Bible Cross References
thy people
2 Chronicles 14:11
Asa prayed to the LORD his God, "O LORD, you can help a weak army as easily as a powerful one. Help us now, O LORD our God, because we are relying on you, and in your name we have come out to fight against this huge army. LORD, you are our God; no one can hope to defeat you."
2 Chronicles 14:12
The LORD defeated the Ethiopian army when Asa and the Judean army attacked them. They fled,
2 Chronicles 20:4
From every city of Judah people hurried to Jerusalem to ask the LORD for guidance,
Deuteronomy 20:1-4
1
"When you go out to fight against your enemies and you see chariots and horses and an army that outnumbers yours, do not be afraid of them. The LORD your God, who rescued you from Egypt, will be with you.
2
Before you start fighting, a priest is to come forward and say to the army,
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'Men of Israel, listen! Today you are going into battle. Do not be afraid of your enemies or lose courage or panic.
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The LORD your God is going with you, and he will give you victory.'
Joshua 1:2-5
2
He said, "My servant Moses is dead. Get ready now, you and all the people of Israel, and cross the Jordan River into the land that I am giving them.
3
As I told Moses, I have given you and all my people the entire land that you will be marching over.
4
Your borders will reach from the desert in the south to the Lebanon Mountains in the north; from the great Euphrates River in the east, through the Hittite country, to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.
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Joshua, no one will be able to defeat you as long as you live. I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will always be with you; I will never abandon you.
1 Kings 8:44
"When you command your people to go into battle against their enemies and they pray to you, wherever they are, facing this city which you have chosen and this Temple which I have built for you,
1 Kings 8:45
listen to their prayers. Hear them in heaven and give them victory.
by the way
Numbers 31:2-6
2
"Punish the Midianites for what they did to the people of Israel. After you have done that, you will die."
3
So Moses said to the people, "Get ready for war, so that you can attack Midian and punish them for what they did to the LORD.
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From each tribe of Israel send a thousand men to war."
5
So a thousand men were chosen from each tribe, a total of twelve thousand men ready for battle.
6
Moses sent them to war under the command of Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took charge of the sacred objects and the trumpets for giving signals.
Joshua 8:1-8
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The LORD said to Joshua, "Take all the soldiers with you and go on up to Ai. Don't be afraid or discouraged. I will give you victory over the king of Ai; his people, city, and land will be yours.
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You are to do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king, but this time you may keep its goods and livestock for yourselves. Prepare to attack the city by surprise from the rear."
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So Joshua got ready to go to Ai with all his soldiers. He picked out thirty thousand of his best troops and sent them out at night
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with these orders: "Hide on the other side of the city, but not too far away from it; be ready to attack.
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My men and I will approach the city. When the men of Ai come out against us, we will turn and run, just as we did the first time.
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They will pursue us until we have led them away from the city. They will think that we are running from them, as we did before.
7
Then you will come out of hiding and capture the city. The LORD your God will give it to you.
8
After you have taken the city, set it on fire, just as the LORD has commanded. These are your orders."
Judges 1:1
After Joshua's death the people of Israel asked the LORD, "Which of our tribes should be the first to go and attack the Canaanites?"
Judges 1:2
The LORD answered, "The tribe of Judah will go first. I am giving them control of the land."
1 Samuel 15:3
Go and attack the Amalekites and completely destroy everything they have. Don't leave a thing; kill all the men, women, children, and babies; the cattle, sheep, camels, and donkeys."
1 Samuel 15:18
and he sent you out with orders to destroy those wicked people of Amalek. He told you to fight until you had killed them all.
they pray
2 Chronicles 14:9-12
9
An Ethiopian named Zerah invaded Judah with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots and advanced as far as Mareshah.
10
Asa went out to fight him, and both sides took up their positions at Zephathah Valley near Mareshah.
11
Asa prayed to the LORD his God, "O LORD, you can help a weak army as easily as a powerful one. Help us now, O LORD our God, because we are relying on you, and in your name we have come out to fight against this huge army. LORD, you are our God; no one can hope to defeat you."
12
The LORD defeated the Ethiopian army when Asa and the Judean army attacked them. They fled,
2 Chronicles 18:31
So when they saw King Jehoshaphat, they all thought that he was the king of Israel, and they turned to attack him. But Jehoshaphat gave a shout, and the LORD God rescued him and turned the attack away from him.
2 Chronicles 20:6-13
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and prayed aloud, "O LORD God of our ancestors, you rule in heaven over all the nations of the world. You are powerful and mighty, and no one can oppose you.
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You are our God. When your people Israel moved into this land, you drove out the people who were living here and gave the land to the descendants of Abraham, your friend, to be theirs forever.
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They have lived here and have built a temple to honor you, knowing
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that if any disaster struck them to punish them---a war, an epidemic, or a famine---then they could come and stand in front of this Temple where you are worshiped. They could pray to you in their trouble, and you would hear them and rescue them.
10
"Now the people of Ammon, Moab, and Edom have attacked us. When our ancestors came out of Egypt, you did not allow them to enter those lands, so our ancestors went around them and did not destroy them.
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This is how they repay us---they come to drive us out of the land that you gave us.
12
You are our God! Punish them, for we are helpless in the face of this large army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but we look to you for help."
13
All the men of Judah, with their wives and children, were standing there at the Temple.
2 Chronicles 32:20
Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed to God and cried out to him for help.
2 Chronicles 32:21
The LORD sent an angel that killed the soldiers and officers of the Assyrian army. So the emperor went back to Assyria disgraced. One day when he was in the temple of his god, some of his sons killed him with their swords.
toward
2 Chronicles 6:6
But now I have chosen Jerusalem as the place where I will be worshiped, and you, David, to rule my people.' "
1 Kings 8:13
Now I have built a majestic temple for you, a place for you to live in forever."
Isaiah 14:32
How shall we answer the messengers that come to us from Philistia? We will tell them that the LORD has established Zion and that his suffering people will find safety there.
Daniel 6:10
When Daniel learned that the order had been signed, he went home. In an upstairs room of his house there were windows that faced toward Jerusalem. There, just as he had always done, he knelt down at the open windows and prayed to God three times a day.