Verse 8

They chose{H977} new{H2319} gods;{H430} Then was war{H3901} in the gates:{H8179} Was there a shield{H4043} or spear{H7420} seen{H7200} Among forty{H705} thousand{H505} in Israel?{H3478}

Referenced Verses

• Deut 32:16-17 : 16 They moved him to jealousy{H7065} with strange{H2114} [gods]; With abominations{H8441} provoked they him to anger.{H3707} 17 They sacrificed{H2076} unto demons,{H7700} [which were] no God,{H433} To gods{H433} that they knew{H3045} not, To new{H2319} [gods] that came{H935} up{H935} of late,{H7138} Which your fathers{H1} dreaded{H8175} not.
• Judg 2:12 : 12 and they forsook{H5800} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of their fathers,{H1} who brought them out{H3318} of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} and followed{H3212} other{H312} gods,{H430} of the gods{H430} of the peoples{H5971} that were round about{H5439} them, and bowed{H7812} themselves down unto them: and they provoked Jehovah{H3068} to anger.{H3707}
• Judg 2:17 : 17 And yet they hearkened{H8085} not unto their judges;{H8199} for they played the harlot{H2181} after{H310} other{H312} gods,{H430} and bowed{H7812} themselves down unto them: they turned{H5493} aside quickly{H4118} out of the way{H1870} wherein their fathers{H1} walked,{H1980} obeying{H8085} the commandments{H4687} of Jehovah;{H3068} [but] they did{H6213} not so.
• Judg 4:3 : 3 And the sons{H1121} of Israel{H3478} cried{H6817} unto Jehovah:{H3068} for he had nine{H8672} hundred{H3967} chariots{H7393} of iron;{H1270} and twenty{H6242} years{H8141} he mightily{H2394} oppressed{H3905} the sons{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}
• 1 Sam 13:19-22 : 19 Now there was no smith{H2796} found{H4672} throughout all the land{H776} of Israel;{H3478} for the Philistines{H6430} said,{H559} Lest the Hebrews{H5680} make{H6213} them swords{H2719} or spears:{H2595} 20 but all the Israelites{H3478} went down{H3381} to the Philistines,{H6430} to sharpen{H3913} every man{H376} his share,{H4282} and his coulter,{H855} and his axe,{H7134} and his mattock;{H4281} 21 yet they had a file{H6477} for the mattocks,{H4281} and for the coulters,{H855} and for the forks,{H7969} and for the axes,{H7134} and to set{H5324} the goads.{H1861} 22 So it came to pass in the day{H3117} of battle,{H4421} that there was neither sword{H2719} nor spear{H2595} found{H4672} in the hand{H3027} of any of the people{H5971} that were with Saul{H7586} and Jonathan:{H3129} but with Saul{H7586} and with Jonathan{H3129} his son{H1121} was there found.{H4672}