turlon's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die. Luke xxii, 4. And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. Luke xxiii, 47. Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. John xvill, 3, 12. Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and · weapons. Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him. Acts v, 26. Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. Acts xxi, 31, 32. And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in Who immediately an uproar. took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul. Acts xxiii, 17. Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him. could swim should cast themselves Acts xxviii, 16. And when we livered the prisoners to the cap- Josh. v. 14, 15. And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so. 2 Chron. xill, 12. And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, shall fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye not prosper. Heb. ii, 10. For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. Rev. xix, 18. That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men..... THE TROOPS. Acts xxiv, 7, 22, 23. But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands. And 2 Kings xxv, 4. And the city when Felix heard these things, was broken up, and all the men having more perfect knowledge of war fled by night by the way of that way, he deferred them, of the gate between two walls, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will which is by the king's garden! know the uttermost of your mat- (now the Chaldees were against ter. And he commanded a cen- the city round about:) and the king turion to keep Paul, and to let went the way toward the plain. him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him. Acts xxv, 23. And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth. Acts xxvii, 1, 11, 43. And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band. Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul. But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which 2 Chron. xxv, 18. But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil. Ezra viii, 22. For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. Jer. xxxviii, 4. Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such 68 seeketh not the welfare of this words unto them: for this man people, but the hurt. Matth. xxvii, 27. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. Matth. xxviii, 12. And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers. Luke ili, 14. And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages Lake xxiii, 11,36. And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar. John xix, 2, 23, 32, 34. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe. Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier coat was without seam, woven a part; and also his coat: now the from the top throughout. Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came thereout blood and water. Acts x, 7. And when the angel departed, he called two of his which spake unto Cornelius was soldier of them that waited on him continually. household servants, and a devout Acts xii, 4, 6, 18. And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people brought him forth, And when Herod would have night Peter was sleeping betweer. two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter. the same Now as Acts xxvii, 31, 32, 42. Paul said diers, Except these abide in the to the centurion and to the solship, ye cannot be saved. Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off." And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape. Luke xi, 21, 22. When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: But when a stronger than he shall come upon him and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. Rom. viii, 37. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 2 Cor. x, 3-6. For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. Phil. ii, 25. Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellow-soldier, but your messenger, and ye that ministered to my wants. 1 Tim. i, 18. This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare. 1 Tim. vi, 12. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. 2 Tim. ii, 3, 4. Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen hi to be a soldier. 2 Tim. iv, 7. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Philemon 2. And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house. INFANTRY. Exod. xii, 37. And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. Num. xl, 21. And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. Judges v, 15. And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart. 1 Sam. xxii, 17. And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him. Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD. Jer. xii, 5. If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? CAVALRY. FORBIDDEN TO THE KINGS OF ISRAEL, AND ITS REASON. Deut. xvii, 16. But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. 1 Kin. x, 28. And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt. Isa. xxxi, 1-3. Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong, but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD! Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together. 2 Sam. viii, 4. And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. 2 Sam. x, 18. And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there. 1 Kings 1, 5. Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run before him. 1 Kings iv, 26. And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. 1 Kings xx, 20. And they slew every cne his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syra escaped on an horse with the horsemen. 2 Kings xiii, 7. Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahız but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen: for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing. 2 Kings xviii, 23. Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. Acts xxiii, 32. On the morrow Gen. 1, 9. And there went up they left the horsemen to go with with him both chariots and horse-him, and returned to the castle. men: and it was a very great company. Exod. xv, 19. For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. 1 Sam. viii, 11. And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, 2 Kings ii, 11. And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder, and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 2 Kings xiii, 14. Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto and him, and wept over his face, said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen | thereof. Isa. xxi, 7. And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, and he hearkened diligently with much heed. Isa. xxii, 7. And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate. Jer. iv, 29. The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein. Hosea xiv, 3. Asshur shall not | by night, and compassed the city save us; we will not ride upon horses. Zech. x, 5. And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded. Rev. xix, 14. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. NOT INVINCIBLE. Judges v, 22. Then were the horse-hoofs broken by the means Jer. viii, 16. The snorting of his of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones. horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein. Ezek. xxiii, 6, 23. Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses. The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses. Ezek. xxvi, 11. With the hoofs of his horses' shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground. Ezek. xxxviii, 4, 15. And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring Ps. xx, 7, 8. Some trust in chariots, and somein horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. Isa. xliii, 17. Which bringeth Micah v. 10. And it shall come Haggai ii, 21, 22. Speak to about. And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? 2 Kin. ix, 21, And Joram king of Israel, and Ahaziah king of Judah, went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu. . . . . 2 Chron. i, 14. And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. . ... 18a. xxii, 6, 7. And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate. (See under Horse.) ARTILLERY OR IRON WAR Josh. xvil, 16, 18. And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel. Thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong. Judges 1, 19. And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabi thee forth, and all thine army, Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, tants of the valley, because they horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army: Dan. xi, 40. And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. Hosea i, 7. But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horse men. saying, I will shake the heavens WAR CHARIOT. Joshua xi, 9. And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire. 1 Kin. x, 26. And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem. 2 Kin. vi, 14, 15. Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they camel had chariots of iron. Judges iv, 3, 13. And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel. And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon. COMMISSARIAT. Joshua i, 10, 11. Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it. Judges viii, 5-9, 15. And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for | LORD, and hast said, With the answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him. And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower. And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebali and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary? Jer. xxii, 7. And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire. Jer. xlvi, 22. The voice thereof shall march with an army, and shall go like a serpent; for they come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. WAR TRUMPET. FORM AND USE. Num. x, 2-9. Make thee two trumpets of silver, of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. And Judges xx, 10. And we will take when they shall blow with them, ten men of an hundred through-themselves to thee at the door of all the assembly shall assemble out all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people. And if they blow but with one the tabernacle of the congregation. trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of 2 Sam. xvii, 28, 29. Brought Israel, shall gather themselves beds, and basons, and earthen- unto thee. When ye blow an vessels, and wheat, and barley, alarm, then the camps that lie on and flour, and parched corn, and the east parts shall go forward. beans, and lentiles, and parched When ye blow an alarm the second pulse, And honey, and butter, and time, then the camps that lie on sheep, and cheese of kine, for the south side shall take their David, and for the people that journey: they shall blow an alarm were with him, to eat: for they for their journeys. But when the said, The people is hungry, and congregation is to be gathered toweary, and thirsty, in the wilder-gether, ye shall blow, but ye shall ness. 2 Kings ili, 9, 10. So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them. And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab! Ezek. xxiii, 24. And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments. Ezek. xxxviii, 7. Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. PIONEERS. 2 Kings xix, 23. By thy messengers thou hast reproached the not sound an alarm. And the sons ITS FREQUENT EMPLOY- UNDER MOSES. UNDER JOSHUA. pass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD. And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD. And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven the trumpets: and the ark of the before the LORD, and blew with trumpets of rams' horns passed on covenant of the LORD followed them. And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continuand the armed men went before ally, and blew with the trumpets: the ark of the LORD, the priests them; but the rereward came after going on, and blowing with the trumpets. And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua the LORD hath given you the city. said unto the people, Shout; for UNDER THE JUDGES. Judges vi, 34. But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abi-ezer was gathered after him. Judges vii, 8, 16-20. So the hand, and their trumpets: people took victuals in their And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand. And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. When I blow with a trumpet. I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. 2 Sam. xviii, 16. And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people. 2 Sam. xx, 1, 22. And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king. 2 Chron. xiii, 14. And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind; and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. UNDER NEHEMIAH. Neh. iv, 18-20. For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet ras by me. And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another. In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us. P3. xlvii, 5. God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. Jer. iv, 19. My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. Ezek. vii, 14. They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. Ezek. xxxiii, 3-6. If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; Then whosoever I not be with the heads of these heareth the sound of the trumpet, men? Is not this David, of whom and taketh not warning, if the they sang one to another in dances, sword come, and take him away, saying, Saul slew his thousands, his blood shall be upon his own and David his ten thousands? head. He heard the sound of the Then Achish called David, and trumpet, and took not warning; said unto him, Surely, as the his blood shall be upon him. But LORD liveth, thou hast been uphe that taketh warning shall de- right, and thy going out and th liver his soul. But if the watch coming in with me in the host is man see the sword come, and good in my sight: for I have not blow not the trumpet, and the found evil in thee since the day people be not warned; if the of thy coming unto me unto this sword come, and take any person day: nevertheless the lords favour from, among them, he is taken thee not. Wherefore now return, away in his iniquity; but his blood and go in peace, that thon diswill I require at the watchman's please not the lords of the Philistines. And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not 50 fight against the enemies of my lord the king? And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithtres-standing the princes of the Philis hand. Hosea v, 8. Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry alond at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin. Hosea vill, 1. Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and passed against my law. Joel il, 1. Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand. Amos ii, 2, But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. 1 Cor. xiv, 8. For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? DISBANDING. 1 Sam. xxix, 1-11. Now the tines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart. So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the And the Philistines Philistines. went up to Jezreel. 1 Kings xil, 22-24. But the word of God came unto Shemalah the man of God, saying, Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD, YO shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD. 1 Kings xxii, 36. And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the un, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country. 2 Chron. xxv, 7-10. But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim. But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down. And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And |