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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
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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 - “come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and it happen, in the event of war, that they also join our enemies and fight against us, and so go up out of the land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:14 - “The LORD will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:25 - And He took off[fn] their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the LORD fights for them against the Egyptians.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:8 - Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:9 - And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.”

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:1 - The king of Arad, the Canaanite, who dwelt in the South, heard that Israel was coming on the road to Atharim. Then he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:23 - But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. So Sihon gathered all his people together and went out against Israel in the wilderness, and he came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26 - For Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and had taken all his land from his hand as far as the Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:11 - ‘Look, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the earth. Come now, curse them for me; perhaps I shall be able to overpower them and drive them out.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:30 - ‘The LORD your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:41 - “Then you answered and said to me, ‘We have sinned against the LORD; we will go up and fight, just as the LORD our God commanded us.’ And when everyone of you had girded on his weapons of war, you were ready to go up into the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:42 - “And the LORD said to me, ‘Tell them, “Do not go up nor fight, for I am not among you; lest you be defeated before your enemies.” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:22 - ‘You must not fear them, for the LORD your God Himself fights for you.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:4 - ‘for the LORD your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:10 - “When you go near a city to fight against it, then proclaim an offer of peace to it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19 - “When you besiege a city for a long time, while making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them; if you can eat of them, do not cut them down to use in the siege, for the tree of the field is man’s food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:24 - They shall be wasted with hunger,
Devoured by pestilence and bitter destruction;
I will also send against them the teeth of beasts,
With the poison of serpents of the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:2 - that they gathered together to fight with Joshua and Israel with one accord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:5 - Therefore 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, gathered together and went up, they and all their armies, and camped before Gibeon and made war against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:14 - And there has been no day like that, before it or after it, that the LORD heeded the voice of a man; for the LORD fought for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:25 - Then Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage, for thus the LORD will do to all your enemies against whom you fight.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:29 - Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah; and they fought against Libnah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:31 - Then Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish; and they encamped against it and fought against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:34 - From Lachish Joshua passed to Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it and fought against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:36 - So Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron; and they fought against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:38 - Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and they fought against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:42 - All these kings and their land Joshua took at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:5 - And when all these kings had met together, they came and camped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:47 - And the border of the children of Dan went beyond these, because the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem and took it; and they struck it with the edge of the sword, took possession of it, and dwelt in it. They called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:3 - “You have seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations because of you, for the LORD your God is He who has fought for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:10 - “One man of you shall chase a thousand, for the LORD your God is He who fights for you, as He promised you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:8 - ‘And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, who dwelt on the other side of the Jordan, and they fought with you. But I gave them into your hand, that you might possess their land, and I destroyed them from before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:9 - ‘Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose to make war against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:11 - ‘Then you went over the Jordan and came to Jericho. And the men of Jericho fought against you—also the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. But I delivered them into your hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:1 - Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, “Who shall be first to go up for us against the Canaanites to fight against them?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:3 - So Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me to my allotted territory, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I will likewise go with you to your allotted territory.” And Simeon went with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:5 - And they found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and fought against him; and they defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:8 - Now the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem and took it; they struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:9 - And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who dwelt in the mountains, in the South,[fn] and in the lowland.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:19 - “The kings came and fought,
Then the kings of Canaan fought
In Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo;
They took no spoils of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:20 - They fought from the heavens;
The stars from their courses fought against Sisera.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:1 - Now the men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you done this to us by not calling us when you went to fight with the Midianites?” And they reprimanded him sharply.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:17 - “for my father fought for you, risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38 - Then Zebul said to him, “Where indeed is your mouth now, with which you said, ‘Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?’ Are not these the people whom you despised? Go out, if you will, and fight with them now.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39 - So Gaal went out, leading the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - So Abimelech fought against the city all that day; he took the city and killed the people who were in it; and he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:52 - So Abimelech came as far as the tower and fought against it; and he drew near the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9 - Moreover the people of Ammon crossed over the Jordan to fight against Judah also, against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was severely distressed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:18 - And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin the fight against the people of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”

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