And behold, a prophet came to Ahab king of Israel, and said, Thus says the Lord: Have you seen this great multitude? Behold, I give it this day into your hands, and you shall know that I [am] the Lord.

And the prophet went and stood before the king of Israel by the road, and bound his eyes with a bandage.

And Elijah said, I have been very jealous for the Lord Almighty, because the children of Israel have forsaken You; they have dug down Your altars, and have slain Your prophets with the sword; and I alone am left, and they seek my life, to take it.

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is one man here [for us] to inquire of the Lord by; but I hate him, for he does not speak good of me, but only evil; Micaiah son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat king of Judah said, Let not the king say such things!

And one of his servants said, None, my Lord, O king, but Elisha the prophet that is in Israel reports to the king of Israel all the words that you speak in your bedroom.

For if you shall undertake to strengthen [yourself] with these, then the lord shall put you to flight before the enemies; for it is of the Lord both to strengthen and to put to flight.

And Amaziah strengthened [himself], and took his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and killed ten thousand of the children of Seir there.

Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened; yea, wait on the Lord!

The name of the Lord is of great strength; and the righteous running to it are exalted.

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Know, you Gentiles, and be conquered; listen, even to the extremity of the earth; be conquered, after you strengthened yourselves; for even if you should again strengthen yourselves, you shall again be conquered.

Proclaim these things among the Gentiles; declare war, arouse the warriors, draw near and go up, all you men of war.

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your sickles into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

Finally, my brothers, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

And it came to pass at the return of the year, that the son of Hadad reviewed Syria, and went up to Aphek to war against Israel.

And it came to pass, when the time of year had come for kings to go out [to battle], that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbath; but David remained at Jerusalem.

And it came to pass at the return of the year, at the [time of the] going forth of kings [to war], that Joab gathered the whole force of the army, and they ravaged the land of the children of Ammon; and he came and besieged Rabbah. But David abode in Jerusalem. And Joab defeated Rabbah and destroyed it.

lest at any time the nations should say, Where is their God?

But our God has done in heaven and on earth, whatsoever He has pleased.

O Lord, Your arm is exalted, yet they knew it not; but when they know they shall be ashamed; jealously shall seize upon an untaught nation, and now fire shall devour the adversaries.

I am the Lord God; that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, nor My praises to graven images.