Meaning of “War”
War — The Israelites had to take possession of the Promised Land by conquest. They had to engage in a long and bloody war before the Canaanitish tribes were finally subdued. Except in the case of Jericho and Ai, the war did not become aggressive till after the death of Joshua. Till then the attack was always first made by the Canaanites. Now the measure of the iniquity of the Canaanites was full, and Israel was employed by God to sweep them away from off the face of the earth. In entering on this new stage of the war, the tribe of Judah, according to divine direction, took the lead. In the days of Saul and David the people of Israel engaged in many wars with the nations around, and after the division of the kingdom into two they often warred with each other. They had to defend themselves also against the inroads of the Egyptians, the Assyrians, and the Babylonians. The whole history of Israel from first to last presents but few periods of peace. The Christian life is represented as a warfare, and the Christian graces are also represented under the figure of pieces of armour (Eph. 6:11-17; 1 Thess. 5:8; 2 Tim. 2:3, 4). The final blessedness of believers is attained as the fruit of victory (Rev. 3:21). Bulwarks — mural towers, bastions, were introduced by king Uzziah (2 Chr. 26:15; Zeph. 1:16; Ps. 48:13; Isa. 26:1). There are five Hebrew words so rendered in the Authorized Version, but the same word is also variously rendered. Dwarf — a lean or emaciated person (Lev. 21:20). Northward — (Heb. tsaphon), a "hidden" or "dark place," as opposed to the sunny south (Deut. 3:27). A Hebrew in speaking of the points of the compass was considered as always having his face to the east, and hence "the left hand" (Gen. 14:15; Job 23:9) denotes the north. The "kingdoms of the north" are Chaldea, Assyria, Media, etc. Rereward — (Josh. 6:9), the troops in the rear of an army on the march, the rear-guard. This word is a corruption of the French arriere-garde. During the wilderness march the tribe of Dan formed the rear-guard (Num. 10:25; comp. 1 Sam. 29:2; Isa. 52:12; 58:8). Ward — a prison (Gen. 40:3, 4); a watch-station (Isa. 21:8); a guard (Neh. 13:30). Wars of the Lord, The Book of the — (Num. 21:14, 15), some unknown book so called (comp. Gen. 14:14-16; Ex. 17:8-16; Num. 14:40-45; 21:1-3, 21-25, 33-35; 31. The wars here recorded might be thus designated). Westward — sea-ward, i.e., toward the Mediterranean (Deut. 3:27).
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Genesis Chapter 2 Verse 8 — And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Genesis Chapter 2 Verse 14 — And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. Genesis Chapter 7 Verse 20 — Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 23 — And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. Genesis Chapter 10 Verse 18 — And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. Genesis Chapter 12 Verse 9 — And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. Genesis Chapter 13 Verse 12 — Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. Genesis Chapter 13 Verse 14 — And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: Genesis Chapter 14 Verse 2 — That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. Genesis Chapter 15 Verse 1 — After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. Genesis Chapter 15 Verse 2 — And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? Genesis Chapter 15 Verse 5 — And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. Genesis Chapter 15 Verse 14 — And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. Genesis Chapter 18 Verse 2 — And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, Genesis Chapter 18 Verse 16 — And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. Genesis Chapter 18 Verse 22 — And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 1 — And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 28 — And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. Genesis Chapter 20 Verse 1 — And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. Genesis Chapter 21 Verse 31 — Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 6 — And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 7 — The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 9 — And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter. Genesis Chapter 25 Verse 6 — But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. Genesis Chapter 25 Verse 18 — And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren. Genesis Chapter 25 Verse 33 — And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. Genesis Chapter 26 Verse 3 — Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; Genesis Chapter 26 Verse 13 — And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: Genesis Chapter 26 Verse 31 — And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. Genesis Chapter 28 Verse 10 — And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. Genesis Chapter 30 Verse 21 — And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. Genesis Chapter 30 Verse 40 — And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ring-streaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle. Genesis Chapter 31 Verse 2 — And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. Genesis Chapter 31 Verse 5 — And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me. Genesis Chapter 31 Verse 20 — And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. Genesis Chapter 31 Verse 21 — So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead. Genesis Chapter 31 Verse 26 — And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? Genesis Chapter 31 Verse 53 — The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac. Genesis Chapter 32 Verse 20 — And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me. Genesis Chapter 38 Verse 30 — And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah. Genesis Chapter 40 Verse 3 — And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. Genesis Chapter 40 Verse 4 — And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward. Genesis Chapter 40 Verse 7 — And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? Genesis Chapter 41 Verse 10 — Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker: Genesis Chapter 42 Verse 17 — And he put them all together into ward three days. Genesis Chapter 43 Verse 19 — And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house, Genesis Chapter 44 Verse 1 — And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. Genesis Chapter 44 Verse 4 — And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good? Genesis Chapter 47 Verse 31 — And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head. Genesis Chapter 48 Verse 13 — And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.
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