Quotes About Conquest

and the army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.

Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.

Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their kinsmen—women, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a great deal of plunder and brought it to Samaria.

After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.

You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan.

I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.

I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.

Your arrows pierce the hearts of the kingís foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.

Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes—the tongues of your dogs in the same.”

Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.

“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?

Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.

They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.

Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.

Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.

I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”

Come against her from the farthest border. Break open her granaries; pile her up like mounds of grain. Devote her to destruction; leave her no survivors.

I will send strangers to Babylon to winnow her and empty her land; for they will come against her from every side in her day of disaster.

but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.

Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

He will slaughter the villages of your mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp to your walls, and raise his shields against you.

He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his axes.