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Lexicon :: Strong's H3898 - lāḥam

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לָחַם
Transliteration
lāḥam
Pronunciation
law-kham'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1104,1105

Strong’s Definitions

לָחַם lâcham, law-kham'; a primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction):—devour, eat, × ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 177x

The KJV translates Strong's H3898 in the following manner: fight (149x), to war (10x), make war (8x), eat (5x), overcome (2x), devoured (1x), ever (1x), prevail (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 177x
The KJV translates Strong's H3898 in the following manner: fight (149x), to war (10x), make war (8x), eat (5x), overcome (2x), devoured (1x), ever (1x), prevail (1x).

  1. to fight, do battle, make war

    1. (Qal) to fight, do battle

    2. (Niphal) to engage in battle, wage war

  2. (Qal) to eat, use as food

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָחַם lâcham, law-kham'; a primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction):—devour, eat, × ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
STRONGS H3898: Abbreviations
I. [לָחַם]171 verb fight, do battle (Late Hebrew Hithp.; ואלתחם MI11.15.19 perhaps = order the battle, compare NöZMG xl. 1886, 721; Arabic bdb053506 fit close together, so Late Hebrew לחם Pi., Syriac bdb053507 Pa. unite, bdb053508 fit also threaten; GerberVerb. Denom. 59 thinks verb in Hebrew denominative from מִלְחָמָה battle-line, but dubious); —
† Qal (poetry) only Imperative masculine singular and Participle active — fight, do battle with, rare, only Psalms, apparently later usage: — לְחַם אֶתלֹֿחֲמָ֑י Psalm 35:1 do battle with those battling with me (dubious whether את is accusative sign compare preposition with, compare Ol; || רִיבָה אֶתיְֿרִיבַי); לֹחֲמִים לִי Psalm 56:3 doing battle against me; לֹחֵם Psalm 56:2 as substantive fighter. †
Niph. 167 Perfect נִלְחַם Judges 9:17 +, וְנִלְחַמְתָּ֫ Judges 11:8; 1 Samuel 15:18, וְנִלְחַמְנוּ Deuteronomy 1:41 consecutive, etc.; Imperfect יִלָּהֵם Exodus 14:14; Deuteronomy 1:30; יִלָּ֫חֶם לָ֑נוּ Nehemiah 4:14, וַיִּלָּ֫חֶם Exodus 17:8 + 19 times; 3rd person feminine singular תִּלָּחֵם Zechariah 14:14; 3rd person masculine plural תִּיִּלָּֽחֲמוּ Judges 1:5 + 13 times; suffix וַיִּלָּֽחֲמוּנִי Psalm 109:3; 2nd person masculine plural תִּלָּֽחֲמוּ 1 Kings 22:31 + 4 times; תִּלָּֽחֲמוּן 1 Kings 12:24; etc.; Imperative הִלָּחֵם Exodus 17:9; 1 Samuel 18:17; הִלָּ֫חֶם בּוֺ Judges 9:38; plural הִלָּֽחֲמוּ 2 Kings 10:3; Nehemiah 4:8; Infinitive absolute נִלְחֹם Judges 11:25; construct הִלָּחֵם Judges 1:9 + 35 times; הִלָּ֫חֶם בּוֺ etc., Numbers 22:11 + 6 times; suffix הִלָּחֲמוֺ 2 Kings 8:29 + 3 times; Participle נִלְחָם Exodus 14:24 + 10 times; plural נִלְחָמִים Joshua 10:25 + 10 times (but 1 Samuel 31:1 read rather נִלְחֲמוּ, so || 1 Chronicles 10:1 We Klo Bu, compare Dr); — engage in battle (reciprocal), sometimes wage war (Joshua 10:5; Judges 11:5; 1 Kings 14:19; 1 Kings 22:46; 2 Kings 6:8; 2 Kings 14:28 etc.), often with בְּ of enemy (60 times) Exodus 1:10; Exodus 17:9, 10; Numbers 21:23, 26; Numbers 22:11 (all E), Judges 11:8, 25; 1 Samuel 15:18; 2 Samuel 8:10 + (49 times); less often with בְּ of city attacked or besieged † Judges 9:45; 1 Samuel 23:1; 2 Samuel 12:26, 27, 29; Isaiah 20:1; Joshua 10:31 (D), 1 Kings 20:1; Nehemiah 4:2; of tower Judges 1:52 [Judges 9:52]; followed by בְּאַרְצִי Judges 11:12†; also with עִם of enemy (26 times): Judges 5:20; Judges 11:4, 5, 20; Joshua 11:5 (JE), 1 Samuel 13:5; 1 Samuel 17:19, also 1 Samuel 17:32, 33 (of single combat), Deuteronomy 20:4; Joshua 9:2 (both D), 2 Kings 13:12; 2 Kings 14:15; 2 Chronicles 11:1; 17:10; 27:5; Daniel 10:20; Daniel 11:11 +; with עִם of city † Joshua 10:29 (D), Joshua 19:47 (JE) †; with אֶתֿ = with, of enemy, † Joshua 24:8 (E), 1 Samuel 17:9 (single combat), Jeremiah 21:5; 1 Kings 20:23; 2 Kings 19:9 = Isaiah 37:9; Jeremiah 37:10; also Judges 12:4; 2 Samuel 11:17; 2 Samuel 21:15; 1 Kings 22:31; 2 Kings 8:2; 2 Kings 9:15; Jeremiah 21:4; Jeremiah 32:5; Jeremiah 33:5; 2 Chronicles 18:30; 22:6, and with אוֺתָם (= אִתָּם) Joshua 10:25 (D), 1 Kings 20:25 (KöLgb. ii, 296)†; with עִל, against, of enemy only Jeremiah 21:2; elsewhere (16 times) of city: † Joshua 10:5 (JE), Isaiah 7:1; 2 Kings 12:18; 2 Kings 19:8 = Isaiah 37:8; especially D and Je: Deuteronomy 20:10, 19; Joshua 10:34, 36, 38 (all D), Jeremiah 32:24, 29; Jeremiah 34:1, 7, 8, 22†; with אֶלֿ of enemy † Jeremiah 1:19; Jeremiah 15:20†; with suffix וַיִּלָּֽחֲמוּנִי † Psalm 109:3 and they have fought against me†; with יָ֑חַד i.e. fight together = with (against) one another † 1 Samuel 17:10; absolute with accusative of congnate meaning with verb מִלְחָמוֺת fight battles † 1 Samuel 8:20; 1 Samuel 18:17; 1 Samuel 25:28; 2 Chronicles 32:8†; absolute elsewhere Judges 5:19 (twice in verse); Judges 5:20; Deuteronomy 1:41; Zechariah 10:5 + 26 times + וַיָּסֻרוּ עָלָיו לְהִלָּחֵ֑ם 1 Kings 22:32; † with עַל for, in behalf of, Judges 9:17; 2 Kings 10:3; Nehemiah 4:8; with לְ = id., Exodus 14:14 (J), Exodus 14:25 (J; + בְּ of enemy), Deuteronomy 1:30; Deuteronomy 3:22; Deuteronomy 20:4 (+ עִם of enemy, see above), Joshua 10:14, 42; Joshua 23:3, 10 (all D), Nehemiah 4:14 † יָכֹל לְהִלּ׳ be able to fight, with את of enemy 1 Samuel 17:9, with בְּ of enemy Numbers 22:11, = be successful in fighting, prevail against; so with עַל of city Isaiah 7:1, and absolute 2 Kings 16:5 (after וַיָּצֻרוּ עָל besiege).

† II. [לָחַם] verb use as food, eat, poetic (so Thes Buhl, compare Frä30 GuidiDella Sede 33; this would explain different between לֶחֶם and bdb053603; yet verb rare and chiefly late); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural לָֽחֲמוּ Proverbs 4:17; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תִּלְחַם Proverbs 23:6, 1st person singular אֶלְחַם Psalm 141:4; Imperative masculine plural לַחֲמוּ Proverbs 9:5; Infinitive construct לְחוֺם Proverbs 23:1; Passive participle plural construct לְחֻמֵי Deuteronomy 32:24; eat (mostly Proverbs), absolute Proverbs 23:1; followed by accusative of congnate meaning with verb לֶחֶם Proverbs 4:17; Proverbs 23:6; followed by בְּלַחְמִי Proverbs 9:5; followed by בְּמַנְעַמֵּיהֶם Psalm 141:4 eat of their dainties; לְחֻמֵי רֶשֶׁף Deuteronomy 32:24 (poem) eaten up with the Fire-bolt, figurative of pestilence (Dr).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

1:10; 14:14; 14:14; 14:24; 14:25; 17:8; 17:9; 17:9; 17:10

Numbers

21:23; 21:26; 22:11; 22:11; 22:11

Deuteronomy

1:30; 1:30; 1:41; 1:41; 3:22; 20:4; 20:4; 20:10; 20:19; 32:24; 32:24

Joshua

9:2; 10:5; 10:5; 10:14; 10:25; 10:25; 10:29; 10:31; 10:34; 10:36; 10:38; 10:42; 11:5; 19:47; 23:3; 23:10; 24:8

Judges

1:5; 1:9; 5:19; 5:20; 5:20; 9:17; 9:17; 9:38; 9:45; 9:52; 11:4; 11:5; 11:5; 11:8; 11:8; 11:12; 11:20; 11:25; 11:25; 12:4

1 Samuel

8:20; 13:5; 15:18; 15:18; 17:9; 17:9; 17:10; 17:19; 17:32; 17:33; 18:17; 18:17; 23:1; 25:28; 31:1

2 Samuel

8:10; 11:17; 12:26; 12:27; 12:29; 21:15

1 Kings

12:24; 14:19; 20:1; 20:23; 20:25; 22:31; 22:31; 22:32; 22:46

2 Kings

6:8; 8:2; 8:29; 9:15; 10:3; 10:3; 12:18; 13:12; 14:15; 14:28; 16:5; 19:8; 19:9

1 Chronicles

10:1

2 Chronicles

11:1; 17:10; 18:30; 22:6; 27:5; 32:8

Nehemiah

4:2; 4:8; 4:8; 4:14; 4:14

Psalms

35:1; 56:2; 56:3; 109:3; 109:3; 141:4; 141:4

Proverbs

4:17; 4:17; 9:5; 9:5; 23:1; 23:1; 23:6; 23:6

Isaiah

7:1; 7:1; 20:1; 37:8; 37:9

Jeremiah

1:19; 15:20; 21:2; 21:4; 21:5; 32:5; 32:24; 32:29; 33:5; 34:1; 34:7; 34:8; 34:22; 37:10

Daniel

10:20; 11:11

Zechariah

10:5; 14:14

H3898

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Strong's Number H3898 matches the Hebrew לָחַם (lāḥam),
which occurs 177 times in 171 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Exo 1:10–Jdg 10:18)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:10 - Let us take care for fear that their numbers may become even greater, and if there is a war, they may be joined with those who are against us, and make an attack on us, and go up out of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:14 - The Lord will make war for you, you have only to keep quiet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:25 - And made the wheels of their war-carriages stiff, so that they had hard work driving them: so the Egyptians said, Let us go in flight from before the face of Israel, for the Lord is fighting for them against the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:8 - Then Amalek came and made war on Israel in Rephidim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:9 - And Moses said to Joshua, Get together a band of men for us and go out, make war on Amalek: tomorrow I will take my place on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:10 - So Joshua did as Moses said to him, and went to war with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:1 - And it came to the ears of the Canaanite, the king of Arad, living in the South, that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, and he came out against them and took some of them prisoners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:23 - And Sihon would not let Israel go through his land; but got all his people together and went out against Israel into the waste land, as far as Jahaz, to make war on Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26 - For Heshbon was the town of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had made war against an earlier king of Moab and taken from him all his land as far as the Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:11 - See, the people who have come out of Egypt are covering all the earth: now, put a curse on this people for me, so that I may be able to make war on them, driving them out of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:30 - The Lord your God who goes before you will be fighting for you, and will do such wonders as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:41 - Then you said to me, We have done evil against the Lord, we will go up to the attack, as the Lord our God has given us orders. And arming yourselves every one, you made ready to go up without care into the hill-country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:42 - And the Lord said to me, Say to them, Do not go up to the attack; for I am not among you, and you will be overcome by those who are against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:22 - Have no fear of them, for the Lord your God will be fighting for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:4 - For the Lord your God goes with you, fighting for you to give you salvation from those who are against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:10 - When you come to a town, before attacking it, make an offer of peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19 - If in war a town is shut in by your armies for a long time, do not let its trees be cut down and made waste; for their fruit will be your food; are the trees of the countryside men for you to take up arms against them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:24 - They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:2 - Came together with one purpose, to make war against Joshua and Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:5 - So the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, were banded together, and went up with all their armies and took up their position before Gibeon and made war against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:14 - And there was no day like that, before it or after it, when the Lord gave ear to the voice of a man; for the Lord was fighting for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:25 - And Joshua said to them, Have no fear and do not be troubled; be strong and take heart: for so will the Lord do to all against whom you make war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:29 - Then Joshua and all Israel with him went on from Makkedah and came to Libnah, and made an attack on it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:31 - Then Joshua and all Israel with him went on from Libnah to Lachish, and took up their position against it and made an attack on it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:34 - And Joshua and all Israel with him went on from Lachish to Eglon: and they took up their position against it and made an attack on it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:36 - And Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron, and made an attack on it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:38 - And Joshua and all Israel with him went on to make an attack on Debir;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:42 - And all these kings and their land Joshua took at the same time, because the Lord, the God of Israel, was fighting for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:5 - And all these kings came together, and put their forces in position at the waters of Merom, to make war on Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:47 - (But the limit of the children of Dan was not wide enough for them; so the children of Dan went up and made war on Leshem and took it, putting it to the sword without mercy, and they took it for their heritage and made a place for themselves there, giving it the name of Leshem-dan, after the name of their father, Dan.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:3 - You have seen everything the Lord your God has done to all these nations because of you; for it is the Lord your God who has been fighting for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:10 - One man of you is able to put to flight a thousand; for it is the Lord your God who is fighting for you, as he has said to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:8 - And I took you into the lands of the Amorites on the other side of Jordan; and they made war on you, and I gave them into your hands and you took their land; and I sent destruction on them before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:9 - Then Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab, went up to war against Israel; and he sent for Balaam, the son of Beor, to put a curse on you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:11 - Then you went over Jordan and came to Jericho: and the men of Jericho made war on you, the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Hivites and the Jebusites: and I gave them up into your hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:1 - Now after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel made request to the Lord, saying, Who is to go up first to make war for us against the Canaanites?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:3 - Then Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my heritage, so that we may make war against the Canaanites; and I will then go with you into your heritage. So Simeon went with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:5 - And they came across Adoni-zedek, and made war on him; and they overcame the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:8 - Then the children of Judah made an attack on Jerusalem, and took it, burning down the town after they had put its people to the sword without mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:9 - After that the children of Judah went down to make war on the Canaanites living in the hill-country and in the south and in the lowlands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:19 - The kings came on to the fight, the kings of Canaan were warring; in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: they took no profit in money.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:20 - The stars from heaven were fighting; from their highways they were fighting against Sisera.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:1 - And the men of Ephraim came and said to him, Why did you not send for us when you went to war against Midian? And they said sharp and angry words to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:17 - (For my father made war for you, and put his life in danger, and made you free from the hands of Midian;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38 - Then Zebul said to him, Now where is your loud talk when you said, Who is Abimelech that we are to be his servants? Is this not the people whom you were rating so low? Go out now, and make war on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39 - So Gaal went out at the head of the townsmen of Shechem and made war on Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - And all that day Abimelech was fighting against the town; and he took it, and put to death the people who were in it, and had the town pulled down and covered with salt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:52

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:52 - And Abimelech came to the tower and made an attack on it, and got near to the door of the tower for the purpose of firing it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9 - And the children of Ammon went over Jordan, to make war against Judah and Benjamin and the house of Ephraim; and Israel was in great trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:18 - And the people of Israel said to one another, Who will be the first to make an attack on the children of Ammon? We will make him head over all Gilead.

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