Jer. xlix, 21-23. The earth is moved at the noise of their fall; at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea. Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are faint-hearted; there is sorrow on the sea: it cannot be quiet. people that are with me, will apJosh. vill, 5--8. And I, and all the proach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them, (For they will come out after us) till city; for they will say, They flee we have drawn them from the before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them. Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into ye have taken the city, that ye your hand. And it shall be, when shall set the city on fire: accord Jer. 1, 46. At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard amonging the nations. Then COUNCIL OF WAR. 2 Sam. xvii, 5--10, 14, 15. said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith. And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his say ing? it not; speak thou. Hushai said unto Absalom, The And Counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time. For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds as a bear robbed to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you. Judges vii, 16-18. And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likebe that, as I do, so shall ye do. wise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall and all that are with me, then When I blow with a trumpet, I every side of all the camp, and blow ye the trumpets also on say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. of Ammon came out, and put the 2 Sam. x, 8-11. And the children battle in array at the entering in of the gate; and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ish-tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field. When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians. of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. Be hold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom. And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall people he delivered into the hand And the rest of the utterly melt: for all Israel know- of Abishai his brother, that he eth that thy father is a mighty might put them in array against the man, and they which be with him children of Ammon. And he said, are valiant men. And Absalom and all the men of Israel sald, Theme, then thou shalt help me; but If the Syrians be too strong for counsel of Hushai the Archite is it the children of Ammon be too better than the counsel of Ali- strong for thee, then I will come thophel. For the LORD had ap- and help thee. pointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom. Then said Hushal unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, 2 Sam. xvii, 1, 2, 11-13. Moreover Ahitophel said into Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and him and of all the men that are due falleth on the ground: and of with him there shall not be left so much as one. Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, found there. until there be not one small stone children of Ammon came out, and the captains of the chariots that shall be broken in pieces; and give yourselves, O ye people, and ye Isa. viii, 9, 10, 12, 15. Associate ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this peoneither fear ye their fear, nor be plo shall say, A confederacy; afraid. And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. hast trusted in thy works, and in Jer. xlviil, 7. For because thou thy treasures, thou shalt also be forth taken: and Chemosh shall go priests and his princes together. into captivity with his Jer. xlix, 14. I have heard a then, saying, Gather ye together, rumour from the LORD, and an and come against her, and rise up to the battle. Thus and thus did Ahithophei pursue after David this nigh: ambassador is sent unto the hea counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled. VARIOUS CAMPAIGNS AND MANEUVRES, ETC. Josh. vii, 3. And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men . go up and smite Ai; and mike no all the people to labour thither; for they arc but few. And I will come upon him while and will make him afraid; and all land of Merathaim, even against into the hands of the strangers the earth for a spoil; and they for the transgressions of Israel shall po lute it. Laek. xvii, 21. And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds; and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it. Ezek. xxi, 12-14, 16, 17, 19, 20. Cry and howl, son of man; for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors, by reason of the sword, shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh. Because it is a trial, and what if the sword Conten even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD. Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain; it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers. Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set. Í will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it. Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land; and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city. Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced. Ezek. xxxv, 10, 11. Because thou hast said, These two nations, and these two countries, shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there: Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy,which thon hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee. Ezek. xxxix, 10. So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD. Obad. 3. The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his beart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? were found in thee. Nahum ii, 4, 5. The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings. He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared. Zech. xiv, 3, 6, 7. Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: But it shall be one day, which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening-time it shall be light. 4-ACTIVE WARFARE. THE HEBREW MUSTER. HEROES, HEROINES, DISCIPLINE,ETC. (See under ARMY-ARMS. Page 59.) HEBREW LAWS. Deut. xx, 2. 3. And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel; Ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint; fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them. the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedal in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. Judges x, 17. Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead: and the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh. 1 Sam. xill, 16. And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash. 1 Sam. xxil, 6. When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him: (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him.) 1 Sam. xxvi, 5-7. And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched; and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host. And Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him. Then answered David, and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zerulah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I vill go down with thee. David and Abishai came to the people by night; and, belold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him. So Deut. xxiii, 12, 13, 14. Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whether thou shalt go forth abroad: And thou shalt have 2 Kings vii, 5. And they rose a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thy-up in the twilight, to go unto the self abroad, thou shalt dig there- camp of the Syrians; and when with, and shalt turn back and they were come to the uttermost cover that which cometh from part of the camp of Syria, behold, thee: For the LORD thy God there was no man there. walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee: there fore shall thy camp be holy; that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee. 1 Chron. xi. 15. Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the care of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. WATCHWORD OF MOSES. ARRAY OF BATTLE. Num. x, 35, 36. And it came to Judges vi, 33. Then all the pass, when the ark set forward, Midi nites and the Amal kites and that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, the children of the east were gaand let thine enemies be scat-thered together, and went over, tered: and let them that hate and pitched in the valley of Jezthee flee before thee. And when reel. it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of israel. THE CAMP. Micah i, 12, 13. For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good; but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the Josh. x, 15, 21, 43. And Joshua swift beast; she is the beginning returned, and all Israel with him, of the sin to the daughter of Zion; I unto the camp to Gilgal. And all Judges vil, 1. Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that accre with him, rose up early, and pitched besile the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreb, in the valley. 1 Sam. iv, 1. And the word of Samuel caine to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. 1 Sam. xvii, 1, 2, 3, 21. Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekab, in Ephes-dammim. And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them. For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army. 1 Sam. xxiii, 15. And David saw that Saul was come out to seek Lis life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. 1 Sam. xxvi, 1--3. And the Ziphites came untoSaul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the bill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. pitched in the hill of Hachilah, And Saul which is before Jeshimon, by the way: but David abode in the wilderness; and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. 1 Sam. xxviii 4. And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched In Gilboa. 2 Sam. v, 17. But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold. 2 Sam. xvii, 26. So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead, 1 Chron xiv, 89, 13. And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David: and David heard of it, and went out against them. And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley. 1 Sam. xxii, 23. Abide thou with me, fear not; for he that Beeketh my life seeketh thy life: Deut. xx, 8. And the officers shall speak further unto the peo-ites came down, and the Canaanple, and they shall say, What man ites which dwelt in that hill, and Num. xiv, 45. Then the Amalekis there that is fearful and faint- smote them, and discomfited them, hearted? let him go and return even unto Hormah. unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart. to, proclaim in the ears of the Judges vii, 3. Now therefore go people, saying, Whosoever is fear ful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand. BATTLES. OF THE CONFEDERATE KINGS. WITH AMALER. to pass, when Moses held up his WITH OG. turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Num. xxi, 33--35. And they Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei. And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, his people, until there was none which dwelt at Heshbon. So they left him alive: and they possessed smote him, and his sons, and all his land. AGAINST MACHIR. seh went to Gilead, and took it, AGAINST THE ANAKIMS, ETC. and many, and tall, as the Ana Deut. ii, 21--23. A people great, kims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead: As he did to the children of Esau which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead, even unto this day; Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, And the which came forth out of Caplitor, eren unto Azzah the Caphtorims, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead. AGAINST SIHON. Deut. ii, 32--36. Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. And the LORD our God delivered him we took all his cities at that time, his sons, and all his people. And before us, and we smote him, and and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little to remain: Only the cattle we ones, of every city; we left none took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD Our God delivered all unto us. Deut. Ill. 4, 6-8, 10. And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city. But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. And we took at that time, out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites, the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon. All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashian, unto Salchah, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. Deut. iv, 46. On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshibon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt. WITH THE ABORIGINES. Deut. vil, 1, 2, 16. When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgasbites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites,and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no Covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them. And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee. Deut. xx, 16-18. But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God. Deut. xxix, 7, 8. And when yo Josh. x, 28-42. And that day And Joshua went up And souls that were therein. Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it: And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king. So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded. And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon. And all these kings, and their land, did Joshua take at one time; because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel Josh. xi, 8-14, 17, 23. And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of Mispeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining. And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he honghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire. And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire. And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword; and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses, the servant of the But as for LoRD, commanded. the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua buru. And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe. Eren from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hernion: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them. So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses, and Joshua gave it for an inherit ance unto Israel, according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war. Josh. xv, 14. And Caleb drove | BATTLES OF SAUL WITH AMMONITES; Judges 1, 17, 18. And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Caananites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it: (and the name of the city was called Hormah.) Also Judab took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. WITH ABIMELECH. WITH BENJAMIN. Judges xx, 20-24. And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah. And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men. And the people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array, in the place where they put themselves in array the first day. (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of BenJamin, my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.) And the 1 Sam. xiv, 48. And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. Samuel also said unto Saul, The 1 Sam. xv, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 18-20. LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: the voice of the words of the LORD. now therefore hearken thou unto Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel Amalekites from Havilah until and ass. And Saul smote the thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt. And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites,and fight against them until they be consumed. Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD? And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amale near kites. children of Israel Came Judges xxi, 10, 11. And the con- WITH PHILISTINES. 1 Sam. vii, 13. So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel, 1 Sam. xvil, 19. Now Saul, and BATTLES OF DAVID AND OTHER 1 Sam. xix, 8. And there was him. 1 Sam. xxvii, 8, 9. And David the Geshurites, and the Gezerites, and his men went up, and invaded and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. And David smote the land, and left 743 reither man nor woman alive, and tockaway the sheep aid the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. very sore battle that day; and 2 Sam. ii, 17. And there was a Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. 2 Sam. vill, 1. And after this it the Philistines, and subdued them: came to pass, that David smote and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines. 2 Sam. x, 17. And when it was together, and passed over Jordan, told David, he gathered all Israel and came to Helam: and the Syrians set themselves in array him. against David, and fought with to pass, when David was in Edom, 1 Kings xi, 15, 16. For it came and Joab the captain of the host after he had smitten every male was gone up to bury the slain, in Edom, (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom.) would not hear: therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he 2 Kings xiv, 11, 12. But Amaziah and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth Judah. And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to their tents. to the son of Jehoabaz took again, 2 Kings xiii, 25. And Jehoash had taken out of the hand of out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, the cities which he Jehoahaz his father by war: three recovered the cities of Israel. times did Joash beat him, and of Egypt came not again any more 2 Kings xxiv, 7. And the king Babylon had taken, from the river out of his land: for the king of of Egypt unto the river Euphrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt. 1 Chron. iv, 41--43. And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and day, and dwelt in their rooms: bedestroyed them utterly unto this their flocks. And some of them, cause there was pasture there for hundred men, went to mount Seir, even of the sons of Simeon, five Neariah, and Rephaiah,and Uzziel, having for their captains Pelafiah, the rest of the Amalekites that the sons of Ishi. And they smote were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day. of Saul they made war with the 1 Chron. v, 10. And in the days Hagarites, who fell by their hand: |