1 Kings 20:29

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The armies were deployed opposite each other for seven days. On the seventh day the battle began, and the Israelites killed 100,000 Syrian foot soldiers in one day.

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 6:15 : 15 On the seventh day they were up at the crack of dawn and marched around the city as before– only this time they marched around it seven times.
  • 1 Sam 17:16 : 16 Meanwhile for forty days the Philistine approached every morning and evening and took his position.
  • 2 Sam 10:18 : 18 The Arameans fled before Israel. David killed 700 Aramean charioteers and 40,000 foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach, the general in command of the army, who died there.
  • 2 Chr 13:17 : 17 Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them; 500,000 well-trained Israelite men fell dead.
  • 2 Chr 20:23-25 : 23 The Ammonites and Moabites attacked the men from Mount Seir and annihilated them. When they had finished off the men of Seir, they attacked and destroyed one another. 24 When the men of Judah arrived at the observation post overlooking the wilderness and looked at the huge army, they saw dead bodies on the ground; there were no survivors! 25 Jehoshaphat and his men went to gather the plunder; they found a huge amount of supplies, clothing, and valuable items. They carried away everything they could. There was so much plunder, it took them three days to haul it off.
  • 2 Chr 28:6 : 6 In one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 warriors in Judah, because they had abandoned the LORD God of their ancestors.
  • Ps 10:16 : 16 The LORD rules forever! The nations are driven out of his land.
  • Isa 37:36 : 36 The LORD’s angel went out and killed 185,000 troops in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 20:25-28
    4 verses
    81%

    25Muster an army like the one you lost, with the same number of horses and chariots. Then we will fight them in the plains; we will certainly overpower them.” He approved their plan and did as they advised.

    26In the spring Ben Hadad mustered the Syrian army and marched to Aphek to fight Israel.

    27When the Israelites had mustered and had received their supplies, they marched out to face them in battle. When the Israelites deployed opposite them, they were like two small flocks of goats, but the Syrians filled the land.

    28The prophet visited the king of Israel and said,“This is what the LORD has said:‘Because the Syrians said,“The LORD is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,” I will deliver this entire huge army into to your control. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 20:30
    80%

    30The remaining 27,000 ran to Aphek and went into the city, but the wall fell on them. Now Ben Hadad ran into the city and hid in an inner room.

  • 1 Kgs 20:19-21
    3 verses
    79%

    19They marched out of the city with the servants of the district governors in the lead and the army behind them.

    20Each one struck down an enemy soldier; the Syrians fled and Israel chased them. King Ben Hadad of Syria escaped on horseback with some horsemen.

    21Then the king of Israel marched out and struck down the horses and chariots; he thoroughly defeated Syria.

  • 1 Chr 19:16-18
    3 verses
    78%

    16When the Arameans realized they had been defeated by Israel, they sent for reinforcements from beyond the Euphrates River, led by Shophach the commanding general of Hadadezer’s army.

    17When David was informed, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, and marched against them. David deployed his army against the Arameans for battle and they fought against him.

    18The Arameans fled before Israel. David killed 7,000 Aramean charioteers and 40,000 infantrymen; he also killed Shophach the commanding general.

  • 2 Sam 10:17-19
    3 verses
    78%

    17When David was informed, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, and came to Helam. The Arameans deployed their forces against David and fought with him.

    18The Arameans fled before Israel. David killed 700 Aramean charioteers and 40,000 foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach, the general in command of the army, who died there.

    19When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subjects of Israel. The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.

  • 2 Sam 18:7
    76%

    7The army of Israel was defeated there by David’s men. The slaughter there was great that day– 20,000 soldiers were killed.

  • 1 Kgs 20:1
    76%

    1Ben Hadad Invades Israel Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria and besieged and attacked it.

  • 2 Kgs 7:5-7
    3 verses
    75%

    5So they started toward the Syrian camp at dusk. When they reached the edge of the Syrian camp, there was no one there.

    6The Lord had caused the Syrian camp to hear the sound of chariots and horses and a large army. Then they said to one another,“Look, the king of Israel has paid the kings of the Hittites and Egypt to attack us!”

    7So they got up and fled at dusk, leaving behind their tents, horses, and donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for their lives.

  • 2 Sam 8:5
    75%

    5The Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, but David killed 22,000 of the Arameans.

  • Judg 20:17
    73%

    17The men of Israel(not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior.

  • 1 Kgs 22:35-36
    2 verses
    73%

    35While the battle raged throughout the day, the king stood propped up in his chariot opposite the Syrians. He died in the evening; the blood from the wound ran down into the bottom of the chariot.

    36As the sun was setting, a cry went through the camp,“Each one should return to his city and to his homeland.”

  • 1 Chr 18:5
    73%

    5The Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, but David killed 22,000 of the Arameans.

  • 2 Sam 10:15
    73%

    15When the Arameans realized that they had been defeated by Israel, they consolidated their forces.

  • 2 Chr 18:34
    73%

    34While the battle raged throughout the day, the king of Israel stood propped up in his chariot opposite the Syrians. He died in the evening as the sun was setting.

  • 2 Chr 28:6
    73%

    6In one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 warriors in Judah, because they had abandoned the LORD God of their ancestors.

  • Judg 20:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21The Benjaminites attacked from Gibeah and struck down twenty-two thousand Israelites that day.

    22The Israelite army took heart and once more arranged their battle lines, in the same place where they had taken their positions the day before.

  • 2 Kgs 6:8
    73%

    8Elisha Defeats an Army Now the king of Syria was at war with Israel. He consulted his advisers, who said,“Invade at such and such a place.”

  • 1 Chr 19:10
    72%

    10When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel’s best men and deployed them against the Arameans.

  • Judg 20:35
    72%

    35The LORD annihilated Benjamin before Israel; the Israelites struck down that day 25,100 sword-wielding Benjaminites.

  • 1 Chr 19:14
    72%

    14So Joab and his men marched toward the Arameans to do battle, and they fled before him.

  • 2 Chr 24:24
    72%

    24Even though the invading Syrian army was relatively weak, the LORD handed over to them Judah’s very large army, for the people of Judah had abandoned the LORD God of their ancestors. The Syrians gave Joash what he deserved.

  • Judg 20:25
    72%

    25The Benjaminites again attacked them from Gibeah and struck down eighteen thousand sword-wielding Israelite soldiers.

  • 2 Kgs 7:12
    72%

    12The king got up in the night and said to his advisers,“I will tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They know we are starving, so they left the camp and hid in the field, thinking,‘When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and enter the city.’”

  • Isa 37:36
    72%

    36The LORD’s angel went out and killed 185,000 troops in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses!

  • 2 Kgs 19:35
    72%

    35That very night the LORD’s angel went out and killed 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses.

  • 2 Sam 10:9
    71%

    9When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel’s best men and deployed them against the Arameans.

  • 1 Kgs 20:23
    71%

    23Now the advisers of the king of Syria said to him:“Their God is a god of the mountains. That’s why they overpowered us. But if we fight them in the plains, we will certainly overpower them.

  • Judg 20:39
    71%

    39the Israelites counterattacked. Benjamin had begun to strike down the Israelites; they struck down about thirty men. They said,“There’s no doubt about it! They are totally defeated as in the earlier battle.”

  • 2 Chr 13:17
    71%

    17Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them; 500,000 well-trained Israelite men fell dead.

  • Judg 20:2
    71%

    2The leaders of all the people from all the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, which numbered four hundred thousand sword-wielding foot soldiers.

  • 2 Chr 18:30
    71%

    30Now the king of Syria had ordered his chariot commanders,“Do not fight common soldiers or high ranking officers; fight only the king of Israel!”

  • 1 Sam 4:10
    71%

    10So the Philistines fought. Israel was defeated; they all ran home. The slaughter was very great; thirty thousand foot soldiers from Israel fell in battle.

  • 2 Sam 10:13
    71%

    13So Joab and his men marched out to do battle with the Arameans, and they fled before him.

  • 1 Kgs 20:15
    71%

    15So Ahab assembled the 232 servants of the district governors. After that he assembled all the Israelite army, numbering 7,000.

  • 1 Chr 5:22
    70%

    22Because God fought for them, they killed many of the enemy. They dispossessed the Hagrites and lived in their land until the exile.

  • 1 Chr 12:37
    70%

    37From the other side of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 men armed with all kinds of weapons.

  • Judg 7:22
    70%

    22When the three hundred men blew their trumpets, the LORD caused the Midianites to attack one another with their swords throughout the camp. The army fled to Beth Shittah on the way to Zererah. They went to the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.