Go ahead and ¹  charge into battle, you horsemen! Drive furiously, you charioteers! Let the soldiers march out into battle, those from Ethiopia and Libya who carry shields, and those from Lydia ²  who are armed with the bow. ³ 

Divide the plunder into two parts, one for those who took part in the war – who went out to battle – and the other for all the community.

and said to him, ¹  “Your servants have taken a count ²  of the men who were in the battle, who were under our authority, ³  and not one is missing.

Among this army ¹  were seven hundred specially-trained left-handed soldiers. ²  Each one could sling a stone and hit even the smallest target. ³ 

But the army took from the plunder some of the sheep and cattle – the best of what was to be slaughtered – to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”

Then David called one of the soldiers ¹  and said, “Come here and strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.

One of Joab’s soldiers who stood over Amasa said, “Whoever is for ¹  Joab and whoever is for David, follow Joab!”

These four were the descendants of Rapha who lived in Gath; they were killed ¹  by David and his soldiers. ² 

Men of Persia, Lud, ¹  and Put were in your army, men of war. They hung shield and helmet on you; they gave you your splendor.

He ordered strong ¹  soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and to throw them into the furnace of blazing fire.

So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day. ¹ 

Now standing beside Jesus’ cross were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. ¹ 

The ¹  whole imperial guard ²  and everyone else knows ³  that I am in prison ⁴  for the sake of Christ,

Each soldier had taken plunder for himself.

So it was that after all the military men had been eliminated from the community, ¹ 

Judah was defeated by Israel, and each man ran back home. ¹ 

From Asher there were 40,000 warriors prepared for battle.

Now the troops Amaziah had dismissed and had not allowed to fight in the battle ¹  raided ²  the cities of Judah from Samaria ³  to Beth Horon. They killed ⁴  3,000 people and carried off a large amount of plunder.

Judah was defeated by Israel, and each man ran back home. ¹ 

Your ¹  men will fall by the sword, your strong men will die in battle. ²