When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they likewise fled before Joab’s brother Abishai and entered the city. Then Joab went to Jerusalem.
Leviticus 26:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall before you by the sword. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And you shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. American Standard Version (1901) And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. Common English Bible You will chase your enemies, and they will fall before you in battle. Catholic Public Domain Version You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall down at the sight of you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You shall pursue your enemies: and they shall fall before you. |
When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they likewise fled before Joab’s brother Abishai and entered the city. Then Joab went to Jerusalem.
The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces assembled, defended themselves, and gained relief from their enemies. They killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated them, but they did not seize any plunder.
‘I will put anxiety in the hearts of those of you who survive in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a wind-driven leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as one flees from a sword, and fall though no one is pursuing them.
I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to frighten you. I will remove dangerous animals from the land, and no sword will pass through your land.
Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand; your enemies will fall before you by the sword.
‘The Lord will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you from one direction but flee from you in seven directions.
How could one pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the Lord had given them up?
One of you routed a thousand because the Lord your God was fighting for you, as he promised. ,
He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand, took it, and killed a thousand men with it.
Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth of the Nations, and the whole army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.
Then the men of Israel were called from Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites.
Jonathan climbed up using his hands and feet, with his armour-bearer behind him. Jonathan cut them down, and his armour-bearer followed and finished them off.