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Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
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During the night Abram divided his men to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.
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He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one group, the group that is left may escape.”
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Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children.
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Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male.
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Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me obnoxious to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land. We are few in number, and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
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Now the men were frightened when they were taken to his house. They thought, “We were brought here because of the silver that was put back into our sacks the first time. He wants to attack us and overpower us and seize us as slaves and take our donkeys.”
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“Gad will be attacked by a band of raiders, but he will attack them at their heels.
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With bitterness archers attacked him; they shot at him with hostility.
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The Amalekites Defeated
The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
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“Anyone who attacks their father or mother is to be put to death.
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But the men who had gone up with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.”
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Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and attacked them and beat them down all the way to Hormah.
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But Edom answered: “You may not pass through here; if you try, we will march out and attack you with the sword.”
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Arad Destroyed
When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked the Israelites and captured some of them.
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When you march up to attack a city, make its people an offer of peace.
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Do nothing to the woman; she has committed no sin deserving death. This case is like that of someone who attacks and murders a neighbor,
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When you were weary and worn out, they met you on your journey and attacked all who were lagging behind; they had no fear of God.
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Ai Destroyed
Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. For I have delivered into your hands the king of Ai, his people, his city and his land.
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So Joshua and the whole army moved out to attack Ai. He chose thirty thousand of his best fighting men and sent them out at night
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For when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city and that smoke was going up from it, they turned around and attacked the men of Ai.
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But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the assembly had sworn an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel. The whole assembly grumbled against the leaders,
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“Come up and help me attack Gibeon,” he said, “because it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”
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Then the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon—joined forces. They moved up with all their troops and took up positions against Gibeon and attacked it.
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But don’t stop; pursue your enemies! Attack them from the rear and don’t let them reach their cities, for the Lord your God has given them into your hand.”
