Unit 16

against

13 occurrences in 9 verses

2 Nephi 17:1, 5, 6,

2 Nephi 19:11, 21,

2 Nephi 20:6, 15, 24, 32

2 Nephi 17:1

And it came to pass

in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah,

that Rezin, king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up

toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

2 Nephi 17:5

Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel

against thee, saying:

2 Nephi 17:6

Let us go up against Judah and vex it,

and let us make a breach therein for us,

and set a king in the midst of it,

yea, the son of Tabeal.

2 Nephi 19:11

Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him,

and join his enemies together;

2 Nephi 19:21

Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh;

they together shall be against Judah.

For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

2 Nephi 20:6

I will send him against a hypocritical nation,

and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge

to take the spoil, and to take the prey,

and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

2 Nephi 20:15

Shall the ax boast itself against him that heweth therewith?

Shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it?

As if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up,

or as if the staff should lift up itself as if it were no wood!

2 Nephi 20:24

Therefore, thus saith the Lord God of Hosts:

O my people that dwellest in Zion,

be not afraid of the Assyrian;

he shall smite thee with a rod,

and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

2 Nephi 20:32

As yet shall he remain at Nob that day;

he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion,

the hill of Jerusalem.