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1 Kings 20:20
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1 Kings 20:20
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20 Each killed his man; the Arameans fled, and Israel pursued them, but King Ben-hadad of Aram escaped on a horse with the cavalry.
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1 Kings 20:20
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1 Kings 20:20
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20 and each one struck down his opponent. At that, the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-Hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with some of his horsemen.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
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Ecclesiastes 9:11
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11 Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the skillful, but time and chance happen to them all.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 9:11
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Ecclesiastes 9:11
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11 I have seen something else under the sun:
Psalm 46:6
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Psalm 46:6
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6 The nations are in an uproar; the kingdoms totter;
he utters his voice; the earth melts.(A)
Psalm 33:16
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Psalm 33:16
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16 A king is not saved by his great army;
a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.(A)
Psalm 33:16
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Psalm 33:16
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16 No king is saved by the size of his army;(A)
no warrior escapes by his great strength.
2 Kings 19:36
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2 Kings 19:36
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36 Then King Sennacherib of Assyria left, went home, and lived at Nineveh.(A)
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2 Kings 19:36
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2 Kings 19:36
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36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew.(A) He returned to Nineveh(B) and stayed there.
2 Kings 7:6-7
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2 Kings 7:6-7
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6 For the Lord had caused the Aramean army to hear the sound of chariots and of horses, the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, “The king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to fight against us.”(A) 7 So they fled away in the twilight and abandoned their tents, their horses, and their donkeys, leaving the camp just as it was, and fled for their lives.(B)
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2 Kings 7:6-7
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2 Kings 7:6-7
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6 for the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound(A) of chariots and horses and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has hired(B) the Hittite(C) and Egyptian kings to attack us!” 7 So they got up and fled(D) in the dusk and abandoned their tents and their horses and donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for their lives.
2 Samuel 2:16
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2 Samuel 2:16
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16 Each grasped his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his opponent’s side, so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim,[a] which is at Gibeon.
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- 2.16 That is, field of sword edges
2 Samuel 2:16
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2 Samuel 2:16
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16 Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his dagger(A) into his opponent’s side, and they fell down together. So that place in Gibeon was called Helkath Hazzurim.[a]
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- 2 Samuel 2:16 Helkath Hazzurim means field of daggers or field of hostilities.
1 Samuel 30:16-17
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1 Samuel 30:16-17
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16 When he had taken him down, they were spread out all over the ground, eating and drinking and dancing, because of the great amount of spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.(A) 17 David attacked them from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not one of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who mounted camels and fled.(B)
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1 Samuel 30:16-17
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1 Samuel 30:16-17
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16 He led David down, and there they were, scattered over the countryside, eating, drinking and reveling(A) because of the great amount of plunder(B) they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from Judah. 17 David fought(C) them from dusk until the evening of the next day, and none of them got away, except four hundred young men who rode off on camels and fled.(D)
1 Samuel 14:13-15
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1 Samuel 14:13-15
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13 Then Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer following after him. The Philistines[a] fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer coming after him killed them. 14 In that first attack Jonathan and his armor-bearer killed about twenty men within an area about half a furrow long in an acre[b] of land. 15 There was a panic in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison and even the raiders trembled; the earth quaked; and it became a very great panic.(A)
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1 Samuel 14:13-15
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1 Samuel 14:13-15
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13 Jonathan climbed up, using his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer right behind him. The Philistines fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer followed and killed behind him. 14 In that first attack Jonathan and his armor-bearer killed some twenty men in an area of about half an acre.
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15 Then panic(A) struck the whole army—those in the camp and field, and those in the outposts and raiding(B) parties—and the ground shook. It was a panic sent by God.[a]
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- 1 Samuel 14:15 Or a terrible panic
Judges 7:20-22
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Judges 7:20-22
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20 So the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the jars, holding in their left hands the torches and in their right hands the trumpets to blow, and they cried, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!”(A) 21 Every man stood in his place all around the camp, and all the men in camp ran; they cried out and fled.(B) 22 When they blew the three hundred trumpets, the Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow and against all the army, and the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah,[a] as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.(C)
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- 7.22 Another reading is Zeredah
Judges 7:20-22
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Judges 7:20-22
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20 The three companies blew the trumpets and smashed the jars. Grasping the torches(A) in their left hands and holding in their right hands the trumpets they were to blow, they shouted, “A sword(B) for the Lord and for Gideon!” 21 While each man held his position around the camp, all the Midianites ran, crying out as they fled.(C)
22 When the three hundred trumpets sounded,(D) the Lord caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other(E) with their swords.(F) The army fled to Beth Shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel Meholah(G) near Tabbath.
Leviticus 26:8
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Leviticus 26:8
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8 Five of you shall give chase to a hundred, and a hundred of you shall give chase to ten thousand; your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.(A)
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Leviticus 26:8
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Leviticus 26:8
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8 Five(A) of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.(B)
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