Bible Verses About War

they have made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

And Moses saith unto the people, `Fear not, station yourselves, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which He doth for you to-day; for, as ye have seen the Egyptians to-day, ye add no more to see them--to the age;

Jehovah doth fight for you, and ye keep silent.'

Peoples have heard, they are troubled; Pain hath seized inhabitants of Philistia.

Then have chiefs of Edom been troubled: Mighty ones of Moab--Trembling doth seize them! Melted have all inhabitants of Canaan!

Fall on them doth terror and dread; By the greatness of Thine arm They are still as a stone, Till Thy people pass over, O Jehovah; Till the people pass over Whom Thou hast purchased.

and saith, `Because a hand is on the throne of Jah, war is to Jehovah with Amalek from generation--generation.'

`Thou dost not bow thyself to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their doings, but dost utterly devote them, and thoroughly break their standing pillars.

`And ye have pursued your enemies, and they have fallen before you by the sword;

and five of you have pursued a hundred, and a hundred of you do pursue a myriad; and your enemies have fallen before you by the sword.

and I have set My face against you, and ye have been smitten before your enemies; and those hating you have ruled over you, and ye have fled, and there is none pursuing you.

and I have made your cities a waste, and have made desolate your sanctuaries, and I smell not at your sweet fragrances;

and I have made desolate the land, and your enemies, who are dwelling in it, have been astonished at it.

And you I scatter among nations, and have drawn out after you a sword, and your land hath been a desolation, and your cities are a waste.

`Then doth the land enjoy its sabbaths--all the days of the desolation, and ye in the land of your enemies--then doth the land rest, and hath enjoyed its sabbaths;

all the days of the desolation it resteth that which it hath not rested in your sabbaths in your dwelling on it.

`And those who are left of you--I have also brought a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies, and the sound of a leaf driven away hath pursued them, and they have fled--flight from a sword--and they have fallen, and there is none pursuing.

And they have stumbled one on another, as from the face of a sword, and there is none pursuing, and ye have no standing before your enemies,

and ye have perished among the nations, and the land of your enemies hath consumed you.

`And those who are left of you--they consume away in their iniquity, in the lands of your enemies; and also in the iniquities of their fathers, with them they consume away.

and Jehovah hearkeneth to the voice of Israel, and giveth up the Canaanite, and he devoteth them and their cities, and calleth the name of the place Hormah.

therefore it is said in a book, `The wars of Jehovah,' --`Waheb in Suphah, And the brooks of Arnon;

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

`Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites--afterwards thou art gathered unto thy people.'

And they war against Midian, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses, and slay every male;