Psalm 78:9

Good News Translation

The Ephraimites, armed with bows and arrows, ran away on the day of battle.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 12:2

members of the tribe of Benjamin, to which Saul belonged. They could shoot arrows and sling stones either right-handed or left-handed.

Psalm 78:57

but were rebellious and disloyal like their ancestors, unreliable as a crooked arrow.

Luke 22:33

Peter answered, “Lord, I am ready to go to prison with you and to die with you!”

Judges 20:39

the Israelites out on the battlefield were to turn around. By this time the Benjaminites had already killed the thirty Israelites. They told themselves, “Yes, we've beaten them just as before.”

Judges 9:28

Gaal said, “What kind of men are we in Shechem? Why are we serving Abimelech? Who is he, anyway? The son of Gideon! And Zebul takes orders from him, but why should we serve him? Be loyal to your ancestor Hamor, who founded your clan!

1 Samuel 31:1

The Philistines fought a battle against the Israelites on Mount Gilboa. Many Israelites were killed there, and the rest of them, including King Saul and his sons, fled.

1 Samuel 4:10

The Philistines fought hard and defeated the Israelites, who went running to their homes. There was a great slaughter: thirty thousand Israelite soldiers were killed.