"Oneof your menputsto flighta thousand,for the LORDyour Godis He who fightsfor you, justas He promisedyou.
Theseare the namesof the mightymenwhomDavidhad: Josheb-basshebetha Tahchemonite,chiefof the captains,he was [called] Adinothe Eznite,becauseof eighthundredslain[by him] at onetime;
They were helpedagainstthem, and the Hagritesand allwho [were] with them were giveninto their hand;for they criedout to Godin the battle,and He answeredtheir prayersbecausethey trustedin Him.
For manyfellslain,becausethe war[was] of God.And they settledin their placeuntilthe exile.
Contend,O LORD,with those who contendwith me; Fightagainstthose who fightagainst me.
The LORDof hostsis with us; The Godof Jacobis our stronghold.Selah.
"The LORDwill fightfor you while you keepsilent."
Onethousand[will flee] at the threatof one[man]; You will fleeat the threatof five,Untilyou are leftas a flagon a mountaintopAnd as a signalon a hill.
But you will chaseyour enemiesand they will fallbeforeyou by the sword;
fiveof you will chasea hundred,and a hundredof you will chasetenthousand,and your enemieswill fallbeforeyou by the sword.
"In that daythe LORDwill defendthe inhabitantsof Jerusalem,and the one who is feebleamong them in that daywill be like David,and the houseof David[will be] like God,like the angelof the LORDbeforethem.
Whatthenshall we sayto these things?IfGod[is] for us, who[is] againstus?
"He shall sayto them, 'Hear,O Israel,you are approachingthe battleagainstyour enemiestoday.Do not be fainthearted.Do not be afraid,or panic,or tremblebeforethem,
for the LORDyour Godis the one who goeswith you, to fightfor you againstyour enemies,to saveyou.'
"The LORDshall causeyour enemieswho riseup againstyou to be defeatedbeforeyou; they will comeout againstyou onewayand will fleebeforeyou sevenways.
Do not fearthem, for the LORDyour Godis the one fightingfor you.'
"Then He said,'I will hideMy facefrom them, I will seewhattheir end[shall be]; For they are a perversegeneration,Sonsin whom is nofaithfulness.
"Howcould onechasea thousand,And twoputtenthousandto flight,Unlesstheir Rockhad soldthem, And the LORDhad giventhem up?
Joshuacapturedallthesekingsand their landsat onetime,becausethe LORD,the Godof Israel,foughtfor Israel.
"So takediligentheedto yourselvesto lovethe LORDyour God.
"And you have seenallthat the LORDyour Godhas doneto allthesenationsbecauseof you, for the LORDyour Godis He who has been fightingfor you.
He founda freshjawboneof a donkey,so he reachedout and tookit and killeda thousandmenwith it.
Afterhim cameShamgarthe sonof Anath,who struckdownsixhundredPhilistineswith an oxgoad;and he alsosavedIsrael.
Then Jonathansaidto the youngmanwho was carryinghis armor,"Comeand let us crossoverto the garrisonof theseuncircumcised;perhapsthe LORDwill workfor us, for the LORDis not restrainedto saveby manyorby few."
