Topic
Ambush
10 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Jeremiah 51:12Easton · ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE
Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.
- Joshua 8:1–35ISBE
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land: And thou shalt do to Ai and her…
- Joshua 8:2–22Nave INSTANCES OF — At Ai
And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it. ¶ So Joshua arose, and all the people of war,…
- Joshua 8:4–26Easton
And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready: And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when…
- Judges 9:25Nave INSTANCES OF — At Shechem
And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.
- Judges 9:30–45Easton
¶ And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the…
- Judges 9:34Nave INSTANCES OF — At Shechem
¶ And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
- Judges 20:29–41Nave INSTANCES OF — At Gibeah
And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. And the children of Benjamin went out against the people,…
- 2 Chronicles 13:13Nave INSTANCES OF — Near Zemaraim
¶ But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.
- 2 Chronicles 20:22Nave INSTANCES OF — By Jehoshaphat
¶ And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
Joshua at the capture of Ai lay in ambush, and so deceived the inhabitants that he gained an easy victory (Josh. 8:4-26). Shechem was taken in this manner (Judg. 9:30-45. Comp. Jer. 51:12).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references
am'-boosh ('arabh, "to set an ambush"; ma'arabh, "an ambush"): A military stratagem in which a body of men are placed in concealment to surprise an enemy unawares, or to attack a point when temporarily undefended. This stratagem was employed successfully by Joshua at Ai (Jos 8). Jeremiah calls upon the Medes to "set up a standard against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes" (Jer 51:12).
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 7 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → INSTANCES OF
- At Ai Jos 8:2-22
- At Shechem Jud 9:25,34
- At Gibeah Jud 20:29-41
- Near Zemaraim 2Ch 13:13
- By Jehoshaphat 2Ch 20:22
- See ARMIES
- → FIGURATIVE Jer 51:12
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.