5354 invasions
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A hostile incursion into the territory of another tribe or nation, often with the object of its permanent annexation.

The Israelites' invasion of Canaan

Their success had been preordained

Deuteronomy 7:22; Leviticus 20:23-24 See also Exodus 12:25; Leviticus 14:34; Leviticus 23:10; Deuteronomy 6:10-12; Deuteronomy 7:17-24

Moses gave instructions on how to proceed

Deuteronomy 7:1-5; Deuteronomy 20:10-20

Joshua followed Moses in leading the invasion

Joshua 11:23 See also Joshua 6:20; Joshua 8:18-19; Joshua 10:29-43

The invasion continued under other leaders

Judges 1:4; Judges 4:23-24; Judges 11:21-22,32-33; 2 Kings 3:24; 1 Chronicles 4:41-43

Invasion of the Israelites' land

By the Philistines

Judges 10:6-10; 1 Chronicles 14:9; 2 Chronicles 21:16-17

By other nations

Judges 6:3-5 See also Judges 2:14; 2 Kings 13:20; 2 Chronicles 20:1; 2 C 23

Israel taken into captivity by Assyrian invaders

2 Kings 17:5-6 pp 2 Kings 18:9-11

Judah taken into captivity by Babylonian invaders

2 Kings 25:1 pp Jeremiah 39:1 2 Kings 25:10-11 pp Jeremiah 39:8-9 pp Jeremiah 52:4

Invasion of the promised land was a cause of great sadnesss

Psalm 79:1 See also Nehemiah 1:1-4; Lamentations 1:1-3; Daniel 9:4-6

Examples of non-human invasion

By locusts

Exodus 10:14

By evil spiritual forces

Matthew 12:43-45 pp Luke 11:24-26 Luke 22:3 See also Mark 9:17-18 pp Matthew 17:14-16 pp Luke 9:38-40; Romans 5:12-14; Ephesians 6:12

See also

4133  demons, possession by
4160  driving out
4843  plague
5214  attack
5246  captivity
5290  defeat
5529  sieges
5605  warfare
7257  promised land



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