2 Kings 3:24

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When they approached the Israelite camp, the Israelites rose up and struck down the Moabites, who then ran from them. The Israelites thoroughly defeated Moab.

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  • Josh 8:20-22 : 20 When the men of Ai turned around, they saw the smoke from the city ascending into the sky and were so shocked they were unable to flee in any direction. In the meantime the men who were retreating to the wilderness turned against their pursuers. 21 When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the city was going up in smoke, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai. 22 At the same time the men who had taken the city came out to fight, and the men of Ai were trapped in the middle. The Israelites struck them down, leaving no survivors or refugees.
  • Judg 20:40-46 : 40 But when the signal, a pillar of smoke, began to rise up from the city, the Benjaminites turned around and saw the whole city going up in a cloud of smoke that rose high into the sky. 41 When the Israelites turned around, the Benjaminites panicked because they could see that disaster was on their doorstep. 42 They retreated before the Israelites, taking the road to the wilderness. But the battle overtook them as men from the surrounding cities struck them down. 43 They surrounded the Benjaminites, chased them from Nohah, and annihilated them all the way to a spot east of Geba. 44 Eighteen thousand Benjaminites, all of them capable warriors, fell dead. 45 The rest turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites caught five thousand of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels all the way to Gidom and struck down two thousand more. 46 That day twenty-five thousand sword-wielding Benjaminites fell in battle, all of them capable warriors.
  • 1 Thess 5:3-4 : 3 Now when they are saying,“There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape. 4 But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.

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  • 2 Kgs 3:25-26
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    25They tore down the cities and each man threw a stone into every cultivated field until they were covered. They stopped up every spring and chopped down every productive tree. Only Kir Hareseth was left intact, but the slingers surrounded it and attacked it.

    26When the king of Moab realized he was losing the battle, he and 700 swordsmen tried to break through and attack the king of Edom, but they failed.

  • 2 Kgs 3:21-23
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    21Now all Moab had heard that the kings were attacking, so everyone old enough to fight was mustered and placed at the border.

    22When they got up early the next morning, the sun was shining on the water. To the Moabites, who were some distance away, the water looked red like blood.

    23The Moabites said,“It’s blood! The kings must have fought one another! The soldiers have struck one another down! Now, Moab, seize the plunder!”

  • Judg 3:28-30
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    28He said to them,“Follow me, for the LORD is about to defeat your enemies, the Moabites!” They followed him, captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Moab, and did not let anyone cross.

    29That day they killed about ten thousand Moabites– all strong, capable warriors; not one escaped.

    30Israel humiliated Moab that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.

  • 2 Kgs 3:18-19
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    18This is an easy task for the LORD; he will also hand Moab over to you.

    19You will defeat every fortified city and every important city. You must chop down every productive tree, stop up all the springs, and cover all the cultivated land with stones.”

  • Num 22:1-4
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    1Balaam Refuses to Curse Israel The Israelites traveled on and camped in the rift valley plains of Moab on the side of the Jordan River across from Jericho.

    2Balak son of Zippor saw all that the Israelites had done to the Amorites.

    3And the Moabites were greatly afraid of the people, because they were so numerous. The Moabites were sick with fear because of the Israelites.

    4So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian,“Now this mass of people will lick up everything around us, as the bull devours the grass of the field.” Now Balak son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at this time.

  • Num 21:30
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    30We have overpowered them; Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon. We have shattered them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”

  • Num 21:24
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    24But the Israelites defeated him in battle and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strongly defended.

  • Judg 11:18
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    18Then Israel went through the wilderness and bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab. They traveled east of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon River; they did not go through Moabite territory(the Arnon was Moab’s border).

  • Josh 11:8
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    8The LORD handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.

  • Jer 48:24
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    24on Kerioth and Bozrah. It will come on all the towns of Moab, both far and near.

  • Num 25:17
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    17“Bring trouble to the Midianites, and destroy them,

  • 2 Kgs 3:5
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    5When Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

  • Judg 6:3-4
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    3Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them.

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  • 1 Chr 18:2
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    2He defeated the Moabites; the Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute.

  • 2 Chr 20:22-23
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    22When they began to shout and praise, the LORD suddenly attacked the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.

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  • 2 Sam 8:2
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    2He defeated the Moabites. He made them lie on the ground and then used a rope to measure them off. He put two-thirds of them to death and spared the other third. The Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute.

  • Josh 24:8
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    8Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived east of the Jordan. They fought with you, but I handed them over to you; you conquered their land and I destroyed them from before you.

  • Num 21:13
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    13From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends from the regions of the Amorites, for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

  • Jer 48:15
    72%

    15Moab will be destroyed. Its towns will be invaded. Its finest young men will be slaughtered. I, the King, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, affirm it!

  • Judg 11:33
    72%

    33He defeated them from Aroer all the way to Minnith– twenty cities in all, even as far as Abel Keramim! He wiped them out! The Israelites humiliated the Ammonites.

  • Jer 48:20
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    20They will answer,‘Moab is disgraced, for it has fallen! Wail and cry out in mourning! Announce along the Arnon River that Moab has been destroyed.’

  • Deut 29:7
    71%

    7When you came to this place King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out to make war and we defeated them.

  • Judg 20:42
    71%

    42They retreated before the Israelites, taking the road to the wilderness. But the battle overtook them as men from the surrounding cities struck them down.

  • Jer 48:42
    71%

    42Moab will be destroyed and no longer be a nation, because she has vaunted herself against the LORD.