ARMIES in the Bible

-Who of the Israelites were subject to service in ,3; 26:2; -Who were exempt from service in -50; 2:33; -9; -Enumeration of Israel's military forces ,3; 26:2; ; ,2; 24:1-9; ; -Levies for ; -Compulsory service in -See COWARDICE -How officered -Commander-in-chief ; ; 8:16; 17:25; 19:13; 20:23 -Generals of corps and divisions ,31; -22; -19 -Captains of thousands ,48; ; ; -Captains of hundreds ,48; ; ; -Captains of fifties ; -See CAVALRY -See CHARIOTS -Rendezvous of -Methods employed in effecting -Sounding a trumpet ; ; 6:34; ,4 -Cutting oxen in pieces, and sending the pieces throughout Israel -Refusal to obey the summons, instance of -11; with 20 -Tactics -1. Camp and march NUM 2 -2. March in ranks -Margin note) ; -Move, in attack, in three divisions ; 9:43; ; 13:17,18; ; -Flanks called wings -See STRATEGY -Orders delivered with trumpets ; 18:16; 20:1,22; ,20 -Stratagems -Ambushes, at Ai -22 -Ambushes at Shechem ,34 -Ambushes at Gibeah -43 -Ambushes at Zemaraim -By Jehoshaphat -Reconnoissances -Of Jericho -24 -Of Ai ,3 -Of Beth-el ,24 -Of Laish -10 -Night attacks ; -22 -Decoy -22; -43; NEH 6 -Unusual winter campaign ; -Delay -14 -Celerity of action -Abraham, in pursuit of Chedorlaomer ,15 -Joshua, against the Amorites ,9 -The confederated kings -David's attack upon the Philistines -25 -Forced marches ,27 -Sieges -Of Jericho JOS 6 -Of Samaria -33; 7 -Of Jerusalem -3 - Engines used ; -Margin); -Fortifications ; ; ; ; 26:9; ; 4:2; ; 25:12; 29:3; 32:14; ; 32:24; 33:4; 51:53; ; 17:17; 21:22; 26:8; 33:27; ,19; NAM 2:1; 3:14 -Standards ,3,10,17,18,25,31,34; 10:14,18,22,25 -Uniforms of ,12; NAM 2:3 -Standing armies ; 1CH 27; ; 17:12-19; 26:11-15 -Religious ceremonies attending -Seeking counsel from God before battle ; ; ,37-41; 23:2-12; 30:8; ; 5:19,23; -28; -19; ,14; -10 -Sacrifices ,12 -Purifications -24 -Holiness enjoined -Officers consecrate themselves to God -Army choir and songs ,22 -Ark taken to battle ,7,13; -11 -Divine assistance to -When Aaron and Hur held up Moses' hands ,12 -In siege of Jericho JOS 6 -Sun stands still -14 -Gideon's victory JDG 7 -Samaria's deliverances 1KI 20; 2KI 7 -Jehoshaphat's victories 2KI 3; 2CH 20 -Angel of the Lord smites the Assyrians -Determine royal succession -10; ; -12 -Composed of insurgents ,2 -Mercenaries ; ,7; ,6 -Confederated -5; 11:1-5; ; ,15,16,19; ; 22:1-4; ; 18:19-21; ,7; -9; 18:1,3; 20:1; 22:5; 28:16,20; -12; -9; 8:9-12; 54:15 -Exhorted before battle -9 -Battle shouts ; ,52 -Triumphs of, celebrated -With songs JDG 5; ,7 -With music -With dancing ,7 -Rewards for meritorious conduct -The general offers his daughter in marriage ,17 -The king offers his daughter ; 18:17-28 -A promotion -39; ,10-47 -A share the spoils -47 -Children instructed in military arts -Insubordination in, punished, Achan JOS 7 -Check roll-call ; ,49 -Panics -Among the Midianites -Among the Philistines -19 -Among the Syrians -15 -Soldiers destroy each other to escape captivity ; 31:4-6 -Champions fight instead of -53; -17; 21:15-22 -Confidence in, vain ; 44:6 -Escort duty performed by ; ,24,31-33 -Roman army -Captains (R. V. margin, military tribunes) of -29 -Centurions ,8; 27:54; ; 23:47; ,7,22; 21:32; 22:26; 23:17,23; 24:23; 27:1,11,43; 28:16 -Divided into "bands" (R. V. margin, cohorts,) ; 27:1 -For other than armies of the Israelites and Romans -See AMALEKITES -See ASSYRIA -See BABYLON -See EGYPTIANS -See MIDIANITES -See PERSIA -See SYRIA -For commissaries of -See COMMISSARY -For weapons used -See ARMOR -See AMBUSH -See CAVALRY -See FORT -See GARRISON -See HERALD -See HOSTAGE -See NAVY -See RECONNOISSANCE -See SIEGE -See SOLDIERS -See SPIES -See STANDARD -See STRATEGY -See TRUCE -See WAR -FIGURATIVE ; ; ; 68:17;