Parallel Verses
- New English Translation - “Please ask the Lord to come and help us, because King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon is attacking us. Maybe the Lord will perform one of his miracles as in times past and make him stop attacking us and leave.”
- 新标点和合本 - “请你为我们求问耶和华；因为巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒来攻击我们，或者耶和华照他一切奇妙的作为待我们，使巴比伦王离开我们上去。”
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - “请你为我们求问耶和华，因为巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒前来攻击我们；或者耶和华照他一切奇妙的作为待我们，使巴比伦王离开我们而去。”
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - “请你为我们求问耶和华，因为巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒前来攻击我们；或者耶和华照他一切奇妙的作为待我们，使巴比伦王离开我们而去。”
- 当代译本 - “请你为我们求问耶和华，因为巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒来攻打我们，或许耶和华会像以往一样为我们行神迹，使敌人撤军。”
- 圣经新译本 - “请你替我们求问耶和华，因为巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒来攻击我们；也许耶和华会为我们行奇事，使尼布甲尼撒离开我们回去。”
- 现代标点和合本 - “请你为我们求问耶和华，因为巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒来攻击我们，或者耶和华照他一切奇妙的作为待我们，使巴比伦王离开我们上去。”
- 和合本（拼音版） - “请你为我们求问耶和华，因为巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒来攻击我们，或者耶和华照他一切奇妙的作为待我们，使巴比伦王离开我们上去。”
- New International Version - “Inquire now of the Lord for us because Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is attacking us. Perhaps the Lord will perform wonders for us as in times past so that he will withdraw from us.”
- New International Reader's Version - “Ask the Lord to help us. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is attacking us. In the past the Lord did wonderful things for us. Maybe he’ll do them again. Then Nebuchadnezzar will pull his armies back from us.”
- English Standard Version - “Inquire of the Lord for us, for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps the Lord will deal with us according to all his wonderful deeds and will make him withdraw from us.”
- New Living Translation - “Please speak to the Lord for us and ask him to help us. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon is attacking Judah. Perhaps the Lord will be gracious and do a mighty miracle as he has done in the past. Perhaps he will force Nebuchadnezzar to withdraw his armies.”
- Christian Standard Bible - “Inquire of the Lord on our behalf, since King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps the Lord will perform for us something like all his past wondrous works so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.”
- New American Standard Bible - “Please inquire of the Lord in our behalf, because Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is making war against us; perhaps the Lord will deal with us in accordance with all His wonderful acts, so that the enemy will withdraw from us.”
- New King James Version - “Please inquire of the Lord for us, for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us. Perhaps the Lord will deal with us according to all His wonderful works, that the king may go away from us.”
- Amplified Bible - “Please inquire of the Lord for us, because Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps the Lord will deal [favorably] with us according to all His wonderful works and force him to withdraw from us.”
- American Standard Version - Inquire, I pray thee, of Jehovah for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us: peradventure Jehovah will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
- King James Version - Enquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the Lord will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
- World English Bible - “Please inquire of Yahweh for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us. Perhaps Yahweh will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may withdraw from us.”
- 新標點和合本 - 「請你為我們求問耶和華；因為巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒來攻擊我們，或者耶和華照他一切奇妙的作為待我們，使巴比倫王離開我們上去。」
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 「請你為我們求問耶和華，因為巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒前來攻擊我們；或者耶和華照他一切奇妙的作為待我們，使巴比倫王離開我們而去。」
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 「請你為我們求問耶和華，因為巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒前來攻擊我們；或者耶和華照他一切奇妙的作為待我們，使巴比倫王離開我們而去。」
- 當代譯本 - 「請你為我們求問耶和華，因為巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒來攻打我們，或許耶和華會像以往一樣為我們行神蹟，使敵人撤軍。」
- 聖經新譯本 - “請你替我們求問耶和華，因為巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒來攻擊我們；也許耶和華會為我們行奇事，使尼布甲尼撒離開我們回去。”
- 呂振中譯本 - 『請為我們求問永恆主，因為 巴比倫 王 尼布甲尼撒 來攻擊我們；或者永恆主照他一切奇妙的作為來待我們，使 巴比倫 王撤圍離開我們而上去、也不一定。』那時有話語出於永恆主，而傳與 耶利米 。
- 現代標點和合本 - 「請你為我們求問耶和華，因為巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒來攻擊我們，或者耶和華照他一切奇妙的作為待我們，使巴比倫王離開我們上去。」
- 文理和合譯本 - 巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒將與我戰、求爾為我詢於耶和華、或耶和華依其奇行待我、使彼離我而去、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒攻我、爾為我禱耶和華、庶幾耶和華仍顯異跡、俾不攻予、時耶利米奉耶和華命、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - «Consulta ahora al Señor por nosotros, porque Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, nos está atacando. Tal vez el Señor haga uno de sus milagros, y lo obligue a retirarse».
- 현대인의 성경 - “바빌로니아의 느부갓네살왕이 우리를 공격해 오는데 당신은 우리를 위해서 여호와께 물어 보시오. 어쩌면 여호와께서 옛날처럼 우리를 도와 기적을 베푸셔서 느부갓네살왕이 물러가도록 하실지도 모릅니다.”
- Новый Русский Перевод - «Попроси о нас Господа, потому что на нас напал Навуходоносор, царь Вавилона . Может, Господь сотворит для нас чудо, как в былые времена, и Навуходоносор отойдет от нас».
- Восточный перевод - «Попроси о нас Вечного, потому что на нас напал Навуходоносор , царь Вавилона. Может, Вечный сотворит для нас чудо, как в былые времена, и Навуходоносор отойдёт от нас».
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - «Попроси о нас Вечного, потому что на нас напал Навуходоносор , царь Вавилона. Может, Вечный сотворит для нас чудо, как в былые времена, и Навуходоносор отойдёт от нас».
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - «Попроси о нас Вечного, потому что на нас напал Навуходоносор , царь Вавилона. Может, Вечный сотворит для нас чудо, как в былые времена, и Навуходоносор отойдёт от нас».
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Veuille consulter l’Eternel pour nous, car Nabuchodonosor , roi de Babylone, nous attaque . Peut-être l’Eternel fera-t-il encore pour nous un de ses grands prodiges , pour le faire partir.
- Nova Versão Internacional - “Consulte agora o Senhor por nós porque Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia, está nos atacando. Talvez o Senhor faça por nós uma de suas maravilhas e, assim, ele se retire de nós”.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Xin ông cầu hỏi Chúa Hằng Hữu giúp chúng tôi và cầu xin Chúa cứu giúp chúng tôi. Vua Nê-bu-cát-nết-sa, nước Ba-by-lôn, đang tấn công vào Giu-đa. Biết đâu, Chúa Hằng Hữu sẽ khoan dung và ban những phép lạ quyền năng như Ngài từng làm trong quá khứ. Có thể Ngài sẽ khiến Nê-bu-cát-nết-sa rút quân về.”
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “ช่วยทูลถามองค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าให้เราด้วย เพราะกษัตริย์เนบูคัดเนสซาร์ แห่งบาบิโลนยกทัพมาโจมตีเรา บางทีองค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าอาจจะทำการอัศจรรย์เพื่อพวกเราเหมือนในอดีต เนบูคัดเนสซาร์จะได้ถอนทัพกลับไป”
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - “ช่วยพูดกับพระผู้เป็นเจ้าให้พวกเราด้วยเถิด เนื่องจากเนบูคัดเนสซาร์กษัตริย์แห่งบาบิโลนกำลังโจมตีพวกเรา พระผู้เป็นเจ้าอาจจะแสดงสิ่งมหัศจรรย์เพื่อพวกเรา และจะทำให้เขาถอยทัพกลับไป”
Cross Reference
- 2 Kings 3:11 - Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the Lord here that we might seek the Lord’s direction?” One of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shapat is here; he used to be Elijah’s servant.”
- 2 Kings 3:12 - Jehoshaphat said, “The Lord speaks through him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to visit him.
- 2 Kings 3:13 - Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Why are you here? Go to your father’s prophets or your mother’s prophets!” The king of Israel replied to him, “No, for the Lord is the one who summoned these three kings so that he can hand them over to Moab.”
- 2 Kings 3:14 - Elisha said, “As certainly as the Lord who rules over all lives (whom I serve), if I did not respect King Jehoshaphat of Judah, I would not pay attention to you or acknowledge you.
- Jeremiah 32:17 - ‘Oh, Lord God, you did indeed make heaven and earth by your mighty power and great strength. Nothing is too hard for you!
- Jeremiah 38:14 - Some time later Zedekiah sent and had Jeremiah brought to him at the third entrance of the Lord’s temple. The king said to Jeremiah, “I would like to ask you a question. Do not hide anything from me when you answer.”
- Jeremiah 38:15 - Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “If I answer you, you will certainly kill me. If I give you advice, you will not listen to me.”
- Jeremiah 38:16 - So King Zedekiah made a secret promise to Jeremiah and sealed it with an oath. He promised, “As surely as the Lord lives who has given us life and breath, I promise you this: I will not kill you or hand you over to those men who want to kill you.”
- Jeremiah 38:17 - Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “The Lord, the God who rules over all, the God of Israel, says, ‘You must surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon. If you do, your life will be spared and this city will not be burned down. Indeed, you and your whole family will be spared.
- Jeremiah 38:18 - But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be handed over to the Babylonians and they will burn it down. You yourself will not escape from them.’”
- Jeremiah 38:19 - Then King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Judeans who have deserted to the Babylonians. The Babylonians might hand me over to them and they will torture me.”
- Jeremiah 38:20 - Then Jeremiah answered, “You will not be handed over to them. Please obey the Lord by doing what I have been telling you. Then all will go well with you and your life will be spared.
- Jeremiah 38:21 - But if you refuse to surrender, the Lord has shown me a vision of what will happen. Here is what I saw:
- Jeremiah 38:22 - All the women who are left in the royal palace of Judah will be led out to the officers of the king of Babylon. They will taunt you saying, ‘Your trusted friends misled you; they have gotten the best of you. Now that your feet are stuck in the mud, they have turned their backs on you.’
- Jeremiah 38:23 - “All your wives and your children will be turned over to the Babylonians. You yourself will not escape from them but will be captured by the king of Babylon. This city will be burned down.”
- Jeremiah 38:24 - Then Zedekiah told Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about the conversation we have had. If you do, you will die.
- Jeremiah 38:25 - The officials may hear that I have talked with you. They may come to you and say, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what the king said to you. Do not hide anything from us. If you do, we will kill you.’
- Jeremiah 38:26 - If they do this, tell them, ‘I was pleading with the king not to send me back to die in the dungeon of Jonathan’s house.’”
- Jeremiah 38:27 - All the officials did indeed come and question Jeremiah. He told them exactly what the king had instructed him to say. They stopped questioning him any further because no one had actually heard their conversation.
- Isaiah 59:1 - Look, the Lord’s hand is not too weak to deliver you; his ear is not too deaf to hear you.
- Isaiah 59:2 - But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God; your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers.
- Exodus 14:1 - The Lord spoke to Moses:
- Exodus 14:2 - “Tell the Israelites that they must turn and camp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you are to camp by the sea before Baal Zephon opposite it.
- Exodus 14:3 - Pharaoh will think regarding the Israelites, ‘They are wandering around confused in the land – the desert has closed in on them.’
- Exodus 14:4 - I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will chase after them. I will gain honor because of Pharaoh and because of all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” So this is what they did.
- Exodus 14:5 - When it was reported to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people, and the king and his servants said, “What in the world have we done? For we have released the people of Israel from serving us!”
- Exodus 14:6 - Then he prepared his chariots and took his army with him.
- Exodus 14:7 - He took six hundred select chariots, and all the rest of the chariots of Egypt, and officers on all of them.
- Exodus 14:8 - But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he chased after the Israelites. Now the Israelites were going out defiantly.
- Exodus 14:9 - The Egyptians chased after them, and all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh and his horsemen and his army overtook them camping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-Zephon.
- Exodus 14:10 - When Pharaoh got closer, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified. The Israelites cried out to the Lord,
- Exodus 14:11 - and they said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the desert? What in the world have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?
- Exodus 14:12 - Isn’t this what we told you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we can serve the Egyptians, because it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!’”
- Exodus 14:13 - Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! Stand firm and see the salvation of the Lord that he will provide for you today; for the Egyptians that you see today you will never, ever see again.
- Exodus 14:14 - The Lord will fight for you, and you can be still.”
- Exodus 14:15 - The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on.
- 2 Chronicles 14:9 - Zerah the Cushite marched against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots. He arrived at Mareshah,
- 2 Chronicles 14:10 - and Asa went out to oppose him. They deployed for battle in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.
- 2 Chronicles 14:11 - Asa prayed to the Lord his God: “O Lord, there is no one but you who can help the weak when they are vastly outnumbered. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you and have marched on your behalf against this huge army. O Lord our God, don’t let men prevail against you!”
- 2 Chronicles 14:12 - The Lord struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah. The Cushites fled,
- 2 Chronicles 14:13 - and Asa and his army chased them as far as Gerar. The Cushites were wiped out; they were shattered before the Lord and his army. The men of Judah carried off a huge amount of plunder.
- Psalms 136:1 - Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his loyal love endures.
- Psalms 136:2 - Give thanks to the God of gods, for his loyal love endures.
- Psalms 136:3 - Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his loyal love endures,
- Psalms 136:4 - to the one who performs magnificent, amazing deeds all by himself, for his loyal love endures,
- Psalms 136:5 - to the one who used wisdom to make the heavens, for his loyal love endures,
- Psalms 136:6 - to the one who spread out the earth over the water, for his loyal love endures,
- Psalms 136:7 - to the one who made the great lights, for his loyal love endures,
- Psalms 136:8 - the sun to rule by day, for his loyal love endures,
- Psalms 136:9 - the moon and stars to rule by night, for his loyal love endures,
- Psalms 136:10 - to the one who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for his loyal love endures,
- Psalms 136:11 - and led Israel out from their midst, for his loyal love endures,
- Psalms 136:12 - with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his loyal love endures,
- Psalms 136:13 - to the one who divided the Red Sea in two, for his loyal love endures,
- Psalms 136:14 - and led Israel through its midst, for his loyal love endures,
- Psalms 136:15 - and tossed Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea, for his loyal love endures,
- Psalms 136:16 - to the one who led his people through the wilderness, for his loyal love endures,
- Psalms 136:17 - to the one who struck down great kings, for his loyal love endures,
- Psalms 136:18 - and killed powerful kings, for his loyal love endures,
- Psalms 136:19 - Sihon, king of the Amorites, for his loyal love endures,
- Psalms 136:20 - Og, king of Bashan, for his loyal love endures,
- Psalms 136:21 - and gave their land as an inheritance, for his loyal love endures,
- Psalms 136:22 - as an inheritance to Israel his servant, for his loyal love endures,
- Psalms 136:23 - to the one who remembered us when we were down, for his loyal love endures,
- Psalms 136:24 - and snatched us away from our enemies, for his loyal love endures,
- Psalms 136:25 - to the one who gives food to all living things, for his loyal love endures.
- Psalms 136:26 - Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his loyal love endures!
- 1 Samuel 17:45 - But David replied to the Philistine, “You are coming against me with sword and spear and javelin. But I am coming against you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel’s armies, whom you have defied!
- 1 Samuel 17:46 - This very day the Lord will deliver you into my hand! I will strike you down and cut off your head. This day I will give the corpses of the Philistine army to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land. Then all the land will realize that Israel has a God
- 1 Samuel 17:47 - and all this assembly will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves! For the battle is the Lord’s, and he will deliver you into our hand.”
- 1 Samuel 17:48 - The Philistine drew steadily closer to David to attack him, while David quickly ran toward the battle line to attack the Philistine.
- 1 Samuel 17:49 - David reached his hand into the bag and took out a stone. He slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank deeply into his forehead, and he fell down with his face to the ground.
- 1 Samuel 17:50 - David prevailed over the Philistine with just the sling and the stone. He struck down the Philistine and killed him. David did not even have a sword in his hand.
- 1 Samuel 10:22 - So they inquired again of the Lord, “Has the man arrived here yet?” The Lord said, “He has hidden himself among the equipment.”
- Judges 4:1 - The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight after Ehud’s death.
- Judges 4:2 - The Lord turned them over to King Jabin of Canaan, who ruled in Hazor. The general of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim.
- Judges 4:3 - The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, because Sisera had nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels, and he cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
- Judges 4:4 - Now Deborah, a prophetess, wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time.
- Judges 4:5 - She would sit under the Date Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites would come up to her to have their disputes settled.
- Psalms 46:8 - Come! Witness the exploits of the Lord, who brings devastation to the earth!
- Psalms 46:9 - He brings an end to wars throughout the earth; he shatters the bow and breaks the spear; he burns the shields with fire.
- Psalms 46:10 - He says, “Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!”
- Psalms 46:11 - The Lord who commands armies is on our side! The God of Jacob is our protector! (Selah)
- 1 Samuel 14:6 - Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come on, let’s go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will intervene for us. Nothing can prevent the Lord from delivering, whether by many or by a few.”
- 1 Samuel 14:7 - His armor bearer said to him, “Do everything that is on your mind. Do as you’re inclined. I’m with you all the way!”
- 1 Samuel 14:8 - Jonathan replied, “All right! We’ll go over to these men and fight them.
- 1 Samuel 14:9 - If they say to us, ‘Stay put until we approach you,’ we will stay right there and not go up to them.
- 1 Samuel 14:10 - But if they say, ‘Come up against us,’ we will go up. For in that case the Lord has given them into our hand – it will be a sign to us.”
- 1 Samuel 14:11 - When they made themselves known to the Philistine garrison, the Philistines said, “Look! The Hebrews are coming out of the holes in which they hid themselves.”
- 1 Samuel 14:12 - Then the men of the garrison said to Jonathan and his armor bearer, “Come on up to us so we can teach you a thing or two!” Then Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come up behind me, for the Lord has given them into the hand of Israel!”
- 1 Samuel 14:13 - Jonathan crawled up on his hands and feet, with his armor bearer following behind him. Jonathan struck down the Philistines, while his armor bearer came along behind him and killed them.
- 1 Samuel 14:14 - In this initial skirmish Jonathan and his armor bearer struck down about twenty men in an area that measured half an acre.
- Ezekiel 14:3 - “Son of man, these men have erected their idols in their hearts and placed the obstacle leading to their iniquity right before their faces. Should I really allow them to seek me?
- Ezekiel 14:4 - Therefore speak to them and say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: When any one from the house of Israel erects his idols in his heart and sets the obstacle leading to his iniquity before his face, and then consults a prophet, I the Lord am determined to answer him personally according to the enormity of his idolatry.
- Ezekiel 14:5 - I will do this in order to capture the hearts of the house of Israel, who have alienated themselves from me on account of all their idols.’
- Ezekiel 14:6 - “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Return! Turn from your idols, and turn your faces away from your abominations.
- Ezekiel 14:7 - For when anyone from the house of Israel, or the foreigner who lives in Israel, separates himself from me and erects his idols in his heart and sets the obstacle leading to his iniquity before his face, and then consults a prophet to seek something from me, I the Lord am determined to answer him personally.
- Jeremiah 52:3 - What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord’s anger when he drove them out of his sight. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 52:4 - King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and set up camp outside it. They built siege ramps all around it. He arrived on the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year that Zedekiah ruled over Judah.
- Jeremiah 52:5 - The city remained under siege until Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
- Jeremiah 52:6 - By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.
- 2 Chronicles 32:21 - The Lord sent a messenger and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib returned home humiliated. When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.
- 2 Kings 22:13 - “Go, seek an oracle from the Lord for me and the people – for all Judah. Find out about the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord’s fury has been ignited against us, because our ancestors have not obeyed the words of this scroll by doing all that it instructs us to do.”
- 2 Kings 22:14 - So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Acbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shullam son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the supervisor of the wardrobe. (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh district.) They stated their business,
- Joshua 10:1 - Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua captured Ai and annihilated it and its king as he did Jericho and its king. He also heard how the people of Gibeon made peace with Israel and lived among them.
- Joshua 10:2 - All Jerusalem was terrified because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai and all its men were warriors.
- Joshua 10:3 - So King Adoni-Zedek of Jerusalem sent this message to King Hoham of Hebron, King Piram of Jarmuth, King Japhia of Lachish, and King Debir of Eglon:
- Joshua 10:4 - “Come to my aid so we can attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”
- Joshua 10:5 - So the five Amorite kings (the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon) and all their troops gathered together and advanced. They deployed their troops and fought against Gibeon.
- Joshua 10:6 - The men of Gibeon sent this message to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, “Do not abandon your subjects! Rescue us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings living in the hill country are attacking us.”
- Joshua 10:7 - So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal.
- Joshua 10:8 - The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. Not one of them can resist you.”
- Joshua 10:9 - Joshua attacked them by surprise after marching all night from Gilgal.
- Joshua 10:10 - The Lord routed them before Israel. Israel thoroughly defeated them at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.
- Joshua 10:11 - As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from Beth Horon, the Lord threw down on them large hailstones from the sky, all the way to Azekah. They died – in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.
- 2 Kings 1:3 - But the Lord’s angelic messenger told Elijah the Tishbite, “Get up, go to meet the messengers from the king of Samaria. Say this to them: ‘You must think there is no God in Israel! That explains why you are on your way to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub the god of Ekron.
- 1 Samuel 7:10 - As Samuel was offering burnt offerings, the Philistines approached to do battle with Israel. But on that day the Lord thundered loudly against the Philistines. He caused them to panic, and they were defeated by Israel.
- 1 Samuel 7:11 - Then the men of Israel left Mizpah and chased the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth Car.
- 1 Samuel 7:12 - Samuel took a stone and placed it between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Up to here the Lord has helped us.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:1 - Later the Moabites and Ammonites, along with some of the Meunites, attacked Jehoshaphat.
- 2 Chronicles 20:2 - Messengers arrived and reported to Jehoshaphat, “A huge army is attacking you from the other side of the Dead Sea, from the direction of Edom. Look, they are in Hazezon Tamar (that is, En Gedi).”
- 2 Chronicles 20:3 - Jehoshaphat was afraid, so he decided to seek the Lord’s advice. He decreed that all Judah should observe a fast.
- 2 Chronicles 20:4 - The people of Judah assembled to ask for the Lord’s help; they came from all the cities of Judah to ask for the Lord’s help.
- 2 Chronicles 20:5 - Jehoshaphat stood before the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem at the Lord’s temple, in front of the new courtyard.
- 2 Chronicles 20:6 - He prayed: “O Lord God of our ancestors, you are the God who lives in heaven and rules over all the kingdoms of the nations. You possess strength and power; no one can stand against you.
- 2 Chronicles 20:7 - Our God, you drove out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and gave it as a permanent possession to the descendants of your friend Abraham.
- 2 Chronicles 20:8 - They settled down in it and built in it a temple to honor you, saying,
- 2 Chronicles 20:9 - ‘If disaster comes on us in the form of military attack, judgment, plague, or famine, we will stand in front of this temple before you, for you are present in this temple. We will cry out to you for help in our distress, so that you will hear and deliver us.’
- 2 Chronicles 20:10 - Now the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir are coming! When Israel came from the land of Egypt, you did not allow them to invade these lands. They bypassed them and did not destroy them.
- 2 Chronicles 20:11 - Look how they are repaying us! They come to drive us out of our allotted land which you assigned to us!
- 2 Chronicles 20:12 - Our God, will you not judge them? For we are powerless against this huge army that attacks us! We don’t know what we should do; we look to you for help.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:13 - All the men of Judah were standing before the Lord, along with their infants, wives, and children.
- 2 Chronicles 20:14 - Then in the midst of the assembly, the Lord’s Spirit came upon Jachaziel son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite and descendant of Asaph.
- 2 Chronicles 20:15 - He said: “Pay attention, all you people of Judah, residents of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Don’t be afraid and don’t panic because of this huge army! For the battle is not yours, but God’s.
- 2 Chronicles 20:16 - Tomorrow march down against them as they come up the Ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the ravine in front of the Desert of Jeruel.
- 2 Chronicles 20:17 - You will not fight in this battle. Take your positions, stand, and watch the Lord deliver you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! Tomorrow march out toward them; the Lord is with you!’”
- 2 Chronicles 20:18 - Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face toward the ground, and all the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord and worshiped him.
- 2 Chronicles 20:19 - Then some Levites, from the Kohathites and Korahites, got up and loudly praised the Lord God of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 20:20 - Early the next morning they marched out to the Desert of Tekoa. When they were ready to march, Jehoshaphat stood up and said: “Listen to me, you people of Judah and residents of Jerusalem! Trust in the Lord your God and you will be safe! Trust in the message of his prophets and you will win.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:21 - He met with the people and appointed musicians to play before the Lord and praise his majestic splendor. As they marched ahead of the warriors they said: “Give thanks to the Lord, for his loyal love endures.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:22 - When 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.
- 2 Chronicles 20:23 - 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.
- 2 Chronicles 20:24 - When the men of Judah arrived at the observation post overlooking the desert and looked at the huge army, they saw dead bodies on the ground; there were no survivors!
- 2 Chronicles 20:25 - 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 Chronicles 20:26 - On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, where they praised the Lord. So that place is called the Valley of Berachah to this very day.
- 2 Chronicles 20:27 - Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned joyfully to Jerusalem with Jehoshaphat leading them; the Lord had given them reason to rejoice over their enemies.
- 2 Chronicles 20:28 - They entered Jerusalem to the sound of stringed instruments and trumpets and proceeded to the temple of the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 20:29 - All the kingdoms of the surrounding lands were afraid of God when they heard how the Lord had fought against Israel’s enemies.
- 2 Chronicles 20:30 - Jehoshaphat’s kingdom enjoyed peace; his God made him secure on every side.
- Psalms 48:4 - For look, the kings assemble; they advance together.
- Psalms 48:5 - As soon as they see, they are shocked; they are terrified, they quickly retreat.
- Psalms 48:6 - Look at them shake uncontrollably, like a woman writhing in childbirth.
- Psalms 48:7 - With an east wind you shatter the large ships.
- Psalms 48:8 - We heard about God’s mighty deeds, now we have seen them, in the city of the Lord, the invincible Warrior, in the city of our God. God makes it permanently secure. (Selah)
- Jeremiah 39:1 - King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and laid siege to it. The siege began in the tenth month of the ninth year that Zedekiah ruled over Judah.
- Jeremiah 39:2 - It lasted until the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year. On that day they broke through the city walls.
- 1 Kings 22:3 - The king of Israel said to his servants, “Surely you recognize that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, though we are hesitant to reclaim it from the king of Syria.”
- 1 Kings 22:4 - Then he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to attack Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “I will support you; my army and horses are at your disposal.”
- 1 Kings 22:5 - Then Jehoshaphat added, “First seek an oracle from the Lord.”
- 1 Kings 22:6 - So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them, “Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” They said, “Attack! The sovereign one will hand it over to the king.”
- 1 Kings 22:7 - But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord still here, that we may ask him?”
- 1 Kings 22:8 - The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. But I despise him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.”
- Jeremiah 32:24 - Even now siege ramps have been built up around the city in order to capture it. War, starvation, and disease are sure to make the city fall into the hands of the Babylonians who are attacking it. Lord, you threatened that this would happen. Now you can see that it is already taking place.
- Psalms 105:5 - Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed,
- Psalms 105:6 - O children of Abraham, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!
- Psalms 105:7 - He is the Lord our God; he carries out judgment throughout the earth.
- Psalms 105:8 - He always remembers his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations –
- Psalms 105:9 - the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac!
- Psalms 105:10 - He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise,
- Psalms 105:11 - saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
- Psalms 105:12 - When they were few in number, just a very few, and resident aliens within it,
- Psalms 105:13 - they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another.
- Psalms 105:14 - He let no one oppress them; he disciplined kings for their sake,
- Psalms 105:15 - saying, “Don’t touch my chosen ones! Don’t harm my prophets!”
- Psalms 105:16 - He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply.
- Psalms 105:17 - He sent a man ahead of them – Joseph was sold as a servant.
- Psalms 105:18 - The shackles hurt his feet; his neck was placed in an iron collar,
- Psalms 105:19 - until the time when his prediction came true. The Lord’s word proved him right.
- Psalms 105:20 - The king authorized his release; the ruler of nations set him free.
- Psalms 105:21 - He put him in charge of his palace, and made him manager of all his property,
- Psalms 105:22 - giving him authority to imprison his officials and to teach his advisers.
- Psalms 105:23 - Israel moved to Egypt; Jacob lived for a time in the land of Ham.
- Psalms 105:24 - The Lord made his people very fruitful, and made them more numerous than their enemies.
- Psalms 105:25 - He caused them to hate his people, and to mistreat his servants.
- Psalms 105:26 - He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
- Psalms 105:27 - They executed his miraculous signs among them, and his amazing deeds in the land of Ham.
- Psalms 105:28 - He made it dark; they did not disobey his orders.
- Psalms 105:29 - He turned their water into blood, and killed their fish.
- Psalms 105:30 - Their land was overrun by frogs, which even got into the rooms of their kings.
- Psalms 105:31 - He ordered flies to come; gnats invaded their whole territory.
- Psalms 105:32 - He sent hail along with the rain; there was lightning in their land.
- Psalms 105:33 - He destroyed their vines and fig trees, and broke the trees throughout their territory.
- Psalms 105:34 - He ordered locusts to come, innumerable grasshoppers.
- Psalms 105:35 - They ate all the vegetation in their land, and devoured the crops of their fields.
- Psalms 105:36 - He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of their reproductive power.
- Psalms 105:37 - He brought his people out enriched with silver and gold; none of his tribes stumbled.
- Psalms 105:38 - Egypt was happy when they left, for they were afraid of them.
- Psalms 105:39 - He spread out a cloud for a cover, and provided a fire to light up the night.
- Psalms 105:40 - They asked for food, and he sent quails; he satisfied them with food from the sky.
- Psalms 105:41 - He opened up a rock and water flowed out; a river ran through dry regions.
- Psalms 105:42 - Yes, he remembered the sacred promise he made to Abraham his servant.
- Psalms 105:43 - When he led his people out, they rejoiced; his chosen ones shouted with joy.
- Psalms 105:44 - He handed the territory of nations over to them, and they took possession of what other peoples had produced,
- Psalms 105:45 - so that they might keep his commands and obey his laws. Praise the Lord!
- 2 Kings 25:1 - So King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and set up camp outside it. They built siege ramps all around it. He arrived on the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign.
- 2 Kings 25:2 - The city remained under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
- Judges 20:27 - The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;
- Psalms 44:1 - O God, we have clearly heard; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in ancient times.
- Psalms 44:2 - You, by your power, defeated nations and settled our fathers on their land; you crushed the people living there and enabled our ancestors to occupy it.
- Psalms 44:3 - For they did not conquer the land by their swords, and they did not prevail by their strength, but rather by your power, strength and good favor, for you were partial to them.
- Psalms 44:4 - You are my king, O God! Decree Jacob’s deliverance!
- Jeremiah 42:4 - The prophet Jeremiah answered them, “Agreed! I will indeed pray to the Lord your God as you have asked. I will tell you everything the Lord replies in response to you. I will not keep anything back from you.”
- Jeremiah 42:5 - They answered Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not do just as the Lord sends you to tell us to do.
- Jeremiah 42:6 - We will obey what the Lord our God to whom we are sending you tells us to do. It does not matter whether we like what he tells us or not. We will obey what he tells us to do so that things will go well for us.”
- 1 Samuel 28:6 - So Saul inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him – not by dreams nor by Urim nor by the prophets.
- 1 Kings 14:2 - Jeroboam told his wife, “Disguise yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam’s wife. Then go to Shiloh; Ahijah the prophet, who told me I would rule over this nation, lives there.
- 1 Kings 14:3 - Take ten loaves of bread, some small cakes, and a container of honey and visit him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.”
- 1 Samuel 28:15 - Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul replied, “I am terribly troubled! The Philistines are fighting against me and God has turned away from me. He does not answer me – not by the prophets nor by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what I should do.”
- Ezekiel 20:1 - In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, some of the elders of Israel came to seek the Lord, and they sat down in front of me.
- Ezekiel 20:2 - The word of the Lord came to me:
- Ezekiel 20:3 - “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Are you coming to seek me? As surely as I live, I will not allow you to seek me, declares the sovereign Lord.’
- Jeremiah 37:7 - “The Lord God of Israel says, ‘Give a message to the king of Judah who sent you to ask me to help him. Tell him, “The army of Pharaoh that was on its way to help you will go back home to Egypt.
- Jeremiah 37:3 - King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to the prophet Jeremiah. He told them to say, “Please pray to the Lord our God on our behalf.”