Verse 9

The sons of Ephraim, armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle.

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  • Deut 1:41-44 : 41 Then you answered me and said, 'We have sinned against the LORD. We will go up and fight, just as the LORD our God commanded us.' So each of you strapped on his weapons of war and thought it would be easy to go up into the hill country. 42 But the LORD said to me, 'Tell them, "Do not go up or fight, because I am not with you; you will be defeated by your enemies."' 43 So I spoke to you, but you did not listen. You rebelled against the command of the LORD and presumptuously went up into the hill country. 44 Then the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do; they struck you down from Seir all the way to Hormah.
  • Josh 17:16-18 : 16 The descendants of Joseph replied, 'The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both those in Beth-shean and its surrounding villages and those in the Valley of Jezreel.' 17 Then Joshua said to the house of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh: 'You are a numerous people and strong. You shall not have just one allotment of land,' 18 but the hill country shall be yours. Though it is a forest, you can clear it, and its farthest limits shall be yours. You will drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and are strong.
  • Judg 9:28 : 28 Then Gaal, the son of Ebed, said, "Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Isn’t he the son of Jerubbaal, and isn’t Zebul his officer? Serve the descendants of Hamor, the father of Shechem! Why should we serve him?
  • Judg 9:38-40 : 38 Then Zebul said to him, "Where now is your boasting, you who said, 'Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?' Aren’t these the people you despised? Go out now and fight them!" 39 So Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought against Abimelech. 40 But Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. Many fell wounded, all the way to the entrance of the gate.
  • Judg 20:39 : 39 When the Israelites turned in the battle, the Benjaminites had begun killing about thirty Israelites and thought, 'We are defeating them as in the first battle.'
  • 1 Sam 4:10 : 10 The Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated. Each man fled to his tent, and the slaughter was very great—thirty thousand Israelite foot soldiers fell.
  • 1 Sam 31:1 : 1 The Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them. Many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
  • 1 Chr 12:2 : 2 They were armed with bows and could shoot arrows or sling stones with their right or left hand; they were from Saul’s tribe, the Benjaminites.
  • Ps 78:57 : 57 They turned back and were disloyal like their ancestors; they became twisted like a deceitful bow.
  • Luke 22:33 : 33 But Peter replied, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death."