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Armies
Antiquity of - Ge 14:1-8
Ancient, often numerous - Jos 11:4; 1Sa 13:5
Of different nations often confederated - Jos 9:2; 10:5; Jud 3:13; 1Ki 20:1
Troops often hired for - 1Ch 19:7; 2Ch 25:6
WERE COMPOSED OF
- Bowmen and slingers
- 1Ch 12:2; Jer 4:29- Spearmen or heavy troops
- Ps 68:30; Ac 23:23- Cavalry
- Ex 14:9; 1Ki 20:20- War chariots
- Jos 17:16; Jud 4:3Often consisted of the whole effective strength of nations - Nu 21:23; 1Sa 29:1
Furnished with standards - So 6:4; Isa 10:18; Jer 4:21
Accompanied by beasts of burden and wagons for baggage - Jud 7:12; 2Ki 7:7; Eze 23:2
Generally in three divisions - Ge 14:15; Job 1:17
WERE LED BY
- Kings in person
- 2Ki 18:13; 25:1- Experienced captains
- 2Ki 18:17,24CALLED THE
- Wings of a nation
- Isa 8:8; Jer 48:40- Power of Kings
- 2Ch 32:9- Hosts
- Jos 10:5; Jud 8:10- Bands
- 2Ki 24:2; 1Ch 7:4Began their campaigns in the spring - 2Sa 11:1
Often went on foreign service - Jer 5:15; 50:3
MARCHED
- Often in open line
- Hab 1:6,8- With order and precision
- Isa 5:27; Joe 2:7,8- With rapidity
- Jer 48:40; Hab 1:8- With noise and tumult
- Isa 17:12,13; Joe 2:5EMPLOYED IN
- Fighting battles
- 1Sa 17:2,3; 1Ch 19:17- Besieging cities
- De 20:12; Isa 29:3- Assaulting cities
- Jos 7:3,4; Jud 9:45Often surprised their enemies - Jos 8:2; 2Ch 13:15; Jer 51:12
Commenced battles with a shout - 1Sa 17:20; 2Ch 13:15; Jer 51:14
Toil and fatigue often endured by - Eze 29:18
Divided the spoil - Ex 15:9; Zec 14:1
Sent out foraging parties - 2Ki 5:2
Exercised savage cruelties on the vanquished - Jer 50:42; La 5:11-13; Am 1:13
Frequently the instrument of God's vengeance - Isa 13:5
In latter ages received pay - Lu 3:14; 1Co 9:7
ENCAMPED
- In the open fields
- 2Sa 11:11; 1Ch 11:15- Before cities
- Jos 10:5; 1Sa 11:1Fear occasioned by - Nu 22:3; Jer 6:25
Devastation occasioned by - Isa 37:18; Jer 5:17
OFTEN DESTROYED BY
- Their enemies
- Ex 17:13; Jos 10:10,20; Jud 11:33; 2Sa 18:7; 1Ki 20:21- Themselves through divine intervention
- Jud 7:22; 1Sa 14:15,16; 2Ch 20:23- Supernatural means
- Jos 10:11; 2Ki 19:35- Brought their idols with them
- 1Ch 14:12COMPARED TO
- Whirlwinds
- Jer 25:32- Waters of a river
- Isa 8:7- Caterpillars
- Jer 51:14,27- Grasshoppers
- Jud 6:3-5; 7:12- Locusts
- Isa 33:4; Re 9:3,7- Flies
- Isa 7:18,19- Clouds
- Eze 38:9-16- Overflowing torrents
- Isa 28:2; Da 11:10,26ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Multitudes of angels
- 1Ki 22:19; Ps 148:2; Da 4:35; Mt 26:53- The Church
- Da 8:10-13; So 6:4,10- Numerous and heavy afflictions
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