Dictionary of Bible Themes The compulsory calling up of people to service, especially military service. The OT refers to men being conscripted to serve in the army, or in major building projects. Numbers 1:2-3Men conscripted to serve in the army See also Moses drew up lists of potential fighting men for the conquest of Canaan Numbers 1:17-19,45-46Numbers 26:2,3-4,63-65 Moses took a second census, after the generation which had come out of Egypt had died: Judges 4:4-7Deborah called up troops to attack Jabin, a Canaanite king Judges 7:1-8God restricted the number of men conscripted by Gideon Judges 20:15-17The purpose of this was to make clear that Israel's victory was in God's strength alone. The Benjamites raised a tribal militia to fight the rest of Israel 1 Samuel 13:2; 14:52King Saul chose men to fight the Philistines 1 Chronicles 27:1-15King David maintained a regular army 2 Kings 25:19The conscription of labourers Those in charge of conscription 1 Kings 5:13-15pp Jer 52:25 Solomon used conscripts to build the temple and other projects 1 Kings 9:15,20-21pp 2Ch 2:2 See also pp 2Ch 8:7-8 5208 armies5250 centurion 5519 secretary 5605 warfare 5628 work |
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