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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 before you by the sword. (Lev. 26:8)
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Judg. 7:19‑22• 19{i}And 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.{/i}
 20{i}And 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!{/i}
 21{i}And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried out, and fled.{/i}
 22{i}And 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.{/i} (Judg. 7:19‑22)
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Judg. 15:15• 15And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. (Judg. 15:15)
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Ex. 23:27• 27{i}I 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.{/i} (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 before you by the sword. (Lev. 26:8)
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Deut. 32:30• 30{i}How could one chase a thousand,{HR}And two put ten thousand to flight,{HR}Were it not that their Rock had sold them,{HR}And Jehovah had delivered them up?{HR}{/i} (Deut. 32:30)
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Judg. 3:31• 31{i}And 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.{/i} (Judg. 3:31)
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Judg. 7:19‑22• 19{i}And 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.{/i}
 20{i}And 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!{/i}
 21{i}And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried out, and fled.{/i}
 22{i}And 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.{/i} (Judg. 7:19‑22)
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Judg. 15:15• 15And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. (Judg. 15:15)
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1 Sam. 14:6,12‑16• 6And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that 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 armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for Jehovah hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.
 13And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him.
 14And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow.
 15And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people. {i}and among all the people; the garrison, and the ravagers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked; for it was a trembling from God.{/i}
 16And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another. (1 Sam. 14:6,12‑16)
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2 Sam. 23:8• 8{i}These 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.{/i} (2 Sam. 23:8)
Lord.
Josh. 10:42• 42And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the Jehovah God of Israel fought for Israel. (Josh. 10:42)
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Ex. 14:14• 14{i}Jehovah will fight for you, and ye shall be still.{/i} (Ex. 14:14)
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Ex. 23:27‑33• 27{i}I 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.{/i}
 28{i}And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.{/i}
 29{i}I 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.{/i}
 30{i}By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou art fruitful, and possess the land.{/i}
 31{i}And 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.{/i}
 32{i}Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.{/i}
 33{i}They 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.{/i} (Ex. 23:27‑33)
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Deut. 3:22• 22{i}Ye shall not fear them; for Jehovah your God, he will fight for you.{/i} (Deut. 3:22)
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Deut. 20:4• 4{i}for Jehovah your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.{/i} (Deut. 20:4)
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Psa. 35:1• 1Of David.{HR}Strive, O Jehovah, with mine adversaries;{HR}Fight with those that fight against me. (Psa. 35:1)
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Psa. 44:4‑5• 4Thou [art] he, my king,{HR}O God; command the deliverances of Jacob.
 5By thee will we push down our adversaries;{HR}In thy name will we tread under foot those that rise up against us. (Psa. 44:4‑5)
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Psa. 46:7• 7Jehovah of hosts [is] with us;{HR}The God of Jacob [is] a refuge to us. Selah. (Psa. 46:7)
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Rom. 8:31• 31What then shall we 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.

W. Kelly 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.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)