ARMIES

Who of the Israelites were subject to service in

Nu 1:2,3; 26:2; 2Ch 25:5

Who were exempt from service in

Nu 1:47-50; 2:33; De 20:5-9; Jud 7:3

Enumeration of Israel's military forces

Nu 1:2,3; 26:2; 1Sa 11:8; 2Sa 18:1,2; 24:1-9; 1Ki 20:15; 2Ch 25:5

Levies for

Nu 31:4; Jud 20:10

Compulsory service in

1Sa 14:52

See COWARDICE

How officered

Commander-in-chief

1Sa 14:50; 2Sa 2:8; 8:16; 17:25; 19:13; 20:23

Generals of corps and divisions

Nu 2:3,31; 1Ch 27:1-22; 2Ch 17:12-19

Captains of thousands

Nu 31:14,48; 1Sa 17:18; 1Ch 28:1; 2Ch 25:5

Captains of hundreds

Nu 31:14,48; 2Ki 11:15; 1Ch 28:1; 2Ch 25:5

Captains of fifties

2Ki 1:9; Isa 3:3

See CAVALRY

See CHARIOTS

Rendezvous of

Methods employed in effecting

Sounding a trumpet

Nu 10:9; Jud 3:27; 6:34; 1Sa 13:3,4

Cutting oxen in pieces, and sending the pieces throughout Israel

1Sa 11:7

Refusal to obey the summons, instance of

Jud 21:5-11; with 20

Tactics

1. Camp and march

Nu 2

2. March in ranks

Ex 13:18

Margin note)

1Ch 12:33; Joe 2:7

Move, in attack, in three divisions

Jud 7:16; 9:43; 1Sa 11:11; 13:17,18; 2Sa 18:2; Job 1:17

Flanks called wings

Isa 8:8

See STRATEGY

Orders delivered with trumpets

2Sa 2:28; 18:16; 20:1,22; Ne 4:18,20

Stratagems

Ambushes, at Ai

Jos 8:2-22

Ambushes at Shechem

Jud 9:25,34

Ambushes at Gibeah

Jud 20:29-43

Ambushes at Zemaraim

2Ch 13:13

By Jehoshaphat

2Ch 20:22

Reconnoissances

Of Jericho

Jos 2:1-24

Of Ai

Jos 7:2,3

Of Beth-el

Jud 1:23,24

Of Laish

Jud 18:2-10

Night attacks

Ge 14:15; Jud 7:16-22

Decoy

Jos 8:4-22; Jud 20:29-43; Ne 6

Unusual winter campaign

2Sa 11:1; 1Ch 20:1

Delay

2Sa 17:7-14

Celerity of action

Abraham, in pursuit of Chedorlaomer

Ge 14:14,15

Joshua, against the Amorites

Jos 10:6,9

The confederated kings

Jos 11:7

David's attack upon the Philistines

2Sa 5:23-25

Forced marches

Isa 5:26,27

Sieges

Jer 39:1

Of Jericho

Jos 6

Of Samaria

2Ki 6:24-33; 7

Of Jerusalem

2Ki 25:1-3

"Engines" used

2Ch 26:15; Jer 6:6

Margin);

Eze 26:9

Fortifications

Jud 9:31; 2Sa 5:9; 2Ki 25:1; 2Ch 11:11; 26:9; Ne 3:8; 4:2; Isa 22:10; 25:12; 29:3; 32:14; Jer 6:6; 32:24; 33:4; 51:53; Eze 4:2; 17:17; 21:22; 26:8; 33:27; Da 11:15,19; Na 2:1; 3:14

Standards

Nu 2:2,3,10,17,18,25,31,34; 10:14,18,22,25

Uniforms of

Eze 23:6,12; Na 2:3

Standing armies

1Sa 13:2; 1Ch 27; 2Ch 1:14; 17:12-19; 26:11-15

Religious ceremonies attending

Seeking counsel from God before battle

Nu 27:21; Jud 1:1; 1Sa 14:19,37-41; 23:2-12; 30:8; 2Sa 2:1; 5:19,23; 1Ki 22:7-28; 2Ki 3:11-19; 1Ch 14:10,14; Jer 37:7-10

Sacrifices

1Sa 13:11,12

Purifications

Nu 31:19-24

Holiness enjoined

De 23:9

Officers consecrate themselves to God

2Ch 17:16

Army choir and songs

2Ch 20:21,22

Ark taken to battle

Jos 6:6,7,13; 1Sa 4:4-11

Divine assistance to

When Aaron and Hur held up Moses' hands

Ex 17:11,12

In siege of Jericho

Jos 6

Sun stands still

Jos 10:11-14

Gideon's victory

Jud 7

Samaria's deliverances

1Ki 20; 2Ki 7

Jehoshaphat's victories

2Ki 3; 2Ch 20

Angel of the Lord smites the Assyrians

2Ki 19:35

Determine royal succession

2Sa 2:8-10; 1Ki 16:16; 2Ki 11:4-12

Composed of insurgents

1Sa 22:1,2

Mercenaries

2Sa 10:6; 1Ch 19:6,7; 2Ch 25:5,6

Confederated

Jos 10:1-5; 11:1-5; Jud 1:3; 2Sa 10:6,15,16,19; 1Ki 15:20; 22:1-4; 2Ki 16:9; 18:19-21; 1Ch 19:6,7; 2Ch 16:2-9; 18:1,3; 20:1; 22:5; 28:16,20; Ps 83:1-12; Isa 7:1-9; 8:9-12; 54:15

Exhorted before battle

De 20:1-9

Battle shouts

Jud 7:18; 1Sa 17:20,52

Triumphs of, celebrated

With songs

Jud 5; 1Sa 18:6,7

With music

2Ch 20:28

With dancing

1Sa 18:6,7

Rewards for meritorious conduct

The general offers his daughter in marriage

Jos 15:16,17

The king offers his daughter

1Sa 17:25; 18:17-28

A promotion

2Sa 23:8-39; 1Ch 11:6,10-47

A share the spoils

Nu 31:25-47

Children instructed in military arts

2Sa 1:18

Insubordination in, punished, Achan

Jos 7

Check roll-call

1Sa 14:17; Nu 31:48,49

Panics

Isa 30:17

Among the Midianites

Jud 7:21

Among the Philistines

1Sa 14:15-19

Among the Syrians

2Ki 7:7-15

Soldiers destroy each other to escape captivity

1Sa 14:20; 31:4-6

Champions fight instead of

1Sa 17:8-53; 2Sa 2:14-17; 21:15-22

Confidence in, vain

Ps 33:16; 44:6

Escort duty performed by

2Ki 1:9; Ac 23:23,24,31-33

Roman army

Captains (R. V. margin, military tribunes) of

Ac 22:24-29

Centurions

Mt 8:5,8; 27:54; Lu 7:2; 23:47; Ac 10:1,7,22; 21:32; 22:26; 23:17,23; 24:23; 27:1,11,43; 28:16

Divided into "bands" (R. V. margin, cohorts,)

Ac 10:1; 27:1

For other than armies of the Israelites and Romans

See AMALEKITES

See ASSYRIA

See BABYLON

See EGYPTIANS

See MIDIANITES

See PERSIA

See SYRIA

For commissaries of

See COMMISSARY

For weapons used

See ARMOR

See AMBUSH

See CAVALRY

See FORT

See GARRISON

See HERALD

See HOSTAGE

See NAVY

See RECONNOISSANCE

See SIEGE

See SOLDIERS

See SPIES

See STANDARD

See STRATEGY

See TRUCE

See WAR

FIGURATIVE

De 33:2; 2Ki 6:17; Ps 34:7; 68:17; Re 9:16