Concordance

“Battle” in the Bible

205 verses contain “battle” (including word forms) in the Berean Standard Bible — the first 150 are listed below.

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Genesis 14:8 …Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and arrayed themselves for battle in the Valley of…
Exodus 13:18 So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.
Numbers 10:9 When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and…
Numbers 21:33 Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet them in battle at Edrei.
Numbers 31:4 Send into battle a thousand men from each tribe of Israel.”
Numbers 31:6 And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets…
Numbers 31:14 But Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who were returning from the battle.
Numbers 31:21 Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses:
Numbers 31:27 Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.
Numbers 31:28 Set aside a tribute for the LORD from what belongs to the soldiers who went into battle: one out of every five hundred, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, or sheep.
Numbers 32:20 Moses replied, “If you will do this—if you will arm yourselves before the LORD for battle,
Numbers 32:27 But your servants are equipped for war, and every man will cross over to the battle before the LORD, just as our lord says.”
Numbers 32:29 …benites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a…
Deuteronomy 2:24 … his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in…
Deuteronomy 2:32 So Sihon and his whole army came out for battle against us at Jahaz.
Deuteronomy 3:1 Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.
Deuteronomy 3:18 …possess. All your men of valor are to cross over, armed for battle, ahead of your brothers, the…
Deuteronomy 20:2 When you are about to go into battle, the priest is to come forward and address the army,
Deuteronomy 20:3 saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.
Deuteronomy 20:5 …and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate…
Deuteronomy 20:6 Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
Deuteronomy 20:7 Has any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”
Deuteronomy 29:7 When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.
Joshua 1:14 … Jordan. But all your mighty men of valor must be armed for battle to cross over ahead of your brothers and help…
Joshua 4:12 The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over before the Israelites, armed for battle as Moses had instructed them.
Joshua 4:13 About 40,000 troops armed for battle crossed over before the LORD into the plains of Jericho.
Joshua 6:10 But Joshua had commanded the people: “Do not give a battle cry or let your voice be heard; do not let one word come out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout.…
Joshua 8:14 …y in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up…
Joshua 8:18 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,
Joshua 8:26 Joshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in Ai.
Joshua 11:19 No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.
Joshua 11:20 … was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the…
Judges 8:13 After this, Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle along the Ascent of Heres.
Judges 20:20 And the men of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin and took up their battle positions at Gibeah.
Judges 20:22 But the Israelite army took courage and again took their battle positions in the same place where they had arrayed themselves on the first day.
Judges 20:23 …l evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against…
Judges 20:28 …efore it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered, “Fight, for tomorrow I…
Judges 20:34 Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them.
Judges 20:39 the men of Israel would turn in the battle. When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They are defeated before…
Judges 20:42 So they fled before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and the men coming out of the cities struck them down there.
1 Samuel 4:1 Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
1 Samuel 4:2 …e Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the…
1 Samuel 4:12 That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.
1 Samuel 4:16 “I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.
1 Samuel 8:20 Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”
1 Samuel 13:22 So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.
1 Samuel 14:20 Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his…
1 Samuel 14:22 When all the Israelites who had been hiding in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they also joined Saul and Jonathan in the battle.
1 Samuel 14:23 So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.
1 Samuel 17:2 Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.
1 Samuel 17:8 …ks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come…
1 Samuel 17:13 The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
1 Samuel 17:20 … the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle…
1 Samuel 17:22 Then David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.
1 Samuel 17:28 …pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the…
1 Samuel 17:47 And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”
1 Samuel 17:48 As the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.
1 Samuel 18:13 Therefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,
1 Samuel 18:16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.
1 Samuel 18:17 …ou in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be…
1 Samuel 18:30 Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.
1 Samuel 25:28 …a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you…
1 Samuel 26:10 David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
1 Samuel 28:1 …“You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with…
1 Samuel 29:4 …he place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master…
1 Samuel 29:9 Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’
1 Samuel 30:24 Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”
1 Samuel 31:3 When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.
2 Samuel 1:4 …?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also…
2 Samuel 1:25 How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.
2 Samuel 2:17 The battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.
2 Samuel 3:30 (Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)
2 Samuel 10:8 The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by…
2 Samuel 10:9 When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.
2 Samuel 11:15 In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”
2 Samuel 11:18 Joab sent to David a full account of the battle
2 Samuel 11:19 and instructed the messenger, “When you have finished giving the king all the details of the battle,
2 Samuel 17:11 Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.
2 Samuel 18:6 So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel in the battle, which took place in the forest of Ephraim.
2 Samuel 18:8 The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
2 Samuel 19:3 So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
2 Samuel 19:10 But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?”
2 Samuel 21:17 …s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be…
2 Samuel 21:18 Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha.
2 Samuel 21:19 Once again there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear…
2 Samuel 21:20 And there was still another battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was…
2 Samuel 22:35 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
2 Samuel 22:40 You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
2 Samuel 23:9 …nt with David to taunt the Philistines who had gathered for battle at Pas-dammim. The men of Israel…
1 Kings 20:14 …g officers of the district governors.’” “Who will start the battle?” asked Ahab. “You will,” answered the…
1 Kings 20:29 …mies camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle ensued, and the Israelites struck down the Arameans—a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one…
1 Kings 20:39 … king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any…
1 Kings 22:30 …el said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into…
1 Kings 22:34 …said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly…
1 Kings 22:35 The battle raged throughout that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. And the blood from his wound ran out onto the floor of the chariot,…
2 Kings 3:26 When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not…
2 Kings 9:15 … wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let…
2 Kings 13:25 …Ben-hadad son of Hazael the cities that Hazael had taken in battle from his father Jehoahaz. Jehoash defeated Ben-hadad three times, and so recovered the cities of…
2 Kings 14:7 Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.
2 Kings 24:16 The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.
1 Chronicles 5:18 The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors—valiant men who carried the shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for battle.
1 Chronicles 5:20 And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they…
1 Chronicles 5:22 and many others fell slain, because the battle belonged to God. And they occupied the land until the exile.
1 Chronicles 7:4 …m, according to their genealogy, they had 36,000 troops for battle, for they had many wives and…
1 Chronicles 7:11 …ir families, mighty men of valor; there were 17,200 fit for…
1 Chronicles 7:40 …or, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their genealogies, was…
1 Chronicles 10:3 When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.
1 Chronicles 11:13 He was with David at Pas-dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At the place with a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines.
1 Chronicles 12:1 …n of Kish (they were among the mighty men who helped him in…
1 Chronicles 12:8 …d in the desert. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as…
1 Chronicles 12:23 Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD:
1 Chronicles 12:25 From Simeon: 7,100 mighty men of valor, ready for battle.
1 Chronicles 12:33 From Zebulun: 50,000 fit for service, trained for battle with all kinds of weapons of war, who with one purpose were devoted to David.
1 Chronicles 12:35 From Dan: 28,600 prepared for battle.
1 Chronicles 12:36 From Asher: 40,000 fit for service, prepared for battle.
1 Chronicles 12:38 All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make…
1 Chronicles 14:15 …nd of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move out to battle, because this will mean that God has marched out before you to strike the camp of the…
1 Chronicles 19:7 …le the Ammonites came from their cities and marched out for…
1 Chronicles 19:9 The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance to the city, while the kings who had come stayed by themselves in the open country.
1 Chronicles 19:10 When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.
1 Chronicles 19:17 …d the Jordan, advanced toward the Arameans, and arrayed for battle against them. When David lined up to engage them in battle, they fought against…
1 Chronicles 20:5 Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s…
1 Chronicles 20:6 And there was still another battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was…
1 Chronicles 26:27 They had dedicated some of the plunder from their battles to the repair of the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 13:3 Abijah went into battle with an army of 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in formation against him with 800,000 chosen and mighty men of valor.
2 Chronicles 13:12 … as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for…
2 Chronicles 13:14 When Judah turned and discovered that the battle was both before and behind them, they cried out to the LORD. Then the priests blew the trumpets,
2 Chronicles 13:15 and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
2 Chronicles 14:10 So Asa marched out against him and lined up in battle formation in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.
2 Chronicles 17:18 and next to him, Jehozabad, and with him 180,000 armed for battle.
2 Chronicles 18:29 …el said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into…
2 Chronicles 18:33 …said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly…
2 Chronicles 18:34 The battle raged throughout that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Arameans until evening. And at sunset he died.
2 Chronicles 20:15 …be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army, for the battle does not belong to you, but to…
2 Chronicles 20:17 You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or…
2 Chronicles 25:8 Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will make you stumble before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.”
2 Chronicles 25:13 Meanwhile the troops that Amaziah had dismissed from battle raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon. They struck down 3,000 people and carried off a great…
2 Chronicles 26:11 Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah,…
2 Chronicles 32:8 …but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of…
2 Chronicles 35:22 … not turn away from him; instead, in order to engage him in battle, he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to fight him…
Job 5:20 In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
Job 38:23 which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?
Job 39:21 He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.
Job 39:25 At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar— the shouts of captains and the cry of war.
Job 41:8 If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!
Psalms 18:34 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
Psalms 18:39 You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
Psalms 24:8 Who is this King of Glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
Psalms 55:18 He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
Psalms 78:9 The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.

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