Throughout the history of humanity, individuals and groups have risen to accomplish great feats of strength and courage in battle. The Bible records many examples of battles where God either strengthened men for victory or fought on behalf of his people. \u00a0Whether the victory came through man or directly from the hand of God, the efforts and results were often epic. We hope you\u2019ll summon the courage to fight your way to the top of our list of the Top 10 Epic Battles Of The Bible.<\/p>\n
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#10: Saul Rescues The City Of Jabesh<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Samuel 11:1-11<\/p>\n 1<\/small><\/span> Now Nahash the Ammonite came up and besieged Jabesh-gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, \"Make a covenant with us and we will serve you.\"<\/p> 2<\/small><\/span> But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, \"I will make it with you on this condition, that I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you, thus I will make it a reproach on all Israel.\"<\/p> 3<\/small><\/span> The elders of Jabesh said to him, \"Let us alone for seven days, that we may send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no one to deliver us, we will come out to you.\"<\/p> 4<\/small><\/span> Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and spoke these words in the hearing of the people, and all the people lifted up their voices and wept.<\/p> 5<\/small><\/span> Now behold, Saul was coming from the field behind the oxen, and he said, \"What is the matter with the people that they weep?\" So they related to him the words of the men of Jabesh.<\/p> 6<\/small><\/span> Then the Spirit of God came upon Saul mightily when he heard these words, and he became very angry.<\/p> 7<\/small><\/span> He took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, \"Whoever does not come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen.\" Then the dread of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out as one man.<\/p> 8<\/small><\/span> He numbered them in Bezek; and the sons of Israel were 300,000, and the men of Judah 30,000.<\/p> 9<\/small><\/span> They said to the messengers who had come, \"Thus you shall say to the men of Jabesh-gilead, 'Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you will have deliverance.'\" So the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.<\/p> 10<\/small><\/span> Then the men of Jabesh said, \"Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good to you.\"<\/p> 11<\/small><\/span> The next morning Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp at the morning watch and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. Those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.<\/p><\/div>\n Translation: NASB<\/em><\/p>\n #9: David Defeats The Ammonites<\/strong><\/p>\n 2 Samuel 10:1-19<\/p>\n 1<\/small><\/span> Now it happened afterwards that the king of the Ammonites died, and Hanun his son became king in his place.<\/p> 2<\/small><\/span> Then David said, \"I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.\" So David sent some of his servants to console him concerning his father. But when David's servants came to the land of the Ammonites,<\/p> 3<\/small><\/span> the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, \"Do you think that David is honoring your father because he has sent consolers to you? Has David not sent his servants to you in order to search the city, to spy it out and overthrow it?\"<\/p> 4<\/small><\/span> So Hanun took David's servants and shaved off half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle as far as their hips, and sent them away.<\/p> 5<\/small><\/span> When they told it to David, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly humiliated. And the king said, \"Stay at Jericho until your beards grow, and then return.\"<\/p> 6<\/small><\/span> Now when the sons of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the sons of Ammon sent and hired the Arameans of Beth-rehob and the Arameans of Zobah, 20,000 foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah with 1,000 men, and the men of Tob with 12,000 men.<\/p> 7<\/small><\/span> When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army, the mighty men.<\/p> 8<\/small><\/span> The sons of Ammon came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the city, while the Arameans of Zobah and of Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the field.<\/p> 9<\/small><\/span> Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him in front and in the rear, he selected from all the choice men of Israel, and arrayed them against the Arameans.<\/p> 10<\/small><\/span> But the remainder of the people he placed in the hand of Abishai his brother, and he arrayed them against the sons of Ammon.<\/p> 11<\/small><\/span> He said, \"If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you shall help me, but if the sons of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come to help you.<\/p> 12<\/small><\/span> \"Be strong, and let us show ourselves courageous for the sake of our people and for the cities of our God; and may the LORD do what is good in His sight.\"<\/p> 13<\/small><\/span> So Joab and the people who were with him drew near to the battle against the Arameans, and they fled before him.<\/p> 14<\/small><\/span> When the sons of Ammon saw that the Arameans fled, they also fled before Abishai and entered the city. Then Joab returned from fighting against the sons of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.<\/p> 15<\/small><\/span> When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together.<\/p> 16<\/small><\/span> And Hadadezer sent and brought out the Arameans who were beyond the River, and they came to Helam; and Shobach the commander of the army of Hadadezer led them.<\/p> 17<\/small><\/span> Now when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together and crossed the Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Arameans arrayed themselves to meet David and fought against him.<\/p> 18<\/small><\/span> But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed 700 charioteers of the Arameans and 40,000 horsemen and struck down Shobach the commander of their army, and he died there.<\/p> 19<\/small><\/span> When all the kings, servants of Hadadezer, saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and served them. So the Arameans feared to help the sons of Ammon anymore.<\/p><\/div>\n Translation: NASB<\/em> Joshua 8:1-29<\/p>\n 1<\/small><\/span> Now the LORD said to Joshua, \"Do not fear or be dismayed. Take all the people of war with you and arise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.<\/p> 2<\/small><\/span> \"You shall do to Ai and its king just as you did to Jericho and its king; you shall take only its spoil and its cattle as plunder for yourselves. Set an ambush for the city behind it.\"<\/p> 3<\/small><\/span> So Joshua rose with all the people of war to go up to Ai; and Joshua chose 30,000 men, valiant warriors, and sent them out at night.<\/p> 4<\/small><\/span> He commanded them, saying, \"See, you are going to ambush the city from behind it. Do not go very far from the city, but all of you be ready.<\/p> 5<\/small><\/span> \"Then I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. And when they come out to meet us as at the first, we will flee before them.<\/p> 6<\/small><\/span> \"They will come out after us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, 'They are fleeing before us as at the first.' So we will flee before them.<\/p> 7<\/small><\/span> \"And you shall rise from your ambush and take possession of the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.<\/p> 8<\/small><\/span> \"Then it will be when you have seized the city, that you shall set the city on fire. You shall do it according to the word of the LORD. See, I have commanded you.\"<\/p> 9<\/small><\/span> So Joshua sent them away, and they went to the place of ambush and remained between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua spent that night among the people.<\/p> 10<\/small><\/span> Now Joshua rose early in the morning and mustered the people, and he went up with the elders of Israel before the people to Ai.<\/p> 11<\/small><\/span> Then all the people of war who were with him went up and drew near and arrived in front of the city, and camped on the north side of Ai. Now there was a valley between him and Ai.<\/p> 12<\/small><\/span> And he took about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.<\/p> 13<\/small><\/span> So they stationed the people, all the army that was on the north side of the city, and its rear guard on the west side of the city, and Joshua spent that night in the midst of the valley.<\/p> 14<\/small><\/span> It came about when the king of Ai saw it, that the men of the city hurried and rose up early and went out to meet Israel in battle, he and all his people at the appointed place before the desert plain. But he did not know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.<\/p> 15<\/small><\/span> Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.<\/p> 16<\/small><\/span> And all the people who were in the city were called together to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua and were drawn away from the city.<\/p> 17<\/small><\/span> So not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who had not gone out after Israel, and they left the city unguarded and pursued Israel.<\/p> 18<\/small><\/span> Then the LORD said to Joshua, \"Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand.\" So Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.<\/p> 19<\/small><\/span> The men in ambush rose quickly from their place, and when he had stretched out his hand, they ran and entered the city and captured it, and they quickly set the city on fire.<\/p> 20<\/small><\/span> When the men of Ai turned back and looked, behold, the smoke of the city ascended to the sky, and they had no place to flee this way or that, for the people who had been fleeing to the wilderness turned against the pursuers.<\/p> 21<\/small><\/span> When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the smoke of the city ascended, they turned back and slew the men of Ai.<\/p> 22<\/small><\/span> The others came out from the city to encounter them, so that they were trapped in the midst of Israel, some on this side and some on that side; and they slew them until no one was left of those who survived or escaped.<\/p> 23<\/small><\/span> But they took alive the king of Ai and brought him to Joshua.<\/p> 24<\/small><\/span> Now when Israel had finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the field in the wilderness where they pursued them, and all of them were fallen by the edge of the sword until they were destroyed, then all Israel returned to Ai and struck it with the edge of the sword.<\/p> 25<\/small><\/span> All who fell that day, both men and women, were 12,000--all the people of Ai.<\/p> 26<\/small><\/span> For Joshua did not withdraw his hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.<\/p> 27<\/small><\/span> Israel took only the cattle and the spoil of that city as plunder for themselves, according to the word of the LORD which He had commanded Joshua.<\/p> 28<\/small><\/span> So Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap forever, a desolation until this day.<\/p> 29<\/small><\/span> He hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening; and at sunset Joshua gave command and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the city gate, and raised over it a great heap of stones that stands to this day.<\/p><\/div>\n Translation: NASB<\/em><\/p>\n #7: Johnathan Attacks The Philistines<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Samuel 14:1-23<\/p>\n 1<\/small><\/span> Now the day came that Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who was carrying his armor, \"Come and let us cross over to the Philistines' garrison that is on the other side.\" But he did not tell his father.<\/p> 2<\/small><\/span> Saul was staying in the outskirts of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron. And the people who were with him were about six hundred men,<\/p> 3<\/small><\/span> and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of the LORD at Shiloh, was wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.<\/p> 4<\/small><\/span> Between the passes by which Jonathan sought to cross over to the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp crag on the one side and a sharp crag on the other side, and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.<\/p> 5<\/small><\/span> The one crag rose on the north opposite Michmash, and the other on the south opposite Geba.<\/p> 6<\/small><\/span> Then Jonathan said to the young man who was carrying his armor, \"Come and let us cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; perhaps the LORD will work for us, for the LORD is not restrained to save by many or by few.\"<\/p> 7<\/small><\/span> His armor bearer said to him, \"Do all that is in your heart; turn yourself, and here I am with you according to your desire.\"<\/p> 8<\/small><\/span> Then Jonathan said, \"Behold, we will cross over to the men and reveal ourselves to them.<\/p> 9<\/small><\/span> \"If they say to us, 'Wait until we come to you'; then we will stand in our place and not go up to them.<\/p> 10<\/small><\/span> \"But if they say, 'Come up to us,' then we will go up, for the LORD has given them into our hands; and this shall be the sign to us.\"<\/p> 11<\/small><\/span> When both of them revealed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines, the Philistines said, \"Behold, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden themselves.\"<\/p> 12<\/small><\/span> So the men of the garrison hailed Jonathan and his armor bearer and said, \"Come up to us and we will tell you something.\" And Jonathan said to his armor bearer, \"Come up after me, for the LORD has given them into the hands of Israel.\"<\/p> 13<\/small><\/span> Then Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor bearer behind him; and they fell before Jonathan, and his armor bearer put some to death after him.<\/p> 14<\/small><\/span> That first slaughter which Jonathan and his armor bearer made was about twenty men within about half a furrow in an acre of land.<\/p> 15<\/small><\/span> And there was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even the garrison and the raiders trembled, and the earth quaked so that it became a great trembling.<\/p> 16<\/small><\/span> Now Saul's watchmen in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and behold, the multitude melted away; and they went here and there.<\/p> 17<\/small><\/span> Saul said to the people who were with him, \"Number now and see who has gone from us.\" And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there.<\/p> 18<\/small><\/span> Then Saul said to Ahijah, \"Bring the ark of God here.\" For the ark of God was at that time with the sons of Israel.<\/p> 19<\/small><\/span> While Saul talked to the priest, the commotion in the camp of the Philistines continued and increased; so Saul said to the priest, \"Withdraw your hand.\"<\/p> 20<\/small><\/span> Then Saul and all the people who were with him rallied and came to the battle; and behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was very great confusion.<\/p> 21<\/small><\/span> Now the Hebrews who were with the Philistines previously, who went up with them all around in the camp, even they also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.<\/p> 22<\/small><\/span> When all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, even they also pursued them closely in the battle.<\/p> 23<\/small><\/span> So the LORD delivered Israel that day, and the battle spread beyond Beth-aven.<\/p><\/div>\n Translation: NASB<\/em><\/p>\n #6: Moses Raises His Arms For Victory Over the Amalekites<\/strong><\/p>\n Exodus 17:8-16<\/p>\n 8<\/small><\/span> Then Amalek came and fought against Israel at Rephidim.<\/p> 9<\/small><\/span> So Moses said to Joshua, \"Choose men for us and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will station myself on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.\"<\/p> 10<\/small><\/span> Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought against Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.<\/p> 11<\/small><\/span> So it came about when Moses held his hand up, that Israel prevailed, and when he let his hand down, Amalek prevailed.<\/p> 12<\/small><\/span> But Moses' hands were heavy. Then they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other. Thus his hands were steady until the sun set.<\/p> 13<\/small><\/span> So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.<\/p> 14<\/small><\/span> Then the LORD said to Moses, \"Write this in a book as a memorial and recite it to Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.\"<\/p> 15<\/small><\/span> Moses built an altar and named it The LORD is My Banner;<\/p> 16<\/small><\/span> and he said, \"The LORD has sworn; the LORD will have war against Amalek from generation to generation.\"<\/p><\/div>\n Translation: NASB<\/em><\/p>\n Not surprisingly, the Bible tells us the two greatest victories on behalf of humanity will come directly from God. One battle has already been won; the other is foretold, but yet to come. But you don\u2019t have to wait to check out these two especially noteworthy epic battles that are so straight from God, we felt they deserved a place of their own on our list of the Top Ten Epic Battles Of The Bible.<\/p>\n Jesus\u2019 Victory Over Sin And Death<\/strong><\/p>\n Romans 6:23<\/p>\n 23<\/small><\/span> For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.<\/p><\/div>\n Translation: NASB<\/em><\/p>\n Good Conquers Evil Revelations<\/strong><\/p>\n Revelations 20:1-15<\/p>\nSomething went wrong with the bible. Please make sure that you are requesting a valid passage! If this problem presits please contact joshuawiecorek@outlook.com\n Translation: NASB<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n #5: Jehoshaphat Defeats Moab And Ammon<\/strong><\/p>\n 2 Chronicles 20:1-30<\/p>\n 1<\/small><\/span> Now it came about after this that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.<\/p> 2<\/small><\/span> Then some came and reported to Jehoshaphat, saying, \"A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, out of Aram and behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (that is Engedi).\"<\/p> 3<\/small><\/span> Jehoshaphat was afraid and turned his attention to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.<\/p> 4<\/small><\/span> So Judah gathered together to seek help from the LORD; they even came from all the cities of Judah to seek the LORD.<\/p> 5<\/small><\/span> Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD before the new court,<\/p> 6<\/small><\/span> and he said, \"O LORD, the God of our fathers, are You not God in the heavens? And are You not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand so that no one can stand against You.<\/p> 7<\/small><\/span> \"Did You not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it to the descendants of Abraham Your friend forever?<\/p> 8<\/small><\/span> \"They have lived in it, and have built You a sanctuary there for Your name, saying,<\/p> 9<\/small><\/span> 'Should evil come upon us, the sword, or judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You (for Your name is in this house) and cry to You in our distress, and You will hear and deliver us.'<\/p> 10<\/small><\/span> \"Now behold, the sons of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt (they turned aside from them and did not destroy them),<\/p> 11<\/small><\/span> see how they are rewarding us by coming to drive us out from Your possession which You have given us as an inheritance.<\/p> 12<\/small><\/span> \"O our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this great multitude who are coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are on You.\"<\/p> 13<\/small><\/span> All Judah was standing before the LORD, with their infants, their wives and their children.<\/p> 14<\/small><\/span> Then in the midst of the assembly the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite of the sons of Asaph;<\/p> 15<\/small><\/span> and he said, \"Listen, all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: thus says the LORD to you, 'Do not fear or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours but God's.<\/p> 16<\/small><\/span> 'Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley in front of the wilderness of Jeruel.<\/p>Chapter 11<\/h4>
Chapter 10<\/h4>
\n#8: Joshua Destroy Ai<\/strong><\/p>\nChapter 8<\/h4>
Chapter 14<\/h4>
Chapter 17<\/h4>
\nTop 10 Epic Battles\u00a0Honorable Mentions<\/strong><\/p>\nChapter 6<\/h4>
Chapter 20<\/h4>