WAR
(See also Armageddon; Army; Cold War; Crusades; Guerrillas; Military Service; Nuclear War; Nuclear Weapons; Soldiers; Warfare [Spiritual]; War in Heaven [Revelation 12]; Weapons; World War I; World War II; lands by name)
(Note centered headings below: Israel [Ancient]; Israel [Ancient] by Conflict; List by Name; List by Place; Quotations)
abolition: wp25.1 10-13; mrt articles 88, 95, 106-107, 111-112; scl 112; it-2 1169; g17.5 11; g 12/12 23; w04 1/1 6-7; ip-1 129; g00 5/8 8-9; g99 8/22 10-11; g99 9/22 7-9; w98 4/15 30; g97 10/22 11; g96 4/22 8-11; w95 10/1 5-7; w94 1/15 5-7; g93 4/22 7-8; g91 12/8 10-11; w90 4/15 5; g89 6/8 9-10; g88 8/22 9-10; g86 2/8 8-9
failure of human efforts: wp25.1 6-8; mrt article 96; w08 4/1 3-4; re 94-95, 225-227, 249-250; w04 1/1 5; g99 8/22 9-10; g99 9/22 6; w97 4/15 8-11; g96 4/22 3-7; g94 9/22 29; g93 12/22 5; w90 10/1 4-5; w88 11/1 3-5; g88 4/8 6; tp 11-12
Isaiah 2:2-4: ip-1 45-48; wi 3, 11, 18-19, 24, 30-31
not unrealistic: w97 4/15 11-12
optimism about: g99 9/22 4-6
attitude of Jehovah’s Witnesses: wp25.1 14-15; ijwfq article 23; mrt articles 48, 77; w22.10 29-31; w14 9/15 7-8; kr 148-151; w13 7/1 5; w09 10/1 31; w08 7/1 22; w98 12/1 6; g98 11/22 12-13; g95 8/22 15; w90 2/1 22-23; sh 345-348; w88 4/15 16; w86 9/1 20-21
comments by clergyman Niemöller: w97 1/1 32; ba 25
benefits for nations that lost: g89 5/8 29
Bible Students’ view: kr 56, 148-149; w95 5/15 21-22; jv 191-192
Bible times: it-2 1167-1168; rs 271-272
Abraham against Chaldean kings: it-1 1126-1127; it-2 1166; w01 8/15 23-26; w90 7/1 19-20; w89 7/1 4-6
accuracy of Bible descriptions: w05 4/15 32
ambush: it-1 90
captives: it-1 413-414
chariot: it-1 427-428
cities: it-1 264; it-2 1167-1168; ip-1 230
fortifications: it-1 864-867
military camps: it-1 398-399
prisoners blinded: it-1 342
prisoners’ thumbs cut off: it-1 49; w05 1/15 24
rampart: it-2 733
spoil: it-2 1030-1031; nwt 1713
triumphal processions: it-2 1128-1129
use of asses: it-1 196
use of camels: it-1 396
use of horses: it-1 1144-1145; w06 1/15 15
Bible view: ijwbq article 195; scl 112-113; g17.5 10-11; w15 11/1 3-8; w10 1/1 14; g02 5/8 20-21; g97 4/22 11; w88 4/15 16-17; w86 9/1 18-20; Lmn 10-12
blessing national armies: w90 7/1 21
Christians: mrt articles 48, 59; scl 53, 112-113; w22.10 29-31; it-2 1169-1170; lvs 62-63; g17.5 10; w15 11/1 6-7; w14 9/15 7-8; lv 53; w13 7/1 5; g 8/11 22-23; w09 8/1 7; w09 10/1 29-31; g02 5/8 21; gf 19; w99 10/1 11; g97 5/8 22-23; w96 4/15 19-20; g94 10/22 6-7; w90 7/1 23-25; rs 271-272
comments by clergy: w97 1/1 32
Israel (ancient): w22.10 29-31; g17.5 10; w15 11/1 4-5; w09 10/1 30; g02 5/8 20-21; g97 4/22 3
Jehovah’s wars: cl 59-66; mwb19.12 5; it-2 19; g93 11/8 20-21; w91 8/15 24-27; w90 7/1 18-28
“time for war” (Ec 3:8): w99 10/1 11-12
whether God takes sides: w15 11/1 8; g93 4/22 4-6
casualties:
20th century: w08 5/15 13-14
children: w01 5/15 3
deaths of UN personnel: g95 11/8 28
friendly fire: g92 6/8 29
increase in civilian: g00 1/22 31
Catholic Church: w12 3/1 5; rs 43-44
clergy take part: w94 1/15 6
Crusades: g97 10/8 12-15; w90 2/1 17; sh 281-282, 302; gm 32-33; g89 8/8 22-24; w87 7/15 28-29
involvement in Japan’s feudal wars: re 268
support of Fascist Italy: re 262
support of Nazi Germany: re 238; w89 3/1 4; w89 4/15 12
causes: wp25.1 9; w04 1/1 4; g99 8/22 10; g99 9/22 6-7; w97 4/15 10-11; w96 1/1 3-4; w94 1/15 4; w90 4/15 5; w88 11/1 3, 5-6; g88 8/22 8-9; g86 2/8 4-8; g86 2/22 11
ethnic strife: g96 4/22 7; g93 12/22 3-6
heredity not a factor: g86 2/8 4
hidden root: g89 6/8 9
no biological factor: w94 1/15 4
not learning from history: g02 8/8 4-6, 8-11
previous wars: w01 1/1 3
wars during 1988: g89 5/22 29
water shortage: g 11/08 30; g97 11/8 29
Christendom’s responsibility: g99 3/8 31; w98 12/1 6; g90 3/22 20; gm 32-35; pe 27-28; g89 11/8 20-21; Lmn 11-12
comments by Rabbi Naḥmanides (1263): w97 4/15 21-22
former Yugoslavia (1991-1995): w97 5/1 14
genocide (Croatia, World War II): w96 7/1 5
tribal warfare (Rwanda, 1994): yb12 197; w97 5/1 14; w96 4/15 14; g96 11/8 6; w95 6/15 5; w94 12/15 28; g94 12/22 19
United Church of Christ (Japan): g96 1/8 28
clergy:
comments by director of Commission on World Mission and Evangelism of the World Council of Churches: w88 5/15 27
involvement in war: g88 6/22 20
promotion of war: w89 9/1 4
renounce war in 1934: w87 10/15 3-4
support of war: g 2/12 29; g99 9/8 27; g96 4/22 5; w94 1/15 6-7; g93 4/22 4-5, 7; g91 11/8 28-29; g90 4/22 31; pe 27-28; rs 43-44
World War I: w14 2/1 4; g 1/11 5; jv 191; w89 4/15 23; ws 30-31
World War II: w04 10/1 12; pe 27-28
comfort for victims: ijwbq article 189; w03 5/1 21-22
comments by—
columnists: re 271; w88 2/1 17; w88 5/1 18-19
former boy soldier: g01 3/22 7
former U.S. President Richard Nixon: re 245
historian: w86 2/15 3
Hitler: w94 1/15 4
military analyst: w94 1/15 4
Nobel Peace Prize lecturer: g88 4/8 6
various authors on war and peace: g86 2/8 3
conventional, a nuclear threat: g87 8/22 29
cost: mrt article 106; g 9/08 29
defense expenditures: g87 6/22 12-13
military expenditures: mrt article 82; g 4/10 30; w07 8/15 23; re 94, 250; g 1/06 20; g 4/06 29; g01 7/22 31; g96 11/8 29; w94 3/1 19; g91 11/22 28; g91 12/8 29; g89 6/8 4-6, 28
per hour: w88 4/15 12
per minute: g89 6/8 6; g87 4/22 30; w86 1/15 4
per soldier: g87 4/22 30
per year: g90 9/22 28; gm 139; w86 1/15 4
discussion: it-2 1166-1170; w04 1/1 3-7; g99 9/22 3-9; w88 11/1 3-6; g86 2/8 3-8
dragon against—
Michael (Re 12:7-12): ijwbq article 121; it-2 394, 1168; bh 219; re 180-181; w90 7/1 26; gm 160
remaining ones of woman’s offspring (seed) (Re 12:17): w22.05 5-6; it-2 1168; re 185-186
early Christians: ijwbq article 195; ijwfq article 23; lv 52; w12 3/1 5; g 11/09 11; w05 3/15 6-7; w02 7/15 24; w98 12/1 6; w93 7/1 15; jv 192; g93 4/22 6; rs 272-273; w88 4/15 17; w88 5/1 28; w87 10/15 6; g87 2/8 27; tp 123-124
effect on—
children: g05 4/22 28; w04 1/1 3; w01 5/15 3; g00 1/22 31; g99 3/22 28-29; g98 3/22 28; g98 7/22 30; w97 4/1 3; g97 3/22 28; g97 10/22 3-11; g96 2/8 29; g95 6/8 28; g94 8/8 29; g92 12/8 6; g89 10/8 6; w86 1/15 4; g86 3/8 30
child soldiers: w04 1/1 3, 6; g97 10/22 4-6; g89 10/8 6
civilians: mrt article 95; g89 10/8 5-6
correspondents: g03 7/22 28
morality: g 4/07 4-6
refugees: g01 3/22 3-4; g01 7/22 29
smoking: g86 4/8 4-6
survivors: g89 10/8 2-9
veterans: w07 7/15 28; g95 7/8 28-29; g89 10/8 4-5, 7-9; g87 5/22 30
Witness missionaries: w24.11 29-30
youths: w86 1/15 4; g86 3/8 30
effects: wp25.1 3-5; w04 1/1 4; w01 1/1 3
emotional wounds: w01 1/1 4-7
famine: w92 9/15 4-5
homelessness: g90 10/8 28
missing relatives: g03 12/22 28
of wars fought with light weapons: g01 3/22 3-4
pestilence: it-2 617
refugees: g02 1/22 4
slavery business: wp17.2 10-11
experiences:
bombardment nears Kingdom Hall: yb90 7
civil posts preserve flow of spiritual food: re 21; w04 3/1 27
civil-war bullet wound: g 3/06 21-23
clergy slander nullified: yb05 46
conduct of Witnesses: yb93 164-165
Congo (Kinshasa) civil war (1996-1999): yb04 243-244, 249-250
convention attended despite civil war: yb90 246-248
displaced missionary persuades child to give up toy gun: w06 5/1 32
former member of German Air Force: w04 10/1 12
former U.S. Marine in Vietnam: g 12/09 24-27
letter from former U.S. soldier to former Japanese soldier: g04 9/8 31
Liberia civil war (1989-2003): w24.11 27-29; w94 1/1 5-6; w92 1/1 27-31; yb92 42-45
life story of military artist: g01 4/8 22-24
life story of military historian: g93 4/22 9-13
life story of war hero: g98 12/22 12-15
meetings: yb09 197-198, 207-208; w00 12/1 17; w96 11/1 15
Mexico uprising (1994- ): w00 12/15 8-11
neutrality a protection: yb11 150-151; yb01 91-92; w00 12/15 8-9; w98 12/1 6; yb88 114-119, 229-230
neutrality despite pressures: yb88 113, 115
neutrality despite threat of death: w86 9/1 22
neutrality despite torture: w98 9/1 24-28; g93 5/8 7-9
neutrality during looting in Panama: g90 7/8 24-27
raising children: hl section 5
rescues fellow Witnesses: w89 10/15 26-27
returns to village fled from: yb13 77
soldier disillusioned by clergy support of war: w05 1/1 6
soldiers learn truth: w04 1/1 6-7
spared because of having magazines: w98 11/1 29
survivor learns why nations war: w95 4/15 7-8
tank driver: g03 1/22 30
truth unites former enemies: w01 1/1 4-6; w99 1/1 25; g98 11/22 14
Vietnam veteran: g 5/06 28
witnessing during shelling: w91 1/1 26
witnessing to soldiers saves life: w91 1/1 26-27
Witness stays behind alone: yb98 60
Yugoslavia civil war (1991-1995): yb09 199-200; w96 11/1 15
games:
for adults: g89 5/22 26-27
for children: g94 9/8 5-6
laser-gun tag: g94 1/22 29
Jehovah: scl 112; cl 57, 59-66; it-2 1166; w91 8/15 24-27; w90 7/1 18-28
against nations attacking Jerusalem (Zec 14): si 171
“book of the Wars of Jehovah” (Nu 21:14): w09 3/15 32; w90 7/1 18-20, 22-23, 28; ws 152, 160
challenges nations (Joe 3): w98 5/1 22-25
consistent for ‘God of peace’: cl 61-66; mwb19.12 5; it-2 19
not a war god: g93 11/8 20-21
not to blame for human wars: w97 1/1 32; Lmn 10-11
Jesus a warrior: scl 112; it-2 1168-1169
“justification” for: g90 4/22 31
just-unjust war theory: g00 3/8 28; g97 4/22 10
theologians’ requirements for “just war”: g92 3/22 12
Mongols (13th century): g 5/08 12-15
battle of Ain Jalut (1260): g 3/12 12-14
number of—
armed conflicts since World War II: w15 2/15 25-26; g 10/12 27
children traumatized (1984-1994): g95 6/8 28
civilians killed: mrt article 95; g93 2/22 28; w90 10/1 4; g90 3/22 29; g90 4/22 31; g89 1/22 29
deaths from atom bombs (Japan): g90 9/22 28
deaths in 20th century: w08 8/1 5; w06 9/15 4; w00 4/15 3; g99 9/22 3; w96 9/15 32; g90 4/22 31; g89 1/22 29; g88 4/8 6; tp 11; g86 3/8 29
deaths in current year: re 249; w91 4/15 4; w90 10/1 4; g89 5/22 29
deaths since 1700: g89 1/22 29
deaths since 1900: w06 9/15 4; w03 1/15 3
deaths since 1914: w08 5/15 14; g95 11/22 28
deaths since World War II: re 94; w95 11/15 5; g95 9/8 5; g89 7/8 20; tp 11-12; g86 3/8 29
soldiers in armed conflict worldwide: w86 11/15 21
prayers: g93 4/22 10-12
“World Day of Prayer for Peace” (1986): re 249-251; w88 12/15 21, 23
prevalence: mrt article 88; w17.11 24; w08 4/1 5; g 4/06 29; g00 7/8 28; g99 9/22 3; g99 12/8 4, 6, 10-11; g86 3/8 29
20th century: g88 4/8 6; g86 3/8 29
civil wars and strife: w04 1/1 3-4; g93 12/22 4; w90 10/1 4-5
during individual years: g 4/07 30; g00 7/8 28; g00 8/8 29; g96 4/22 7; g96 7/22 12; g94 1/8 29; g94 9/22 29; g94 10/22 29; g93 12/22 4; w91 4/15 3-4; w90 10/1 4; g90 3/22 29; g89 5/22 29; g89 6/8 6; w88 12/15 21; g87 4/22 29
during spans of years: g96 4/22 7; gm 138-139; g89 1/22 29; g87 6/8 21; g87 6/22 11
increase in number and in deaths: re 250; g94 10/22 29; w90 10/1 4; g89 1/22 29
no decline: g94 1/8 29
since World War II: re 94; g95 9/8 5; g90 9/22 28; g87 6/8 21
religious involvement: wp25.1 9; mrt article 48; re 207-208, 268; g03 3/22 28; ol 20-21; w01 9/15 3; w97 4/15 11; w96 4/15 13-14; g94 10/22 3-7; g93 1/8 10; g93 4/22 3-7; sh 13-15; g90 3/8 7-9; w88 2/1 17; w88 11/1 3; g86 2/8 6
Africa: g94 10/22 5-6
Assyrian religion promoted war: it-1 202; ip-1 208-209; w88 2/15 25
Babylonian god Marduk: g89 1/22 23
chaplains: w13 7/1 5
Christendom: yb07 112-113; w06 3/1 6; g99 3/8 31; w98 12/1 5-6; w94 12/15 28; w93 7/1 11; g93 4/22 4-6
comment by member of Air Force in Nazi Germany: w04 10/1 12
comment by U.S. President Jimmy Carter: w88 2/1 17
comments at UN conference: w95 7/1 32
comments by Catholic chaplain: w88 4/15 16-17
comments by columnists: re 271; w88 2/1 17; w88 5/1 18-19
Croatia during World War II: w96 7/1 5
former Yugoslavia: w95 10/1 5-6; g95 8/8 29; g94 10/22 4-5
medieval Japan: re 245
prayers for peace ignored by nations: g87 6/8 7-8
Protestants and Catholics (Switzerland): sh 320
religious wars: g 1/11 4; g97 4/22 3-10; w93 7/1 11; g88 12/22 20
responsibility for war: re 270-271; w95 10/1 5-6; w94 12/15 28; w90 2/1 17-19; w89 9/1 4; g89 9/8 27; g89 11/8 20-21; w87 11/15 3
Russia and Ukraine (2022): mrt article 48
Rwanda (1994): w94 12/15 28
Scandinavian, promoted war: g86 12/8 23
Spanish Armada against Britain (1588): g 8/07 24-25, 27
support of war: g 2/12 29; g 1/11 4-5; re 238, 245, 262-263; w89 4/15 23; w89 5/15 3-5; pe 27-28; g89 12/22 7-8; w88 4/15 16-17; w88 5/15 27; g87 6/8 7-10
surveys on relationship to war: g87 2/22 30
World War I: w14 2/1 4; g 1/11 5; g 8/09 20; gm 35; ws 30-31
World War II: w96 7/1 5; g94 10/22 3-4; g89 12/22 3, 6-9
role of propaganda: g86 2/8 4-5
scientists on war work: re 94; g89 6/8 6; w87 3/1 26; w86 2/15 3; g86 5/22 8
sign of last days: wp25.1 5; mrt articles 68, 99, 111; scl 112; wp20.2 8; wp18.2 7; bhs 95-96; w14 2/1 6; bh 88-89; g 10/12 26-27; w08 5/15 13-14; w08 8/1 5; w08 10/1 6-7; g 4/07 8-9; w06 9/15 4; re 93-95, 250; w05 10/1 4-5; g02 1/22 4; g99 9/22 3; g99 12/8 4, 6, 10-11; w98 6/15 32; w98 9/15 7; w97 4/1 6; w96 9/15 32; w95 4/15 16; w95 10/15 5-6; kl 99-100, 102; g95 4/22 7; g95 11/22 28; w93 3/1 4-5; gm 136-139; rs 234-235; w88 10/1 5; w88 11/1 5; g88 4/8 5-9; w86 1/1 6; w86 1/15 3-4; w86 5/15 5; tp 10-12, 76-78, 80; Lmn 24-25
size of world’s armed forces: w08 4/1 5; g89 4/8 30
small arms and light weapons: w04 1/1 4; g02 5/8 5; g01 3/22 3-8
student protests: g87 6/8 22-23
symbolic representation:
fiery-colored horse (Re 6:4): mrt article 106; wp17.3 5-6; re 93-95; gm 136-139; g88 4/8 3, 5-9; w86 1/1 6; w86 1/15 3-4
white horse (Re 6:2): re 90-92, 99; w86 1/1 4-6; w86 1/15 3, 5-6
white horses (Re 19:11, 14): re 280-281
threat of annihilation:
comments on: g88 4/8 7-8; w86 2/15 3
fears of youths: g86 11/8 5-6
threat of world war: mrt article 103
“war” after Thousand Year Reign (Re 20:8): it-2 1169; re 291-292
war in heaven (Re 12:7-12): w25.10 3; ijwbq article 49; w22.05 5; it-2 394, 1168; re 180-181; w90 7/1 26; gm 160
wild beast against—
holy ones (Re 13:7): w12 6/15 15; re 192
two witnesses (Re 11:7): re 167-168; w87 7/1 21
Israel (Ancient)
army: it-1 173-175
at Megiddo: it-1 1037; it-2 365; w08 4/1 6; w89 1/1 16-17; w86 2/15 21-22
camps: it-1 398
conscription: it-2 1167
discussion: it-2 1166-1168
enemy nations: it-1 951
instigation: it-2 26
wrong conclusions from victories: it-1 54
Jehovah’s executioner: it-2 1166
Jehovah’s support of Israel: w22.10 31; it-2 663
laws governing: cl 134-135; it-1 620; it-2 1166-1167
limitations: it-2 1166
no justification for modern wars: w22.10 29-31; g17.5 10; g02 5/8 20-21; g97 4/22 3
northern kingdom: it-1 1233
not all were proper: it-2 1167
sanctified warfare: it-2 1166-1167
false prophets “sanctify war” (Mic 3:5): it-2 1167
spoil: it-2 1030-1031
tactics: it-2 1167-1168
trumpet call: it-2 1130
victories from dependence on Jehovah: it-1 174-175; w06 5/15 8-9
why horses hamstrung: it-1 174, 1026
why Jehovah permitted and commanded: w22.10 30; w16.06 32; rs 271-272; w86 9/1 18
why marriage with captive foreign women allowed: w04 9/15 28
Israel (Ancient) by Conflict
against Aramaean kingdoms (Syria): it-1 143-144; it-2 1052-1053
against Hazael (Syria): it-1 1047
against Philistines: ijwia article 2; it-2 632-633
Philistines capture Ark: it-1 673; it-2 632; ia 67; w11 1/1 24
Ahab and Jehoshaphat against Ben-hadad II (Syria): it-1 60, 286, 1272; it-2 732, 845; si 82
Ahab defeats Ben-hadad II (Syria): it-1 59-60, 286, 572; it-2 845
Amaziah defeats Edom: it-1 88; it-2 843
Asa defeats Ethiopians: it-1 184, 697; w16.09 4-6; w14 8/15 17; w12 8/15 8-9
Barak defeats Jabin and Sisera: w23.07 19; w19.09 9; it-1 255; it-2 176; w17.04 29-31; lfb 80-81; w15 8/1 14; w12 2/15 12; w08 10/15 14-15; w03 11/15 28-31; gl 14; w98 12/15 11-12; w91 8/15 26-27; w90 5/1 16-17; si 48; w86 2/15 21
“stars fight” (Jg 5:20): it-2 1033-1034; w17.04 30; w05 1/15 25
civil wars: w22.10 29; it-1 174; it-2 846
Abijah defeats Jeroboam I: it-1 23, 174; it-2 37-38; si 81
Ahaz defeated by Pekah and Rezin: it-1 62; it-2 36, 525, 594, 802
Amaziah defeated by Jehoash: it-1 88, 1266
Asa against Baasha: it-1 184, 285-286; w12 8/15 10
Benjamin punished for sex crime: it-1 289, 929-930; it-2 417; w11 9/15 32; w05 1/15 27; si 50
David defeats Absalom: it-1 34, 944
Jephthah defeats Ephraim: it-2 28
Joab defeats Abner: it-1 27, 931-932; it-2 77-78
Omri defeats Tibni: it-2 1100
conquest of Canaan: w86 12/15 21-26
against Ai: it-1 66, 90; it-2 1174; w91 8/15 25-26; si 43-44; w86 12/15 19-20
against attackers of Gibeon: lfb 78-79; si 44; w88 7/1 5-6; w86 12/15 23-24
against Jericho: w18.10 23; lfb 76-77; si 43; gm 37-38; w88 7/1 5; w86 12/15 16, 18-19
burning of cities: it-2 188
laws governing: it-1 620
David defeats—
Ammon: it-1 93-94; w05 2/15 27
Moab: it-2 420; w05 5/15 17
Philistines: it-1 241, 588; it-2 633; w91 6/1 20-21
Syrians: it-1 1015; it-2 1053
Gideon defeats Midian: ijwis article 13; mwb21.11 10; it-1 933-934; it-2 397, 1221; lfb 84-85; w08 10/15 14; w05 7/15 14-16; gl 14; w97 10/1 31; si 48; w86 2/15 21-22
accuracy of description: w05 4/15 32
Jehoram, Jehoshaphat, and Edom defeat Moab: it-1 681, 715, 1270, 1272; it-2 175-176, 381-382, 420-421
Jehoram against Hazael (Syria): it-2 732
Jehoram defeats Ben-hadad II (Syria): it-1 287, 716-717
Jehoshaphat defeats Ammon, Moab, and Mt. Seir: scl 45; mwb23.05 4; it-1 92, 174-175, 951, 1271-1272; lfb 120-121; w14 12/15 23-24; my story 67; w03 6/1 15-16, 20-22; w98 5/1 19-22; w92 1/1 20-21; si 82
Jephthah defeats Ammon: it-1 93; it-2 26-27; w07 5/15 9; gl 14
Jonathan defeats Philistines: ijwia article 2; w19.04 32; it-2 395-396; w07 9/15 18-19
Jotham defeats Ammon: it-2 119
Moses defeats Amalek through Joshua: it-1 173; w14 2/15 19-20; w11 12/15 19
Aaron and Hur hold Moses’ hands up: w16.09 4, 6
Moses defeats Midian: it-1 76; it-2 397; si 34
spoil: it-2 1030
Moses defeats Og: it-2 545
Moses defeats Sihon: it-1 98, 1102; it-2 943
Nebuchadnezzar destroys Jerusalem: si 73-74
Rehoboam defeated by Shishak: it-2 934
Reuben, Gad, Manasseh defeat Hagrites: w05 10/1 9
Samuel defeats Philistines: it-2 632, 851
Philistine escape route: it-1 294
Saul defeated by Philistines: it-1 120; w97 10/1 31; si 57
Saul defeats Ammon: it-1 93, 307, 944; it-2 871
Saul defeats Philistines: it-2 632-633, 871
Sennacherib invades Judah: si 73
Solomon defeats Hamath-zobah: it-1 1025
List by Name
American Civil War (1861-1865): g95 5/8 13-14
cigarettes: g86 4/8 5
American War of Independence (1775-1783):
Boston Tea Party: g89 9/8 19
Boer War: g86 1/22 20
Caste War (Maya against Spaniards) (1847-1853): w08 12/1 14
Crimean War (1853-1856):
cigarettes: g86 4/8 4
religious factors: w90 12/15 3, 5
English Civil War (Puritan Revolution): g89 9/8 27
Korean War (1950-1953): g 12/08 13; yb88 161-166; g87 5/22 13
experience of captives: w12 12/1 12-13
Opium Wars (1839-1842; 1856-1860): re 263; g89 9/8 19; g88 12/8 6
Christendom’s missionaries back Britain: re 263
Punic Wars (Rome vs. Carthage): g 4/09 18; g01 11/8 16-18
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939):
religious incitement: re 207-208, 262; g90 3/8 7-9
Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648):
coins minted having divine name: w95 5/15 32
Peace of Westphalia (1648): w04 3/15 20-23
pipe smoking: g86 4/8 4
religious motivation: gm 33-34
List by Place
Afghanistan:
war rugs: g00 1/8 28-29
Africa:
Carthage: g 4/09 18; g01 11/8 16-18
cost: g 9/08 29
effect on agriculture: g87 3/8 7-8
fatalities in 1980’s: g90 10/8 28
homeless because of: g90 10/8 28
religious failure: g94 10/22 5-6
Assyria:
Ashdod taken (Isa 20:1): ip-1 210-211
battle of Karkar: it-1 454-455; it-2 907-908
cruelty: it-1 201, 958, 1136; it-2 463; w13 4/1 10; g 12/10 26-27; w07 10/15 22; jd 118; ip-1 144, 208-210
Egypt invaded by: it-2 370
religious: it-1 202, 954; ip-1 208-209, 325
Belgium:
Napoléon defeated at Waterloo (1815): g 6/11 25; g99 3/22 16
Bosnia and Herzegovina:
siege of Sarajevo (1992): yb09 193-198
Britain:
defeat of Spanish Armada (1588): g 6/11 24-25; g 1/10 20-21; g 8/07 24-27; dp 138; w88 5/15 24
China:
Opium Wars (1839-1842; 1856-1860): re 263; g89 9/8 19; g88 12/8 6
Congo, Republic of (Brazzaville):
civil wars (1997-1999): yb04 149, 157-160
Cyprus:
war with Türkiye (1974): yb95 102-104
developing nations: w90 10/1 4-5; g86 3/8 29
Egypt (ancient):
Assyria invades: it-2 370
El Salvador:
Witness relief work and conventions (1989): yb91 56-57
Finland:
civil war (1918): yb90 153-154
former Soviet Union (1992-1993): g93 12/22 3
former Yugoslavia (1991-1995): g96 7/22 12; g94 11/8 3-5; w93 1/1 29-30; w93 12/15 20-21; g93 12/22 3, 5
cigarettes: g94 1/22 29
effect on children: w97 4/1 3
pollution from: g95 10/22 29
religious involvement: w97 5/1 14; g94 10/22 4-5
France:
Catholics and Protestants (1500’s): g97 4/22 4-9
Greece (ancient):
Medo-Persia defeated at Marathon (490 B.C.E.): w05 9/1 28
Medo-Persia defeated at Plataea (479 B.C.E.): g99 8/8 25-27
Medo-Persia invades: it-1 1002-1003; dp 212-213; g95 5/8 22-24
Honduras:
against El Salvador (1969): yb93 163-164
India: g86 2/8 6
Iran-Iraq: g88 5/8 30
Iraq invades Kuwait (1990): g96 7/8 15; g96 7/22 12
Israel (modern):
war with Hamas in Gaza (2023-2024): mrt article 95
Lebanon civil war (1989-1990):
Witness activity during: w91 1/1 25-29
Liberia (1989-2003): w24.11 27-29
civil war (1989-1990): w92 1/1 27-28; yb92 42-45
civil war (1993-1994): yb95 3-4; yb94 14
civil war (2003): w04 4/1 30-31; yb04 20-21
Medo-Persia:
Greece invaded by: it-1 1002-1003; dp 212-213; g95 5/8 22-24
Mexico:
Cristero Rebellion (1926-1929): g05 8/22 12-14
Mozambique:
refugees killed by lions: g90 1/22 29
Nigeria:
spiritual food during Biafra civil war (1967-1970): w19.02 26, 29; re 21; w04 3/1 27
Panama:
U.S. invasion (1989): g90 7/8 23-27
Paraguay: yb98 212-214, 222-223, 243
Persian Gulf (1990-1991):
casualties from friendly fire: g92 6/8 29
Russia:
Chechnya (1994): g96 7/22 12
Rwanda:
civil war (1994): w24.06 17-18; yb12 194, 197; w97 5/1 14; w96 4/15 14; g96 4/8 29; g96 11/8 6; yb95 15-17; w94 11/1 22; w94 12/15 26-29; g94 12/22 12-13
Witness unity: w13 7/1 5; yb12 207, 215-217, 222, 225; w98 4/1 18-19; w96 11/1 17-18, 32
Sierra Leone (1991-2001):
Witness activity during: yb14 130-151
South Africa: g86 1/22 19-20
Sri Lanka: yb01 10-11; yb88 46
Suriname:
civil war: yb90 246-249
Ukraine:
Russia invades (2022): hdu article 23; mrt articles 45, 47, 77
Vietnam: g87 6/8 22
life stories of U.S. veterans: w15 5/15 3-8; g 12/09 24-27; g05 10/22 11-15; g97 1/8 11-15
propaganda effort in U.S.: g86 2/8 6-7
student protests: g87 6/8 22-23
Yugoslavia:
Kosovo (1999): yb01 15
Quotations
1914 to 1989 a single, discrete epoch: jt 7; g95 11/22 28
1980s have seen more wars than any other decade in history: w90 10/1 4-5
20th century a time of unparalleled savagery: g95 11/22 28
20th century has been the bloodiest in history: re 245
20th century marked by wars more bloody and destructive than those of any other age: g02 5/8 9; kl 100; g95 4/22 7
20th-century wars have been “total wars”: g95 11/22 28
a central institution in human civilization: w97 4/15 9
after a year of the Bosnian war I believe Satan pulls the strings. This is pure madness: w02 10/15 3; g93 12/22 5
always day before a war, war, or day after: hl section 1
any country engaged in war that harasses Jehovah’s Witnesses is sure to lose: g93 5/8 9
army should always be ready (Patriarch Kirill): g 2/12 29
barbarian wars were alley fights in comparison: g95 11/22 28
being a Christian and a soldier was considered irreconcilable: ijwfq article 23
bishops have consistently supported all wars waged by their country: g96 4/22 5; g95 8/22 12-13; g93 4/22 4; rs 43-44
can anyone conceive of Jesus hurling hand grenades?: g98 10/22 5-6; g94 10/22 7
Catholic hierarchies almost always supported the wars of their nations: g98 10/22 4; g94 10/22 3; w90 2/1 19
chief motivation is no longer greed but religion: w87 11/15 3
Christian Churches are the finest blood-lust creators we have: g98 10/22 4; g96 4/22 5; w94 12/15 28; g94 10/22 3; g93 4/22 5
Christian soldiers of all denominations were exhorted to kill each other in the name of their Saviour: w94 1/15 6
Christian writers prior to Constantine condemned killing in war: g 11/09 11
church became part and parcel of the war system: w94 3/1 10-11; ws 31
churches have given themselves to blessing wars, troops, and weapons and prayed in a very unchristian way for destruction of their enemies: w97 1/1 32; ba 25; g95 8/22 14; g93 4/22 7
church follows the flag: w96 4/15 13; g96 4/22 5; g93 4/22 4
clerics gave the war its passionate spiritual significance and drive: w94 3/1 10-11; ws 31
contradiction between the Christian spirit and the conduct of war seems increasingly clear: w90 2/1 19
death in twentieth-century on a scale hard to grasp: w06 9/15 4
earliest followers of Jesus rejected war and military service: ijwfq article 23; g 11/09 11
early Christians identified their religion with peace; they strongly condemned war: g93 4/22 6
early Christians refused to engage in war whatever the consequences: w12 3/1 5
end of Cold War does not mean peace is order of the day: w91 4/15 3; g90 8/8 28
few secular political rivalries ever generate the bloodthirsty fervor of religious war: tp 81
fighting and dying under religious flags go on with a violent persistence: g93 4/22 4
first Christians refused to be conscripted even if penalty was death: w88 4/15 17
half or more now being fought are either openly religious or involved with religious disputes: re 271; g89 1/8 6
Hindus, Moslems, Sikhs and other sects have been bloodying each other for centuries: w87 11/15 3
how different the world would be if we all woke up one morning firmly decided not to take up arms again, just like Jehovah’s Witnesses!: g98 10/22 6; w95 7/1 32; w87 10/1 5
I have come to hate war. War settles nothing (Eisenhower): g93 4/22 13
Just War is a gospel that Jesus never taught: w88 4/15 16-17
killing which could have me convicted of murder in one set of circumstances, could win me a medal in another: g89 10/8 5
more people killed in name of religion than all wars and natural disasters: w95 7/1 32
more than 90% of those deaths have occurred in the 20th century: g89 1/22 29
no Christian can war against another Christian: g93 4/22 6
no winners, only losers: w01 1/1 3
present religious conflict beyond borders of sanity: w95 7/1 32
religious traditions are not supposed to spread hatred and violent conflict: w95 7/1 32
since wars begin in the minds of men, so must peace: g02 1/22 13; w01 1/1 32; w95 7/1 32; w94 1/15 5
two forces have ever been joined in dual alliance. They are war and religion: w96 4/15 13
two-thirds of major conflicts in world today have religious overtones: w94 2/1 30
with one corner of our mouth we have praised the Prince of Peace and with the other we have glorified war: g 6/11 8; w93 6/15 22; g93 4/22 4; pe 28; ws 30-31