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  • noun Plural form of ambushment.

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Examples

  • And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Se'ir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

    2 Chronicles 20. 1999

  • And when they began to sing praises, the Lord turned their ambushments upon themselves, that is to say, of the children of Ammon, and of Moab, and of mount Seir, who were come out to fight against

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous

  • And when they began to sing praises, the Lord turned their ambushments upon themselves, that is to say, of the children of Ammon, and of Moab, and of mount Seir, who were come out to fight against Juda, and they were slain.

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 14: 2 Paralipomenon The Challoner Revision

  • And when they began to sing praises, the Lord turned their ambushments upon themselves, that is to say, of the children of Ammon, and of Moab, and of mount Seir, who were come out to fight against Juda, and they were slain.

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous

  • Indians on the plains, of ambushments by desperadoes in the mountain passes, of the lurid life of the early mining camps, and the desperate deeds of the Vigilantes!

    Craftsmanship in Teaching William Chandler Bagley 1910

  • Shout the shout of faith with Joshua, and Jehoshaphat, and David, and Paul; and I can assure you that when you shout, the Lord will “set ambushments,” and all your enemies shall fall down dead before you.

    The God of All Comfort 1905

  • And it came to pass that when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord began to set ambushments against the enemy, so that they smote one another; and when the children of Israel came to a watchtower in the wilderness, from which they could see the great multitude that had come up against them, “behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.”

    The God of All Comfort 1905

  • "Satan had set ambushments against the good people of Gloucester, with demons in the shape of armed Indians and Frenchmen."

    Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 04 : Tales of Puritan Land 1879

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