When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel. Cross References Deuteronomy 32:17 They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear. Judges 5:7 Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel. Judges 5:11 the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates: 1 Samuel 13:19 And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, "The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears." 1 Samuel 13:22 So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons. Treasury of Scripture They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? new gods Judges 2:12,17 Deuteronomy 32:16,17 was there Judges 4:3 1 Samuel 13:19-22 |
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