Quotes about Retreat
“We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.”
- Judges 20:32
Then the Benjamites realized they had been defeated. Now the men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin because they were relying on the ambush they had set against Gibeah.
- Judges 20:36
Then Saul gave up his pursuit of the Philistines, and the Philistines returned to their own land.
- 1 Samuel 14:46
When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 10:14
If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found.”
- 2 Samuel 17:13
You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
- 2 Samuel 22:41
and each one struck down his opponent. So the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with the cavalry.
- 1 Kings 20:20
As the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!”
- 1 Kings 22:36
But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and attacked them, and they fled before them. So the Israelites invaded their land and struck down the Moabites.
- 2 Kings 3:24
So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
- 2 Kings 19:36
So Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before him.
- 1 Chronicles 19:14
When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Joab’s brother Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab went back to Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 19:15