Psalms 78:9

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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."

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  • Ps 78:57
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    57 They turned back and were disloyal like their ancestors; they became twisted like a deceitful bow.

  • Ps 78:8
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    8 They would not be like their ancestors—a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal, whose spirits were not faithful to God.

  • Ps 78:10
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    10 They did not keep God's covenant and refused to live by His teachings.

  • Ps 21:12
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    12 Though they plot evil against You and devise wicked schemes, they will not succeed.

  • Zech 9:13
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    13 For I have bent Judah as my bow, and I have filled it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and make you like a warrior’s sword.

  • Hos 7:16
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    16 They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword because of their insolent words. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

  • Num 1:32-33
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    32 The descendants of Joseph, specifically the tribe of Ephraim, were recorded by their generations, by their families, and by their ancestral houses, all the males twenty years old or older, individually counted, all able to serve in the army.

    33 The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500.

  • Judg 20:42
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    42 They fled before the Israelites toward the wilderness, but they were overtaken, and those who came out of the cities destroyed them.

  • 2 Chr 28:12
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    12 Then some of the leaders of Ephraim—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Hezekiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—stood up against those returning from the battle.

  • Neh 9:16-17
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    16 But they, our ancestors, acted arrogantly. They stiffened their necks and did not obey Your commandments.

    17 They refused to listen and did not remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abundant in faithful love, and You did not abandon them.

  • Judg 8:1
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    1 The men of Ephraim said to Gideon, 'What is this thing you have done to us by not calling us when you went to fight against Midian?' And they argued with him forcefully.

  • Isa 21:15
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    15 For they fled from swords, from drawn swords, from bent bows, and from the severity of battle.

  • Hos 10:9
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    9 From the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, Israel, and there they have remained. Will not war overtake them in Gibeah because of their wickedness?

  • 1 Chr 12:30
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    30 From the sons of Benjamin, Saul's relatives, there were 3,000 men, most of whom had remained loyal to Saul's house until that time.

  • Judg 12:4-5
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    4 Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead defeated Ephraim because they had said, "You Gileadites are deserters from Ephraim and Manasseh."

    5 The Gileadites seized the fords of the Jordan opposite Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim tried to cross over, they would say, "Let me cross over." The men of Gilead would respond, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No,"

  • Hos 5:9
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    9 Ephraim will become a desolation on the day of punishment. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known what is certain.

  • Hos 7:10
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    10 Israel’s arrogance testifies against him, yet they do not return to the LORD their God or seek him in all this.

  • 2 Sam 18:6
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    6 The army went out to the field to confront Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.

  • Hos 12:14
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    14 But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet, he was preserved.

  • 1 Sam 2:4
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    4 'The bows of the mighty are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength.'

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    9 The Ammonites also crossed over the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was greatly distressed.

  • Hos 9:17
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    17 My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; they will become wanderers among the nations.

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    17 When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the country of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, 'If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.'

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    6 Return to the One you have so deeply rebelled against, O sons of Israel.

  • Job 34:27
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    27 Because they turned away from following Him and did not regard any of His ways,

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    13 Ephraim, as I have seen, was like Tyre, planted in a pleasant meadow. But Ephraim will lead their children out to be slaughtered.

  • 2 Chr 25:10
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    10 So Amaziah dismissed the troops who had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. They were furious with Judah and left in a rage.

  • Num 10:22
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    22 The banner of the camp of Ephraim set out, according to their divisions, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.

  • Hos 9:9
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    9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity; He will punish their sins.

  • 1 Sam 14:22
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    22 When all the Israelites who had hidden in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they also joined the battle in hot pursuit.

  • 2 Chr 13:14
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    14 When Judah turned, they saw that the battle was in front of them and behind them. They cried out to the LORD, and the priests blew the trumpets.

  • Jer 46:5
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    5 Why do I see them terrified, retreating? Their warriors are beaten down; they flee in haste without looking back—terror is all around! declares the Lord.

  • Hos 11:7
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    7 My people are determined to turn from Me. Even though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them together.

  • Ps 78:66
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    66 He struck His enemies backward and covered them with everlasting disgrace.

  • Isa 9:13
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    13 So the LORD will cut off from Israel both head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.

  • 1 Chr 12:2
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    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.

  • Judg 8:34
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    34 The Israelites did not remember the Lord their God, who had rescued them from the hand of all their enemies on every side.

  • Acts 7:39
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    39 But our ancestors were unwilling to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

  • Zech 10:7
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    7 Ephraim will be like mighty warriors, and their hearts will rejoice as if from wine. Their children will see it and be happy; their hearts will exult in the LORD.