Lexicon :: Strong's H2428 - ḥayil

Abijah set his army of warriors in order with four hundred thousand fit young men. Jeroboam arranged his mighty army of eight hundred thousand fit young men in battle formation against him.

Asa had an army of three hundred thousand from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and two hundred eighty thousand from Benjamin bearing regular shields and drawing the bow. All these were valiant warriors.

Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies to the cities of Israel. They attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim,[fn] and all the storage cities[fn] of Naphtali.

He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.

Then the priest Jehoiada sent out the commanders of hundreds, those in charge of the army, saying, “Take her out between the ranks, and put anyone who follows her to death by the sword,” for the priest had said, “Don’t put her to death in the LORD’s temple.”

Although the Aramean army came with only a few men, the LORD handed over a vast army to them because the people of Judah had abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors. So they executed judgment on Joash.

Then for 7,500 pounds[fn] of silver he hired one hundred thousand valiant warriors from Israel.

Uzziah had an army equipped for combat that went out to war by division according to their assignments, as recorded by Jeiel the court secretary and Maaseiah the officer under the authority of Hananiah, one of the king’s commanders.

Pekah son of Remaliah killed one hundred twenty thousand in Judah in one day ​— ​all brave men ​— ​because they had abandoned the LORD God of their ancestors.

and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every valiant warrior, leader, and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria returned in disgrace to his land. He went to the temple of his god, and there some of his own children struck him down with the sword.

After this, he built the outer wall of the city of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate; he brought it around Ophel, and he heightened it considerably. He also placed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.

I did this because I was ashamed to ask the king for infantry and cavalry to protect us from enemies during the journey, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek him, but his fierce anger is against all who abandon him.”

I went to the governors of the region west of the Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent officers of the infantry and cavalry with me.

The total number of Perez’s descendants, who settled in Jerusalem, was 468 capable men.

He held a feast in the third year of his reign for all his officials and staff, the army of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the officials from the provinces.

The king’s edict gave the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate every ethnic and provincial army hostile to them, including women and children, and to take their possessions as spoils of war.

The hungry consume his harvest,

even taking it out of the thorns.[fn]

The thirsty[fn] pant for his children’s wealth.

He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure.

His possessions[fn] will not increase in the land.

He swallows wealth but must vomit it up;

God will force it from his stomach.

Why do the wicked continue to live,

growing old and becoming powerful?

if I have rejoiced because my wealth is great

or because my own hand has acquired so much,

God ​— ​he clothes me with strength

and makes my way perfect.

A king is not saved by a large army;

a warrior will not be rescued by great strength.

They trust in their wealth

and boast of their abundant riches.

Do not kill them; otherwise, my people will forget.

By your power, make them homeless wanderers

and bring them down,

Lord, our shield.

With God we will perform valiantly;

he will trample our foes.

Place no trust in oppression

or false hope in robbery.

If wealth increases,

don’t set your heart on it.

Look at them ​— ​the wicked!

They are always at ease,

and they increase their wealth.

The brave-hearted have been plundered;

they have slipped into their final sleep.

None of the warriors was able to lift a hand.

They go from strength to strength;

each appears before God in Zion.

With God we will perform valiantly;

he will trample our foes.

Your people will volunteer

on your day of battle.[fn]

In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn,

the dew of your youth belongs to you.[fn]

There are shouts of joy and victory

in the tents of the righteous:

“The LORD’s right hand performs valiantly!

but hurled Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea.

His faithful love endures forever.

A wife of noble character[fn] is her husband’s crown,

but a wife who causes shame

is like rottenness in his bones.