Why will your soldiers ¹  be defeated? ²  They will not stand because I, the Lord, will thrust ³  them down.

They will report that the fords have been captured, the reed marshes have been burned, the soldiers are terrified. ¹ 

Pilate said to them, “Take ¹  a guard of soldiers. Go and make it as secure as you can.”

So ¹  they went with the soldiers ²  of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.

But one of the soldiers pierced ¹  his side with a spear, and blood and water ²  flowed out immediately.

So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, ¹  took ²  Paul and brought him to Antipatris ³  during the night.

Paul said to the centurion ¹  and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay with the ship, you ²  cannot be saved.”

Then the soldiers cut the ropes ¹  of the ship’s boat and let it drift away. ² 

Now the soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners ¹  so that none of them would escape by swimming away. ² 

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 

The men of Israel (not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior. ¹ 

So the Philistines fought. Israel was defeated; they all ran home. ¹  The slaughter was very great; thirty thousand foot soldiers fell in battle.

So Saul assembled ¹  the army ²  and mustered them at Telaim. There were 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

The soldiers ¹  told him what had been promised, saying, ²  “This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down.”

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

Now the battle was very severe that day; Abner and the men of Israel were overcome by David’s soldiers. ¹ 

Now Joab returned from chasing Abner and assembled all the people. Nineteen of David’s soldiers were missing, in addition to Asahel.

So as Joab kept watch on the city, he stationed Uriah at the place where he knew the best enemy soldiers ¹  were.

When the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, some of David’s soldiers ¹  fell in battle. Uriah the Hittite also died.

Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall and some of the king’s soldiers ¹  died. Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”