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These raiding parties were a common feature in the ancient Near East and are frequently mentioned in the Old Testament narratives.<br><br><b>Biblical References and Context</b><br><br>1. <b>Amalekites and Other Nomadic Tribes</b>: One of the most notable groups of raiders in the Bible were the Amalekites. They were a nomadic tribe that frequently attacked the Israelites. In <a href="/1_samuel/30.htm">1 Samuel 30:1</a>, the Amalekites raided Ziklag, a town where David and his men had settled: "Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it down."<br><br>2. <b>Midianites</b>: The Midianites also conducted raids against Israel. In <a href="/judges/6-3.htm">Judges 6:3-4</a>, it is recorded: "Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other eastern peoples invaded the country. They camped on the land and ruined the crops all the way to Gaza and did not spare a living thing for Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys."<br><br>3. <b>Philistines</b>: The Philistines were another group known for their raiding activities. They were a constant threat to Israel during the time of the Judges and the early monarchy. In <a href="/1_samuel/13-17.htm">1 Samuel 13:17</a>, it is noted: "And raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies. One company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual."<br><br>4. <b>Chaldeans and Sabeans</b>: In the Book of Job, raiders are mentioned in the context of Job's trials. The Sabeans and Chaldeans conducted raids that resulted in the loss of Job's livestock and servants. <a href="/job/1-15.htm">Job 1:15-17</a> describes these events: "and the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!... While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, 'The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!'"<br><br><b>Cultural and Historical Significance</b><br><br>Raiders in biblical times were often nomadic or semi-nomadic groups who relied on raiding as a means of survival and economic gain. The frequent mention of raiders in the Bible highlights the instability and danger of the ancient Near Eastern world, where settled communities were often at risk from these marauding bands.<br><br>The presence of raiders also served as a test of faith and resilience for the Israelites. The biblical narratives often depict God delivering His people from the hands of raiders, emphasizing His protection and sovereignty. For instance, in <a href="/bsb/1_samuel/30.htm">1 Samuel 30</a>, after the Amalekite raid on Ziklag, David sought the Lord's guidance and was able to recover all that had been taken.<br><br><b>Moral and Theological Implications</b><br><br>From a theological perspective, the accounts of raiders in the Bible can be seen as a reflection of the consequences of sin and disobedience. The Israelites' failure to fully obey God's commands often left them vulnerable to such attacks. However, these narratives also underscore God's faithfulness and His willingness to deliver and restore His people when they turn back to Him in repentance and faith.<br><br>The accounts of raiders and their interactions with the Israelites serve as a reminder of the spiritual battles believers face and the need for reliance on God's strength and protection.<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/1416.htm"><span class="l">1416. gedud -- a band, troop</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from gadad Definition a band, troop NASB Word Usage band (6), band of<br> <b>raiders</b> (1), Bandits (1), bands (7), divisions (1), marauding band (2 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1416.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7843.htm"><span class="l">7843. shachath -- perhaps to go to ruin</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7), destroys (5), destruction (2), devastate (1), felled (2), go to ruin (1), harm<br> (2), jeopardize (1), laid waste (1), polluted (1), <b>raiders</b> (2), ravage (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7843.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/smith/jeremiah/2_oracles_on_the_scythians.htm"><span class="l">Oracles on the Scythians. (With Some Others: iv. 5-vi. 29. )</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Jerusalem is named twice in the song, and naturally, since the whole land is threatened<br> with waste and the <b>raiders</b> come up to the suburbs of the capital. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/smith/jeremiah/2 oracles on the scythians.htm</font><p><a href="/library/gordon/quiet_talks_on_service/call_for_volunteers.htm"><span class="l">Call for Volunteers.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> When the crops were almost ready to harvest, these <b>raiders</b> swooped in in great numbers<br> and destroyed all the crops and drove away all the stock. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on service/call for volunteers.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/gods_covenant_with_abram.htm"><span class="l">God's Covenant with Abram</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 15:5-18. 1. Abram had exposed himself to dangerous reprisals by his victory<br> over the confederate Eastern <b>raiders</b>. In the reaction <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/gods covenant with abram.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/the_secret_of_courage.htm"><span class="l">The Secret of Courage</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Everything else was gone; his property was carried off by <b>raiders</b>, his home was<br> smouldering embers. But the Amalekites had not stolen God from him. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/the secret of courage.htm</font><p><a href="/library/allies/the_formation_of_christendom_volume_vi/chapter_i_the_holy_see.htm"><span class="l">The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> life through various countries depopulated or barbarous, infused into the whole<br> mass one spirit, so that Arians became Catholics, Teuton <b>raiders</b> issued into <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../allies/the formation of christendom volume vi/chapter i the holy see.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chesterton/whats_wrong_with_the_world/chapter_42_a_cultivated_conservative.htm"><span class="l">A Cultivated Conservative Friend of Mine once Exhibited Great <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> to individual life and love, in their base belief in mere numbers, in their pessimistic<br> courage and their atheistic patriotism, the riders and <b>raiders</b> of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 42 a cultivated conservative.htm</font><p><a href="/library/cole/trials_and_triumphs_of_faith/chapter_iv_events_during_the.htm"><span class="l">Events During the War</span></a> <br><b>...</b> prayed for their success. After their return, my father overheard him<br> and one of the <b>raiders</b> talking. Father overheard this man <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../cole/trials and triumphs of faith/chapter iv events during the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lawlor/st_bernard_of_clairvauxs_life_of_st_malachy_of_armagh/chapter_i_the_early_life.htm"><span class="l">The Early Life of Malachy. Having Been Admitted to Holy Orders He <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> This king therefore seeing what had been done, was filled with wrath; and indignant,<br> on the one hand, at the freedom of the <b>raiders</b> and the insolence of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter i the early life.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_6/chapter_iithe_rise_of_the.htm"><span class="l">The Rise of the Assyrian Empire</span></a> <br><b>...</b> They still continued, however, to pay visits to these localities"sometimes in the<br> guise of merchants and at others as <b>raiders</b>, according to their ancient <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter iithe rise of the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_6/chapter_iiithe_hebrews_and_the.htm"><span class="l">The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus</span></a> <br><b>...</b> at the call of the trumpet, Jerubbaal chose from among them three hundred of the<br> strongest, with whom he came down unexpectedly upon the <b>raiders</b>, put them to <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter iiithe hebrews and the.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/r/raiders.htm"><span class="l"><b>Raiders</b> (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Raiders</b> (12 Occurrences). Genesis 49:19 "A troop will<br> press on Gad, but he will press on their heel. (See NAS RSV NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/raiders.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/raided.htm"><span class="l">Raided (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/raided.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/raiding.htm"><span class="l">Raiding (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/raiding.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/david.htm"><span class="l">David (1052 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> burnt during his brief absence. David pursued after the <b>raiders</b>, the Amalekites,<br> and completely routed them. On his return to Ziklag <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/david.htm - 93k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/dan.htm"><span class="l">Dan (71 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Sidon. Its inhabitants, pursuing the ends of peaceful traders, were<br> defenseless against the onset of the Danite <b>raiders</b>. Having <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/dan.htm - 41k</font><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Gad-in-the-Bible.html">Who was Gad in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Ziklag-in-the-Bible.html">What is the significance of Ziklag in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/life-Elisha.html">Who was Elisha in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Raiders (12 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/49-19.htm">Genesis 49:19</a></span><br />"A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/2-14.htm">Judges 2:14</a></span><br />The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers who despoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/2-16.htm">Judges 2:16</a></span><br />And the LORD raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-17.htm">1 Samuel 13:17</a></span><br />The spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah, to the land of Shual;<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-15.htm">1 Samuel 14:15</a></span><br />There was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled; and the earth quaked: so there was an exceeding great trembling.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/13-20.htm">2 Kings 13:20</a></span><br />Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/13-21.htm">2 Kings 13:21</a></span><br />It happened, as they were burying a man, that behold, they spied a band; and they cast the man into the tomb of Elisha: and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/24-2.htm">2 Kings 24:2</a></span><br />Yahweh sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servants the prophets.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/12-21.htm">1 Chronicles 12:21</a></span><br />They helped David against the band of rovers: for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the army.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/22-1.htm">2 Chronicles 22:1</a></span><br />The inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his place; for the band of men who came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/18-22.htm">Jeremiah 18:22</a></span><br />Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hosea/6-9.htm">Hosea 6:9</a></span><br />As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/r/raiders.htm">Raiders</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/raids.htm">Raids (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/raiders.htm">Raiders (12 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/jabneh.htm">Jabneh (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/jabneel.htm">Jabneel (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/marauding.htm">Marauding (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/lachish.htm">Lachish (22 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/collected.htm">Collected (55 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/worthless.htm">Worthless (103 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sheba.htm">Sheba (36 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/drunk.htm">Drunk (84 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bands.htm">Bands (130 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/syrians.htm">Syrians (63 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/stopped.htm">Stopped (134 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/syria.htm">Syria (73 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/r/raided.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Raided"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Raided" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/r/raiders_with_the_arabs.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Raiders with the Arabs"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Raiders with the Arabs" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>