(A) WAR



(1) General References to



Ge 14:2; 2Sa 22:35; Ps 27:3; Ec 3:8; Mt 24:6; Re 6:4



(2) Jewish Laws Concerning



De 20:2; 23:9; 24:5; Lu 14:31



(3) An Era of Peace Prophesied



Ps 46:9; Isa 2:4; Ho 2:18; Mic 4:3; Zec 9:10



(4) Threatened as a Judgment from God



Le 26:25,33; De 28:22; Isa 1:20; Jer 5:17; 6:25; 25:9

Eze 5:17; 6:3; 21:12; 32:11



--SEE Strife, STRIFE



(5) Horrors of



2Sa 12:31; 1Ch 20:3; 2Ch 25:12; Ps 79:3; Isa 9:5; 13:16; 19:2



--SEE Destruction, DESTRUCTION

Extermination, CANAAN, LAND OF



(6) Spoils of



Ge 34:28; Ex 12:36; Nu 31:9; De 2:35; 13:16; 20:14; Jud 5:30

1Sa 14:32; 17:53; 2Sa 3:22; 2Ki 7:16; 2Ch 14:13; 15:11; 20:25



(7) Strategy in



Jos 8:5; Jud 7:16; 20:32



--SEE Ambush, AMBUSH



(8) Mercenaries, hired soldiers



2Sa 10:6; 1Ch 19:7; 2Ch 16:3; 25:6



(B) PEACE, SOCIAL



(1) The Obligation to Preserve Peace



Mr 9:50; Ro 12:18; 14:19; Heb 12:14



--SEE Strife Forbidden, STRIFE

Peaceableness, PEACE

& PEACE



(2) Foretold by the prophets



Isa 2:4; 9:7; 11:9; 65:25; Ho 2:18; Mic 4:4; Zec 9:10



(3) Periods of Peace in the History of Israel



Jos 11:23; 14:15; 21:44; 1Ki 4:24; 5:4; 1Ch 22:9; 2Ch 14:6



--, Spiritual. See REST



(C) PEACEABLENESS



(1) The Righteous Cultivate the Spirit of



Ec 10:4; Ro 12:18; Tit 1:6; Heb 12:14; Jas 3:17



--SEE Forbearance, MEEKNESS



(2) Peace-makers Commended



Pr 12:20; Mt 5:9; Ro 14:19