2Sa 2:8-9, 2Ki 10:23, 2Ch 25:8, Pro 21:30, Isa 8:9-10, Joe 3:9-13 | ESV | STEP | But Abner the son of Ner , commander of Saul’s army , took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim ,

2 Samuel 2:8-9

Ish-bosheth Made King of Israel

8 But ^aAbner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to ^bMahanaim, 9 and he made him king over Gilead and the Ashurites and Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin and all Israel.

2 Kings 10:23

23 Then Jehu went into the house of Baal with Jehonadab the son of Rechab, and he said to the worshipers of Baal, “Search, and see that there is no servant of the Lord here among you, but only the worshipers of Baal.”

2 Chronicles 25:8

8 But go, act, be strong for the battle. Why should you suppose that God will cast you down before the enemy? ^cFor God has power to help or to cast down.”

Proverbs 21:30

30 ^dNo wisdom, no understanding, no counsel
can avail against the Lord.

Isaiah 8:9-10

9 Be broken, ^{▼▼Or Be evil} you peoples, and ^fbe shattered; ^{▼▼Or dismayed}
give ear, all you far countries;
strap on your armor and be shattered;
strap on your armor and be shattered.
10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
speak a word, ^hbut it will not stand,
for God ⁱis with us. ^{▼▼The Hebrew for God is with us is Immanuel}

Joel 3:9-13

9 Proclaim this among the nations:
^kConsecrate for war; ^{▼▼Or Consecrate a war}
stir up the mighty men.
Let all the men of war draw near;
let them come up.
10 ^mBeat your plowshares into swords,
and ⁿyour pruning hooks into spears;
let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”
11 ^oHasten and come,
all you surrounding nations,
and gather yourselves there.
^pBring down your warriors, O Lord.
12 Let the nations stir themselves up
and come up to ^qthe Valley of Jehoshaphat;
^rfor there I will sit to judge
all the surrounding nations.
13 ^sPut in the sickle,
^tfor the harvest is ripe.
^uGo in, tread,
^vfor the winepress is full.
The vats overflow,
for their evil is great.