 68:17; Revelation 9:16