Psalm 78:9

New International Version

The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle;

Cross References

1 Chronicles 12:2

they were armed with bows and were able to shoot arrows or to sling stones right-handed or left-handed; they were relatives of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin):

Psalm 78:57

Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless, as unreliable as a faulty bow.

Luke 22:33

But he replied, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.”

Judges 20:39

and then the Israelites would counterattack. The Benjamites had begun to inflict casualties on the Israelites (about thirty), and they said, “We are defeating them as in the first battle.”

Judges 9:28

Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelek, and why should we Shechemites be subject to him? Isn’t he Jerub-Baal’s son, and isn’t Zebul his deputy? Serve the family of Hamor, Shechem’s father! Why should we serve Abimelek?

1 Samuel 31:1

Now the Philistines fought against Israel; the Israelites fled before them, and many fell dead on Mount Gilboa.

1 Samuel 4:10

So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated and every man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great; Israel lost thirty thousand foot soldiers.