1 Kings 8:44
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44 “When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray(A) to the Lord toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name,
Daniel 9:17-19
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17 “Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, Lord, look with favor(A) on your desolate sanctuary. 18 Give ear,(B) our God, and hear;(C) open your eyes and see(D) the desolation of the city that bears your Name.(E) We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy.(F) 19 Lord, listen! Lord, forgive!(G) Lord, hear and act! For your sake,(H) my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.”
Psalm 132:13-14
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Psalm 78:67-69
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2 Chronicles 32:20
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20 King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer(A) to heaven about this.
2 Chronicles 20:6-13
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6 and said:
“Lord, the God of our ancestors,(A) are you not the God who is in heaven?(B) You rule over all the kingdoms(C) of the nations. Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you.(D) 7 Our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land(E) before your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?(F) 8 They have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuary(G) for your Name, saying, 9 ‘If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine,(H) we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.’
10 “But now here are men from Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, whose territory you would not allow Israel to invade when they came from Egypt;(I) so they turned away from them and did not destroy them. 11 See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession(J) you gave us as an inheritance. 12 Our God, will you not judge them?(K) For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.(L)”
13 All the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, stood there before the Lord.
2 Chronicles 18:31
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31 When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they thought, “This is the king of Israel.” So they turned to attack him, but Jehoshaphat cried out,(A) and the Lord helped him. God drew them away from him,
2 Chronicles 14:9-12
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9 Zerah the Cushite(A) marched out against them with an army of thousands upon thousands and three hundred chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.(B) 10 Asa went out to meet him, and they took up battle positions in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.
11 Then Asa called(C) to the Lord his God and said, “Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us,(D) Lord our God, for we rely(E) on you, and in your name(F) we have come against this vast army. Lord, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail(G) against you.”
12 The Lord struck down(H) the Cushites before Asa and Judah. The Cushites fled,
2 Chronicles 6:34
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1 Kings 8:16
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2 Samuel 5:23
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23 so David inquired of the Lord, and he answered, “Do not go straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the poplar trees.
2 Samuel 5:19
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19 so David inquired(A) of the Lord, “Shall I go and attack the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hands?”
The Lord answered him, “Go, for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hands.”
1 Samuel 30:8
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8 and David inquired(A) of the Lord, “Shall I pursue this raiding party? Will I overtake them?”
“Pursue them,” he answered. “You will certainly overtake them and succeed(B) in the rescue.(C)”
1 Samuel 15:18
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18 And he sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and completely destroy those wicked people, the Amalekites; wage war against them until you have wiped them out.’
1 Samuel 15:3
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3 Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally(A) destroy[a] all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 15:3 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 8, 9, 15, 18, 20 and 21.
Judges 6:14
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14 The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have(A) and save(B) Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?”
Judges 1:1-2
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Joshua 8:1-2
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Ai Destroyed
8 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid;(A) do not be discouraged.(B) Take the whole army(C) with you, and go up and attack Ai.(D) For I have delivered(E) into your hands the king of Ai, his people, his city and his land. 2 You shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder(F) and livestock for yourselves.(G) Set an ambush(H) behind the city.”
Joshua 6:2-5
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2 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered(A) Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. 3 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. 4 Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns(B) in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets.(C) 5 When you hear them sound a long blast(D) on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout;(E) then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in.”