When the soldiers returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why did the LORD bring defeat on us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the
• Once he enlisted in the army of King Saul, he started out as a simple soldier, who later became an army leader, and then a captain over a thousand, before finally becoming king of Judah and then of Israel. He had a ...
Lord Auckland directed that the dastardly troops and officers should be disgraced, by obliterating37 the number of their regiment from the roll of the army, by expelling them ignominiously38 from the service, and by declaring them for ever incapable39 of serving the state in any capacity ...