And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up first.
And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.
And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men. Judges 20:18-21
Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. I Samuel 17:1-4
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places. II Samuel 1:25
The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity. I Chronicles 5:18&22
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. Proverbs 24:3&5-7& 14&23
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. Isaiah 2:4
And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. Isaiah 7:1
They make haste to shed innocent blood. Isaiah 59:7
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.
Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? And their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the Lord. Jeremiah 46:3-5
How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? Jeremiah 48:14
Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. Joel 3:10
Thus they got the strong cities in the land of Egypt and he took the spoils thereof.
And after that Antiochus had smitten Egypt, he returned again in the hundred forty and third year, and went up against Israel and Jerusalem with a great multitude, I Maccabees 1:19&20
Then his son Judas, called Maccabeus, rose up in his stead.
And all his brethren helped him, and so did all they that held with his father, and they fought with cheerfulness the battle of Israel.
So he gat his people great honour, and put on a breastplate as a giant, and girt his warlike harness about him, and he made battles, protecting the host with his sword.
For the victory of battle standeth not in the multitude of an host; but strength cometh from heaven. I Maccabees 3:1-3&19
So they joined battle; and there were slain of the host of Lysias about five thousand men, even before them were they slain.
Now when Lysias saw his army put to flight, and the manliness of Judas’ soldiers, and how they were ready either to live or die valiantly, he went into Antiochia, and gathered together a company of strangers, and having made his army greater than it was, he purposed to come again into Judea. I Maccabees 4:34&35
Now when the nations round about heard that the altar was built and the sanctuary renewed as before, it displeased them very much.
Wherefore they thought to destroy the generation of Jacob that was among them, and thereupon they began to slay and destroy the people.
So he fought many battles with them, till at length they were discomfited before him; and he smote them.
When Judas therefore saw that the battle was begun, and that the cry of the city went up to heaven, with trumpets, and a great sound,
He said unto his host, Fight this day for your brethren.
So he went forth behind them in three companies, who sounded their trumpets, and cried with prayer. I Maccabees 5:1&2&7& 31-33
Now when the sun shone upon the shields of gold and brass, the mountains glistered therewith, and shined like lamps of fire.
So part of the king’s army being spread upon the high mountains, and part on the valleys below, they marched on safely and in order.
Wherefore all that heard the noise of their multitude, and the marching of the company, and the rattling of the harness, were moved: for the army was very great and mighty.
As for the sanctuary, he besieged it many days: and set there artillery with engines and instruments to cast fire and stones, and pieces to cast darts and slings.
Whereupon they also made engines against their engines, and held them battle a long season.
Afterward departed he in all haste, and returned unto Antiochia, where he found Philip to be master of the city: so he fought against him, and took the city by force. I Maccabees 6:39-41&51&52&63
When Judas therefore saw that his host slipt away, and that the battle pressed upon him, he was sore troubled in mind, and much distressed, for that he had no time to gather them together.
Then Judas said, God forbid that I should do this thing, and flee away from them: if our time be come, let us die manfully for our brethren, and let us not stain our honour.
They also of Judas’ side, even they sounded their trumpets also, so that the earth shook at the noise of the armies, and the battle continued from morning till night
How is the valiant man fallen, that delivered Israel! I Maccabees 9:7&10&13&21
So Alexander fled into Arabia there to be defended; but king Ptolemee was exalted:
For Zabdiel the Arabian took off Alexander’s head, and sent it unto Ptolemee.
King Ptolemee also died the third day after, and they that were in the strong holds were slain one of another.
Then there gathered unto him all the men of war, whom Demetrius had put away, and they fought against Demetrius, who turned his back and fled.
From whence he went to Gaza, but they of Gaza shut him out; wherefore he laid siege unto it, and burned the suburbs thereof with fire, and spoiled them. I Maccabees 11:16-18&55&61
Now when Jonathan heard that Demebius’ princes were come to fight against him with a greater host than afore,
He removed from Jerusalem, and met them in the land of Amathis: for he gave them no respite to enter his country.