Bible Verses About War

they made war together against Bera king of S'dom and against Birsha king of 'Amora, Shin'av king of Admah, Shem'ever king of Tzvoyim, and the king of Bela (which is the same as Tzo'ar).

Moshe answered the people, "Stop being so fearful! Remain steady, and you will see how ADONAI is going to save you. He will do it today - today you have seen the Egyptians, but you will never see them again!

ADONAI will do battle for you. Just calm yourselves down!"

The peoples have heard, and they tremble; anguish takes hold of those living in P'leshet;

then the chiefs of Edom are dismayed; trepidation seizes the heads of Mo'av; all those living in Kena'an are melted away.

Terror and dread fall on them; by the might of your arm they are still as stone until your people pass over, ADONAI, till the people you purchased pass over.

and said, "Because their hand was against the throne of Yah, ADONAI will fight 'Amalek generation after generation."

You are not to worship their gods, serve them or follow their practices; rather, you are to demolish them completely and smash their standing-stones to pieces.

You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall before your sword.

Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand -your enemies will fall before your sword.

I will set my face against you - your enemies will defeat you, those who hate you will hound you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you.

I will lay waste to your cities and make your sanctuaries desolate, so as not to smell your fragrant aromas.

I will desolate the land, so that your enemies living in it will be astounded by it.

You I will disperse among the nations, and I will draw out the sword in pursuit after you; your land will be a desolation and your cities a wasteland.

Then, at last, the land will be paid its Shabbats. As long as it lies desolate and you are in the lands of your enemies, the land will rest and be repaid its Shabbats.

Yes, as long as it lies desolate it will have rest, the rest it did not have during your Shabbats, when you lived there.

As for those of you who are left, I will fill their hearts with anxiety in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a driven leaf will frighten them, so that they will flee as one flees from the sword and fall when no one is pursuing.

Yes, with no one pursuing they will stumble over each other as if fleeing the sword - you will have no power to stand before your enemies.

And among the nations you will perish; the land of your enemies will devour you.

Those of you who remain will pine away in the lands of your enemies from guilt over your misdeeds and those of your ancestors.

ADONAI listened to what Isra'el said and handed over the Kena'anim, so they completely destroyed them and their cities and named the place Hormah [complete destruction].

This is why it says, in the Book of the Wars of ADONAI, ". . . Vahev at Sufah, the vadis of Arnon,

ADONAI said to Moshe,

"On behalf of the people of Isra'el, take vengeance on the Midyanim. After that, you will be gathered to your people."

They fought against Midyan, as ADONAI had ordered Moshe, and killed every male.