Armies: March in Ranks: Unusual Winter Campaign

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2 Samuel 11:1
And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
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1 Chronicles 20:1
And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.
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The Iranian Conquest
... alliances, but Zoroaster broke up their ranks, and prohibited ... On the march he fell
in with a Persian ... and steadfastness of purpose quite unusual; he proceeded ...
/.../chapter ithe iranian conquest.htm

The Eighteenth Theban Dynasty
... [Illustration: 322b.jpg TWO COMPANIES ON THE MARCH]. ... foot-soldiers, and, breaking
up their ranks, would tread ... were considerable: they commanded armies, built or ...
/.../chapter iiithe eighteenth theban dynasty.htm

The Medes and the Second Chaldaean Empire
... So far the affair presented no unusual features; it ... Cyaxares converted all the small
feudal armies which had ... even victories made in their ranks; enervated by ...
/.../chapter iiithe medes and the.htm

The Assyrian Revival and the Struggle for Syria
... we are led to conclude that the outgoing march to Tela was ... of serving as a base of
operations for his armies. ... had to be continued during the winter in another ...
/.../chapter ithe assyrian revival and.htm

The Reaction against Egypt
... continued, in spite of them, to march southward, and ... Lycians, Mysians, Dardanians,
were the national armies of these ... first year of Seti, among the ranks of the ...
/.../chapter iithe reaction against egypt.htm

The Rise of the Assyrian Empire
... Tiglath pileser I.: Ms campaign against the Mushhu, his ... catastrophe occasioned by
the movement of the Asiatic armies. ... a serious resistance to the march of a ...
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The Power of Assyria at Its Zenith; Esarhaddon and Assur-Bani-Pal
... hand when the fear alone of the Assyrian armies would no ... delay: "Go, do not hesitate,
for we march with thee ... were required to fill the vacancies in the ranks. ...
/.../chapter iithe power of assyria 2.htm

Chaldaean Civilization
... of the gods had not preceded his march, and if ... merchants, suppliants, and functionaries
of all ranks had easy ... mercenaries, like the Mazaiu of the armies of the ...
/.../chapter iiichaldaean civilization.htm

The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
... river, the river Kishon."O my soul, march on with ... the hills he thought he saw an
unusual movement among ... head of his own contingent.* Their armies were made ...
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