(NIV)
(he did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites who had not had previous battle experience):
It was
only in
order that the
generations of the
people of
Israel might
know war, to
teach war to those
who had
not known it before.
(NIV)
‘You know that because of the wars waged against my father David from all sides, he could not build a temple for the Name of the
Lord his God until the
Lord put his enemies under his feet.
“
You know that David my
father could not build a
house for the
name of the
Lord his
God because of the
warfare with
which his enemies
surrounded him,
until the
Lord put them
under the
soles of his
feet.
(NIV)
There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.
And there was
war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
(NIV)
As for the events of Rehoboam’s reign, from beginning to end, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer that deal with genealogies? There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.
Now the
acts of
Rehoboam,
from
first to
last, are they
not written in the
chronicles of
Shemaiah the
prophet and of
Iddo the
seer? There were
continual wars between
Rehoboam and
Jeroboam.
(NIV)
By warfare and exile you contend with her –
with his fierce blast he drives her out,
as on a day the east wind blows.
Measure by
measure, by exile you
contended with them;
he
removed them with his
fierce breath in the
day of the
east wind.
(NIV)
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and proclaim to her
that her hard service has been completed,
that her sin has been paid for,
that she has received from the
Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.
Speak tenderly to
Jerusalem,
and
cry to her
that her
warfare is
ended,
that her
iniquity is
pardoned,
that she has
received from the
Lord’s handdouble for
all her sins.
(NIV)
The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
For the
weapons of
our warfare are
not of the
flesh but have
divine power to destroy strongholds.
(NIV)
Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well,
This charge I
entrust to
you,
Timothy, my
child, in
accordance with the
prophecies previously made about you,
that by them you may
wage the good warfare,
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