Quotes about Conflict
So Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought against Abimelech,
— Judges 9:39
but Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. And many Shechemites fell wounded all the way to the entrance of the gate.
— Judges 9:40
Abimelech stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.
— Judges 9:41
And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
— Judges 9:45
But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
— Judges 9:53
And when the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home.
— Judges 9:55
The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in deep distress.
— Judges 10:9
Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.
— Judges 10:17
Some time later, when the Ammonites fought against Israel
— Judges 11:4
and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
— Judges 11:5
“Come,” they said, “be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites.”
— Judges 11:6
Jephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and expel me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now, when you are in distress?”
— Judges 11:7