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Joshua 23

Josh. 23:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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One
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
n man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
of you shall chase
radaph (Hebrew #7291)
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
KJV usage: chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
Pronounce: raw-daf'
Origin: a primitive root
a thousand
'eleph (Hebrew #505)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
KJV usage: thousand.
Pronounce: eh'-lef
Origin: prop, the same as 504
: for the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
your God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, he it is that fighteth
lacham (Hebrew #3898)
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
KJV usage: devour, eat, X ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
Pronounce: law-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
for you, asp he hath promised
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
you.
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Lev. 26:8• 8and five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight; and your enemies shall fall beside you by the sword. (Lev. 26:8)
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Judg. 7:19‑22• 19And Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came to 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 broke the pitchers that were in their hands.
 20And the three companies blew the trumpets, and broke in pieces the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hand, and the trumpets in their right hand for blowing, and cried, The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon!
 21And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried out, and fled.
 22And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and Jehovah set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout the camp. And the host fled to Beth-shittah towards Zererah, to the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. (Judg. 7:19‑22)
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Judg. 15:15• 15And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand and took it, and slew with it a thousand men. (Judg. 15:15)
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Ex. 23:27• 27I will send my fear before thee, and confound every people to which thou comest, and will make all thine enemies turn their back to thee. (Ex. 23:27)
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One man.
Lev. 26:8• 8and five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight; and your enemies shall fall beside you by the sword. (Lev. 26:8)
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Deut. 32:30• 30How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Were it not that their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up? (Deut. 32:30)
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Judg. 3:31• 31And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath; and he smote the Philistines, six hundred men, with an ox-goad. And he also delivered Israel. (Judg. 3:31)
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Judg. 7:19‑22• 19And Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came to 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 broke the pitchers that were in their hands.
 20And the three companies blew the trumpets, and broke in pieces the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hand, and the trumpets in their right hand for blowing, and cried, The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon!
 21And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried out, and fled.
 22And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and Jehovah set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout the camp. And the host fled to Beth-shittah towards Zererah, to the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. (Judg. 7:19‑22)
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Judg. 15:15• 15And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand and took it, and slew with it a thousand men. (Judg. 15:15)
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1 Sam. 14:6,12‑16• 6And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour, Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised: perhaps Jehovah will work for us; for there is no restraint to Jehovah to save by many or by few.
 12And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armour-bearer and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you something. And Jonathan said to his armour-bearer, Come up after me; for Jehovah has delivered them into the hand of Israel.
 13And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armour bearer after him; and they fell before Jonathan; and his armour-bearer slew after him.
 14And that first slaughter which Jonathan and his armour-bearer wrought was about twenty men, as it were on the half-furrow of an acre of land.
 15And there was trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison, and the ravagers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked; for it was a trembling from God.
 16And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on slaying one another. (1 Sam. 14:6,12‑16)
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2 Sam. 23:8• 8These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Joseb-Bassebeth, Tachkemonite the chief of the captains: he was Adino the Eznite; he fought against eight hundred, slain by him at one time. (2 Sam. 23:8)
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Josh. 10:42• 42and all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time; for Jehovah the God of Israel fought for Israel. (Josh. 10:42)
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Ex. 14:14• 14Jehovah will fight for you, and ye shall be still. (Ex. 14:14)
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Ex. 23:27‑33• 27I will send my fear before thee, and confound every people to which thou comest, and will make all thine enemies turn their back to thee.
 28And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
 29I will not drive them out from before thee in one year: lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
 30By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou art fruitful, and possess the land.
 31And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the river; for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, that thou mayest dispossess them from before thee.
 32Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
 33They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me; for if thou serve their gods, it is sure to be a snare unto thee. (Ex. 23:27‑33)
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Deut. 3:22• 22Ye shall not fear them; for Jehovah your God, he will fight for you. (Deut. 3:22)
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Deut. 20:4• 4for Jehovah your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. (Deut. 20:4)
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Psa. 35:1• 1A Psalm of David. Strive, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me; fight against them that fight against me: (Psa. 35:1)
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Psa. 44:4‑5• 4Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.
 5Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. (Psa. 44:4‑5)
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Psa. 46:7• 7Jehovah of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our high fortress. Selah. (Psa. 46:7)
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Rom. 8:31• 31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who against us? (Rom. 8:31)

J. N. Darby Translation

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One man of you chaseth a thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath said unto you.