So the LORDdeliveredIsraelthat day,and the battlespreadbeyondBeth-aven.
The LORDdid not saythat He would blotout the nameof Israelfrom underheaven,but He savedthem by the handof Jeroboamthe sonof Joash.
They tooktheir standin the midstof the plotand defendedit, and struckdownthe Philistines;and the LORDsavedthem by a greatvictory.
So the LORDsavedHezekiahand the inhabitantsof Jerusalemfrom the handof Sennacheribthe kingof Assyriaand from the handof all[others], and guidedthem on everyside.
Thus the LORDsavedIsraelthat dayfrom the handof the Egyptians,and Israelsawthe Egyptiansdeadon the seashore.
"But I will havecompassionon the houseof Judahand deliverthem by the LORDtheir God,and will not deliverthem by bow,sword,battle,horsesor horsemen."
for the LORDyour Godis the one who goeswith you, to fightfor you againstyour enemies,to saveyou.'
Now Joshuasentmenfrom Jerichoto Ai,whichis nearBeth-aven,eastof Bethel,and saidto them, "Goup and spyout the land."So the menwentup and spiedout Ai.
Whenthe LORDraisedup judgesfor them, the LORDwas with the judgeand deliveredthem from the handof their enemiesallthe daysof the judge;for the LORDwas movedto pityby their groaningbecauseof those who oppressedand afflictedthem.
"But you have todayrejectedyour God,whodeliversyou from allyour calamitiesand your distresses;yet you have said,'No,but seta kingoverus!' Nowtherefore, presentyourselves beforethe LORDby your tribesand by your clans."
Now the Philistinesassembledto fightwith Israel,30000chariotsand 6,000horsemen,and peoplelike the sandwhichis on the seashorein abundance;and they cameup and campedin Michmash,eastof Beth-aven.
"About this timetomorrowI will sendyou a manfrom the landof Benjamin,and you shall anointhim to be princeoverMy peopleIsrael;and he will deliverMy peoplefrom the handof the Philistines.For I have regardedMy people,becausetheir cryhas cometo Me."
