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Index of Sub-Topics
HOW OFFICEREDSWIFTNESS OF ACTION TRIUMPHS OF ARMY CELEBRATED
RENDEZVOUS OFSIEGESREWARDS FOR BRAVE CONDUCT
TACTICSATTEND RELIGIOUS CEREMONIESPANICS
STRATEGIES OF WARDIVINE ASSISTANCE TO ARMYROMAN ARMY

  • Who of the Israelites were subject to service in
    Numbers 1:2, 3; 26:2; 2Chronicles 25:5

  • Who were exempt from service in
    Numbers 1:47-50; 2:33; Deuteronomy 20:5-9; Judges 7:3

  • Enumeration of Israel's military forces
    Numbers 1:2, 3; 26:2; 1Samuel 11:8; 2Samuel 18:1, 2; 24:1-9; 1Kings 20:15; 2Chronicles 25:5

  • Levies for
    Numbers 31:4; Judges 20:10

  • Compulsory service in
    1Samuel 14:52

  • HOW OFFICERED:

    • Commander-in-chief
      1Samuel 14:50; 2Samuel 2:8; 8:16; 17:25; 19:13; 20:23

  • HOW OFFICERED:

    • Commander-in-chief
      1Samuel 14:50; 2Samuel 2:8, 8:16, 17:25, 19:13, 20:23

    • Generals of corps and divisions
      Numbers 2:3, 31; 1Chronicles 27:1-22; 2Chronicles 17:12-19

    • Captains of thousands
      Numbers 31:14, 48; 1Samuel 17:18; 1Chronicles 28:1; 2Chronicles 25:5

    • Captains of hundreds
      Numbers 31:14, 48; 2Kings 11:15; 1Chronicles 28:1; 2Chronicles 25:5

    • Captains of fifties
      2Kings 1:9; Isaiah 3:3

    • See CAVALRY, CHARIOTS

  • RENDEZVOUS OF:

    • Methods employed in effecting:

      • Sounding a trumpet
        Numbers 10:9; Judges 3:27; 6:34; 1Samuel 13:3, 4

      • Cutting oxen in pieces, and sending the pieces throughout Israel
        1Samuel 11:7

    • Refusal to obey the summons, instance of
      Judges 20, 21:5-11

  • TACTICS:

    • Camp and march
      Numbers 2

    • March in ranks
      Exodus 13:18; 1Chronicles 12:33; Joel 2:7

    • Move, in attack, in three divisions
      Judges 7:16; 9:43; 1Samuel 11:11; 13:17, 18; 2Samuel 18:2; Job 1:17

    • Flanks called wings
      Isaiah 8:8

    • See STRATEGY

  • Orders delivered with trumpets
    2Samuel 2:28; 18:16; 20:1, 22; Nehemiah 4:18, 20

  • STRATEGIES OF WAR:

    • Ambushes:

      • At Ai
        Joshua 8:2-22

      • At Shechem
        Judges 9:25, 34

      • At Gibeah
        Judges 20:29-43

      • At Zemaraim
        2Chronicles 13:13

      • By Jehoshaphat
        2Chronicles 20:22

    • Reconnoissances:

      • Of Jericho
        Joshua 2:1-24

      • Of Ai
        Joshua 7:2, 3

      • Of Bethel
        Judges 1:23, 24

      • Of Laish
        Judges 18:2-10

    • Night attacks
      Genesis 14:15; Judges 7:16-22

    • Decoy
      Joshua 8:4-22; Judges 20:29-43; Nehemiah 6

    • Unusual winter campaign
      2Samuel 11:1; 1Chronicles 20:1

    • Delay
      2Samuel 17:7-14

    • SWIFTNESS OR SPEED OF ACTION:

      • Abraham, in pursuit of Chedorlaomer
        Genesis 14:14, 15

      • Joshua, against the Amorites
        Joshua 10:6, 9

      • The confederated kings
        Joshua 11:7

      • David's attack upon the Philistines
        2Samuel 5:23-25

    • Forced marches
      Isaiah 5:26, 27

    • SIEGES:

      • General references
        Jeremiah 39:1

      • Of Jericho
        Joshua 6

      • Of Samaria
        2Kings 6:24-33; 7

      • Of Jerusalem
        2Kings 25:1-3

    • "Engines" used
      2Chronicles 26:15; Jeremiah 6:6; Ezekiel 26:9

    • Fortifications
      Judges 9:31; 2Samuel 5:9; 2Kings 25:1; 2Chronicles 11:11; 26:9; Nehemiah 3:8; 4:2; Isaiah 22:10; 25:12; 29:3; 32:14; Jeremiah 6:6; 32:24; 33:4; 51:53; Ezekiel 4:2; 17:17; 21:22; 26:8; 33:27; Daniel 11:15, 19; Nahum 2:1; 3:14

  • Standards
    Numbers 2:2, 3, 10, 17, 18, 25, 10:14, 18, 31, 34; 22, 25

  • Uniforms of
    Ezekiel 23:6, 12; Nahum 2:3

  • Standing armies
    1Samuel 13:2; 1Chronicles 27; 2Chronicles 1:14; 17:12-19, 26:11-15

  • RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES ATTENDING:

    • Seeking counsel from God before battle
      Numbers 27:21; Judges 1:1; 1Samuel 14:19, 37-41; 23:2-12; 30:8; 2Samuel 2:1; 5:19, 23; 1Kings 22:7-28; 2Kings 3:11-19; 1Chronicles 14:10, 14; Jeremiah 37:7-10

    • Sacrifices
      1Samuel 13:11-12

    • Purifications
      Numbers 31:19-24

    • Holiness enjoined
      Deuteronomy 23:9

    • Prophets prophesy before
      2Chronicles 20:14-17

    • Officers consecrate themselves to God
      2Chronicles 17:16

    • Army choir and songs
      2Chronicles 20:21, 22

    • Ark taken to battle
      Joshua 6:6, 7, 13; 1Samuel 4:4-11

  • DIVINE ASSISTANCE TO ARMY:

    • When Aaron and Hur held up Moses' hands
      Exodus 17:11, 12

    • In siege of Jericho
      Joshua 6

    • Sun stands still
      Joshua 10:11-14

    • Gideon's victory
      Judges 7

    • Samaria's deliverances
      1Kings 20; 2Kings 7

    • Jehoshaphat's victories
      2Kings 3; 2Chronicles 20

    • Angel of the Lord smites the Assyrians
      2Kings 19:35

  • Determine royal succession
    2Samuel 2:8-10; 1Kings 16:16; 2Kings 11:4-12

  • Composed of insurgents
    1Samuel 22:1, 2

  • Composed of Mercenaries
    2Samuel 10:6; 1Chronicles 19:6, 7; 2Chronicles 25:5, 6

  • Confederated
    Joshua 10:1-5; 11:1-5; 2Samuel 10:6, 15, Judges 1:3; 16, 19; 1Kings 15:20; 22:1-4; 2Kings 16:9; 18:19-21; 1Chronicles 19:6, 7; 2Chronicles 16:2-9; 18:1, 3; 20:1; 22:5; 28:16, 20; Psalm 83:1-12; Isaiah 7:1-9; 8:9-12; 54:15

  • Exhorted before battle
    Deuteronomy 20:1-9

  • Battle shouts
    Judges 7:18; 1Samuel 17:20, 52

  • TRIUMPHS OF ARMY CELEBRATED:

    • With songs
      Judges 5; 1Samuel 18:6, 7

    • With music
      2Chronicles 20:28

    • With dancing
      1Samuel 18:6, 7

  • REWARDS FOR MERITORIOUS CONDUCT IN ARMY:

    • The general offers his daughter in marriage
      Joshua 15:16, 17

    • The king offers his daughter
      1Samuel 17:25; 18:17-28

    • A promotion
      2Samuel 23:8-39; 1Chronicles 11:6, 10-47

    • A share of the spoils
      Numbers 31:25-47

  • Children instructed in military arts
    2Samuel 1:18

  • Insubordination in, punished, Achan
    Joshua 7

  • Check roll-call
    1Samuel 14:17; Numbers 31:48, 49

  • PANICS:

    • General references
      Isaiah 30:17

    • Among the Midianites
      Judges 7:21

    • Among the Philistines
      1Samuel 14:15-19

    • Among the Syrians
      2Kings 7:7-15

  • Soldiers destroy each other to escape captivity
    1Samuel 14:20; 31:4-6

  • Champions fight instead of
    1Samuel 17:8-53; 2Samuel 2:14-17; 21:15-22

  • Confidence in, vain
    Psalm 33:16; 44:6

  • Escort duty performed by
    Acts 23:23, 2Kings 1:9; 24, 31-33


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