He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage. Cross References Judges 20:21 And the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day. 1 Samuel 4:10 So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great--thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell. Lamentations 2:21 Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion. Treasury of Scripture He gave his people over also to the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. gave 1 Samuel 4:2,10,11 wrought Psalm 89:38 Isaiah 64:9 |