Verse 8

They chose{H977}{(H8799)} new{H2319} gods{H430}; then was war{H3901} in the gates{H8179}: was there a shield{H4043} or spear{H7420} seen{H7200}{(H8735)} among forty{H705} thousand{H505} in Israel{H3478}?

Referenced Verses

• Deut 32:16-17 : 16 They provoked him to jealousy{H7065}{(H8686)} with strange{H2114}{(H8801)} gods, with abominations{H8441} provoked they him to anger{H3707}{(H8686)}. 17 They sacrificed{H2076}{(H8799)} unto devils{H7700}, not to God{H433}; to gods{H430} whom they knew{H3045}{(H8804)} not, to new{H2319} gods that came{H935} newly{H7138} up{H935}{(H8804)}, whom your fathers{H1} feared{H8175}{(H8804)} not.
• Judg 2:12 : 12 And they forsook{H5800}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of their fathers{H1}, which brought them out{H3318}{(H8688)} of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, and followed{H3212}{(H8799)}{H310} other{H312} gods{H430}, of the gods{H430} of the people{H5971} that were round about{H5439} them, and bowed{H7812}{(H8691)} themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD{H3068} to anger{H3707}{(H8686)}.
• Judg 2:17 : 17 And yet they would not hearken{H8085}{(H8804)} unto their judges{H8199}{(H8802)}, but they went a whoring{H2181}{(H8804)} after{H310} other{H312} gods{H430}, and bowed{H7812}{(H8691)} themselves unto them: they turned{H5493}{(H8804)} quickly{H4118} out of the way{H1870} which their fathers{H1} walked in{H1980}{(H8804)}, obeying{H8085}{(H8800)} the commandments{H4687} of the LORD{H3068}; but they did{H6213}{(H8804)} not so.
• Judg 4:3 : 3 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} cried{H6817}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068}: for he had nine{H8672} hundred{H3967} chariots{H7393} of iron{H1270}; and twenty{H6242} years{H8141} he mightily{H2394} oppressed{H3905}{(H8804)} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.
• 1 Sam 13:19-22 : 19 Now there was no smith{H2796} found{H4672}{(H8735)} throughout all the land{H776} of Israel{H3478}: for the Philistines{H6430} said{H559}{(H8804)}, Lest the Hebrews{H5680} make{H6213}{(H8799)} them swords{H2719} or spears{H2595}: 20 But all the Israelites{H3478} went down{H3381}{(H8799)} to the Philistines{H6430}, to sharpen{H3913}{(H8800)} every man{H376} his share{H4282}, and his coulter{H855}, and his axe{H7134}, and his mattock{H4281}. 21 Yet they had a file{H6477}{H6310} for the mattocks{H4281}, and for the coulters{H855}, and for the forks{H7969}{H7053}, and for the axes{H7134}, and to sharpen{H5324}{(H8687)} the goads{H1861}. 22 So it came to pass in the day{H3117} of battle{H4421}, that there was neither sword{H2719} nor spear{H2595} found{H4672}{(H8738)} in the hand{H3027} of any of the people{H5971} that were with Saul{H7586} and Jonathan{H3129}: but with Saul{H7586} and with Jonathan{H3129} his son{H1121} was there found{H4672}{(H8735)}.