Psalms 78:9

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The Ephraimites were armed with bows, but they retreated in the day of battle.

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  • Deut 1:41-44 : 41 Unsuccessful Conquest of Canaan Then you responded to me and admitted,“We have sinned against the LORD. We will now go up and fight as the LORD our God has told us to do.” So you each put on your battle gear and prepared to go up to the hill country. 42 But the LORD told me:“Tell them this:‘Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you and you will be defeated by your enemies.’” 43 I spoke to you, but you did not listen. Instead you rebelled against the LORD and recklessly went up to the hill country. 44 The Amorite inhabitants of that area confronted you and chased you like a swarm of bees, striking you down from Seir as far as Hormah.
  • Josh 17:16-18 : 16 The descendants of Joseph said,“The whole hill country is inadequate for us, and the Canaanites living down in the valley in Beth Shean and its surrounding towns and in the Valley of Jezreel have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.” 17 Joshua said to the family of Joseph– to both Ephraim and Manasseh:“You have many people and great military strength. You will not have just one tribal allotment. 18 The whole hill country will be yours; though it is a forest, you can clear it and it will be entirely yours. You can conquer the Canaanites, though they have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels and are strong.”
  • Judg 9:28 : 28 Gaal son of Ebed said,“Who is Abimelech and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerub-Baal, and is not Zebul the deputy he appointed? Serve the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem! But why should we serve Abimelech?
  • Judg 9:38-40 : 38 Zebul said to him,“Where now are your bragging words,‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the men you insulted? Go out now and fight them!” 39 So Gaal led the leaders of Shechem out and fought Abimelech. 40 Abimelech chased him, and Gaal ran from him. Many Shechemites fell wounded at the entrance of the gate.
  • Judg 20:39 : 39 the 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.”
  • 1 Sam 4:10 : 10 So the Philistines fought. Israel was defeated; they all ran home. The slaughter was very great; thirty thousand foot soldiers from Israel fell in battle.
  • 1 Sam 31:1 : 1 The Death of Saul Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. The men of Israel fled from the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa.
  • 1 Chr 12:2 : 2 They were armed with bows and could shoot arrows or sling stones right or left-handed. They were fellow tribesmen of Saul from Benjamin.) These were:
  • Ps 78:57 : 57 They were unfaithful and acted as treacherously as their ancestors; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow.
  • Luke 22:33 : 33 But Peter said to him,“Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!”

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    57They were unfaithful and acted as treacherously as their ancestors; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow.

  • Ps 78:8
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    8Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.

  • Ps 78:10
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    10They did not keep their covenant with God, and they refused to obey his law.

  • Ps 21:12
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    12For you make them retreat when you aim your arrows at them.

  • Zech 9:13
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    13I will bend Judah as my bow; I will load the bow with Ephraim, my arrow! I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and I will make you, Zion, like a warrior’s sword.

  • Hos 7:16
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    16They turn to Baal; they are like an unreliable bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because their prayers to Baal have made me angry. So people will disdain them in the land of Egypt.

  • Num 1:32-33
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    32From the sons of Joseph: From the descendants of Ephraim: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

    33Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500.

  • Judg 20:42
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    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.

  • 2 Chr 28:12
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    12So some of the Ephraimite family leaders, Azariah son of Jehochanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jechizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai confronted those returning from the battle.

  • Neh 9:16-17
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    16“But they– our ancestors– behaved presumptuously; they rebelled and did not obey your commandments.

    17They refused to obey and did not recall your miracles that you had performed among them. Instead, they rebelled and appointed a leader to return to their bondage in Egypt. But you are a God of forgiveness, merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and unfailing in your loyal love. You did not abandon them,

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    1The Ephraimites said to him,“Why have you done such a thing to us? You did not summon us when you went to fight the Midianites!” They argued vehemently with him.

  • Isa 21:15
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    15For they flee from the swords– from the drawn sword and from the battle-ready bow and from the severity of the battle.

  • Hos 10:9
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    9Failure to Learn from the Sin and Judgment of Gibeah O Israel, you have sinned since the time of Gibeah, and there you have remained. Did not war overtake the evildoers in Gibeah?

  • 1 Chr 12:30
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    30From Ephraim there were 20,800 warriors, who had brought fame to their families.

  • Judg 12:4-5
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    4Jephthah assembled all the men of Gilead and they fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because the Ephraimites insulted them, saying,“You Gileadites are refugees in Ephraim, living within Ephraim’s and Manasseh’s territory.”

    5The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Ephraim. Whenever an Ephraimite fugitive said,“Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead asked him,“Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said,“No,”

  • Hos 5:9
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    9Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place!

  • Hos 7:10
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    10The arrogance of Israel testifies against him, yet they refuse to return to the LORD their God! In spite of all this they refuse to seek him!

  • 2 Sam 18:6
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    6Then the army marched out to the field to fight against Israel. The battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.

  • Hos 12:14
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    14But Ephraim bitterly provoked him to anger; so he will hold him accountable for the blood he has shed, his Lord will repay him for the contempt he has shown.

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    4The bows of warriors are shattered, but those who stumbled have taken on strength.

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    9The Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight with Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. Israel suffered greatly.

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    17My God will reject them, for they have not obeyed him; so they will be fugitives among the nations.

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    6You Israelites! Return to the one against whom you have so blatantly rebelled!

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    27because they have turned away from following him, and have not understood any of his ways,

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    21Manasseh fought against Ephraim, and Ephraim against Manasseh; together they fought against Judah. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

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    13Ephraim, as I have seen, has given their children for prey; Ephraim will bear his sons for slaughter.

  • 2 Chr 25:10
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    10So Amaziah dismissed the troops that had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. They were very angry at Judah and returned home incensed.

  • Num 10:22
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    22And the standard of the camp of the Ephraimites set out according to their companies; over his company was Elishama son of Ammihud.

  • Hos 9:9
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    9The Best of Times, the Worst of Times They have sunk deep into corruption as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their wrongdoing. He will repay them for their sins.

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    22When all the Israelites who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, they too pursued them in battle.

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    14The men of Judah turned around and realized they were being attacked from the front and the rear. So they cried out for help to the LORD. The priests blew their trumpets,

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    5“What do I see! The soldiers are frightened. They are retreating. They are being scattered. They have fled for refuge without looking back. Terror is all around them,” says the LORD.

  • Hos 11:7
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    7My people are obsessed with turning away from me; they call to Baal, but he will never exalt them!

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    66He drove his enemies back; he made them a permanent target for insults.

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    13The people did not return to the one who struck them, they did not seek reconciliation with the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

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    2They were armed with bows and could shoot arrows or sling stones right or left-handed. They were fellow tribesmen of Saul from Benjamin.) These were:

  • Judg 8:34
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    34The Israelites did not remain true to the LORD their God, who had delivered them from all the enemies who lived around them.

  • Acts 7:39
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    39Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him aside and turned back to Egypt in their hearts,

  • Zech 10:7
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    7The Ephraimites will be like warriors and will rejoice as if they had drunk wine. Their children will see it and rejoice; they will celebrate in the things of the LORD.