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Appears in New Testament (5)

1 Corinthians 14:8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?

Revelation 9:7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
Revelation 9:9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Revelation 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Revelation 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

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Requirements to go to war for Israel:
Numbers 1:3 From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
Young Men from each of the 12 tribes:
Numbers 1:20 And the children of Reuben, …
Numbers 1:22 Of the children of Simeon, …
Numbers 1:24 Of the children of Gad, …
Numbers 1:26 Of the children of Judah, …
Numbers 1:28 Of the children of Issachar, …
Numbers 1:30 Of the children of Zebulun, …
Numbers 1:32 Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, …
Numbers 1:34 Of the children of Manasseh, …
Numbers 1:36 Of the children of Benjamin, …
Numbers 1:38 Of the children of Dan, …
Numbers 1:40 Of the children of Asher, …
Numbers 1:42 Of the children of Naphtali, …
Interestingly it does not match the order above. The twelve sons in the order from oldest to youngest: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin.
Numbers 1:45 So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;
Repeats: Moses reminds the people that God is leading them:
Numbers 10:9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
Numbers 21:14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
Repeats: Young Men from each of the 12 tribes:
Numbers 26:2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers’ house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.
Moses gets the people ready for war as the march onward to the promise land:
Numbers 31:3-7 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian. Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand. And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
Numbers 31:21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
Numbers 31:27-28 And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation: And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
Numbers 31:32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
Numbers 31:36 And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
Numbers 31:42 And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
Numbers 31:49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.
Numbers 31:53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
Numbers 32:6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
Numbers 32:20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,
Numbers 32:27 But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith.

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Appears in Job (4)
Job 15:24, 38:23, 39:25, 41:8
Appears in Psalm (7)
Psalm 18:39, 24:8, 55:18, 76:3 , 78:9 , 89:43 , 140:7
Appears in Proverbs (1)
Proverbs 21:31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.
Appears in Ecclesiastes (1)
Ecclesiastes 9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Appears in Isaiah (6)
Isaiah 9:5, 13:4 , 22:2 , 27:4 , 28:6 , 42:25
Appears in Jeremiah (7)
Jeremiah 8:6, 18:21 , 46:3 , 49:14 , 50:22 , 50:42 , 51:20
Appears in Ezekiel (2)
Ezekiel 7:14, 13:5
Appears in Daniel (2)
Daniel 11:20 , 11:25
Appears in Hosea (4)
Hosea 1:7, 2:18 , 10:9 , 10:14
Appears in Joel (1)
Joel 2:5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Appears in Amos (1)
Amos 1:14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
Appears in Obadiah (1)
Obadiah 1:1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
Appears in Zechariah (6)
Zechariah 9:10, 10:3-5 ,14:2-3

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A body of forces, or division of an army. The main body, as distinct from the van and rear. To give battle, is to attack an enemy; to join battle, is properly to meet the attack; but perhaps this distinction is not always observed.
Battles make up smaller components of the bigger picture; WAR. As one studies these Battles (and Wars_ it is evident that God directly was involved).

Abraham deals with the first Battle recorded in Scripture:
Genesis 14:8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
Appears in Numbers (7)
Numbers 21:33, 31:14, 31:21, 31:27, 32:27, 32:29
Appears in Deuteronomy (10)
Deuteronomy 2:9, 2:24, 3:1, 20:1-7, 29:7
Appears in Joshua (5)
Joshua 4:13, 8:14, 11:19, 11:20, 22:33,
Appears in Judges (10)
Judges 8:13, 20:14, 20:18, 20:20-28, 20:34, 20:39, 20:42
Appears in 1 Samuel (21)
1 Samuel 4:1-2, 7:10, 13:22, 14:20, 14:22-23, 17:1-2, 17:8, 17:13, 17:20-21,
1 Samuel 17:28, 17:47, 26:10, 28:1, 29:4, 29:9, 30:24, 31:3
Appears in 1 Samuel (21)
2 Samuel 1:4, 1:25, 2:17, 3:30, 10:8-9, 10:13, 11:1, 11:15, 11:25, 17:11
2 Samuel 18:6-8, 19:3, 19:10, 21:17-20, 22:40, 23:9
Appears in 1 Kings (9)
1 Kings 8:44, 20:14, 20:29, 20:39, 22:4, 22:6, 22:15, 22:30, 22:35
Appears in 2 Kings (2)
2 Kings 3:7, 3:26
Appears in 1 Chronicles (17)
1 Chronicles 5:20, 7:11, 7:40, 10:3, 11:13, 12:8, 12:19, 12:33, 12:36-37, 14:15
1 Chronicles 19:7-10, 19:14, 19:17, 20:1
2 Chronicles 13:3, 13:14, 14:10, 18:5, 18:14, 18:29, 18:34, 20:1, 20:15, 20:17
2 Chronicles 25:8, 25:13

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There are church traditions on suicide which can confuse the issue. Some, even teaching that a person who commits suicide can not go to Heaven. A Look are those who took their own lives:
Wicked Abimelech committed suicide, persuading another man to help.
Judges 9:54 Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and kill me, so that they can’t say, ‘A woman killed him.’” So his servant ran him through, and he died.”
Samson feeling all was lost pulled down the house:
Judges 16:30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
King Saul also wanted his servant to kill him, but had do to it himself.
1 Samuel 31:4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
Feeling all lost, the servant followed his King:
1 Samuel 31:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
Ahithophel so depressed by events that happened in his family.
2 Samuel 17:23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
The sins of Zimri (16:19) overcame him:
1 Kings 16:18 When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the royal palace and set the palace on fire around him. So he died.
Judas so depressed by his actions:
Matthew 27:5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
The jailer would have BUT Paul stopped him:
Acts 16:27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled
Yes, suicide is a terrible tragedy, a sin even, but it does not negate the Lord’s act of redemption. Did any of the seven go to Heaven? It depends on what they believed, NOT what they did! When one becomes a Believer, they have Eternal life.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Titus 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Titus 3:7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
This is a promise from God. The Lord Jesus said:
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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The Lord Jesus is on the cross:
John 19:34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.

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Exodus speaks of the Breastplate the Priests work:
Exodus 25:7, 28:4,15,22-30, 29:5, 35:9,27, 39:8-9,15-21 and Leviticus 8:8
Isaiah writes of the Redeemer that shall come to Zion:
Isaiah 59:17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.

Paul speaks of our defense in the spiritual battle:
Ephesians 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
1 Thessalonians 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
The battle of Armageddon:
Revelation 9:9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Revelation 9:17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.

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A Bow without an arrow would be a useless weapon. Even though an arrow in not mentioned, it is assumed to be in the bow. The bow is mentioned in Scripture over 90 times:
Appears in Genesis
Genesis 27:3, 48:22, 49:24
Appears in Joshua
Joshua 24:12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
Appears in 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 2:4 , 18:4 , 20:38
Appears in 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 1:18, 1:22 , 22:35
Appears in 1 Kings
1 Kings 22:34 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
Appears in 2 Kings
2 Kings 6:22 , 9:24 , 13:15-18
Appears in 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 5:18, 12:2
Appears in 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 17:17, 18:33, 26:14-15
Appears in Nehemiah
Nehemiah 4:13, 4:16
Appears in Job
Job 20:24, 29:20
Appears in Psalm
Psalm 7:12-13, 11:2, 18:34, 37:14, 37:15, 38:2, 44:6, 46:9, 58:7, 64:3. 76:3
Psalm 78:9 , 78:57
Appears in Isaiah
Isaiah 5:28, 7:24, 13:18, 21:15, 41:2 , 66:19
Appears in Jeremiah
Jeremiah 6:23, 46:9, 49:35, 50:14, 50:29, 50:42, 51:3, 51:56
Appears in Lamentations
Lamentations 2:4, 3:12-13
Appears in Ezekiel
Ezekiel 39:3, 39:9
Appears in Hosea
Hosea 1:5, 1:7, 2:18, 7:16
Appears in Amos
Amos 2:15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
Appears in Habakkuk
Habakkuk 3:9-11 Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.…. The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
Appears in Zechariah
Zechariah 9:10, 9:13-14, 10:4
AND Finally in the New Testament
Revelation 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

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Matthew 6:2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

Matthew 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
1 Corinthians 14:8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
What EVERY BELIEVER SHOULD BE LISTENING TO HEAR:
1 Corinthians 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

Hebrews 12:19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

Revelation 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
Revelation 8:13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
Revelation 9:14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

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Tools the Israelites had available for war

The Axe is normally NOT a weapon of war. But when there is no other weapon, the Axe will serve.
Likewise the Coulter; (Pitch)Forks; Harrow; Hoe; Mattock; Spade; Saw; — agricultural tools NOT usually weapons of war.

The Israelites did not possess weapons of war: (read vs 19)
1 Samuel 13:20-21 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
David defeats the city of Rabbah:
2 Samuel 12:31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 20:3 And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
The Lord speaks to Israel:
Jeremiah 51:20 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

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