\{Tell a watchman to climb up into\} the top of the trees. As soon as he hears the sounds of marching, attack the Philistines. I (God) will go out in front of you and defeat the Philistine army!”
Deuteronomy 20:4 - Easy To Read Version Why? Because the Lord your God is going with you. He will help you fight against your enemies. The Lord your God will help you win!’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 for the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the Lord your God is He Who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to save you. [I Sam. 17:45.] American Standard Version (1901) for Jehovah your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. Common English Bible because the LORD your God is going with you to fight your enemies for you and to save you.” Catholic Public Domain Version For the Lord your God is in your midst, and he will contend against your enemies on your behalf, so that he may rescue you from peril.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because the Lord your God is in the midst of you, and will fight for you against your enemies, to deliver you from danger. |
\{Tell a watchman to climb up into\} the top of the trees. As soon as he hears the sounds of marching, attack the Philistines. I (God) will go out in front of you and defeat the Philistine army!”
God himself is with us. He is our ruler, and his priests are with us. God’s priests blow his trumpets to wake you up and make you excited about coming to him! Men of Israel, don’t fight against the Lord God of your ancestors! {\cf2\super [175]} You will not succeed!”
You won’t have to do anything but stay calm. The Lord will do the fighting for you.”
But in all these things we have full victory through God who showed his love for us.
The Lord your God will go before you and fight for you. He will do this the same as he did in Egypt. You saw him go before you there
No person will be able to stand against you. The Lord your God will make the people fear you wherever you go in that land. That is what the Lord promised you before.
Don’t fear the kings of these lands, because the Lord your God will fight for you.’
Be strong and be brave. Don’t be afraid of those people! Why? Because the Lord your God is with you. He will not fail you or leave you.”
Can one person chase away 1,000 men? Can two men cause 10,000 men to run away? That will happen only if the Lord gives them to their enemy! That will happen only if their Rock [215] (God) sells them like slaves!
Then the army of Israel chased the enemy down the road from Beth Horon to Azekah. While they were chasing the enemy, the Lord caused large hailstones to fall from the sky. Many of the enemy were killed by these large hailstones. More men were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the soldiers of Israel.
Joshua captured all those cities and their kings on one trip. Joshua did this because the Lord God of Israel was fighting for Israel.
With the Lord’s help, one man from Israel could defeat 1,000 enemy soldiers. Why? Because the Lord your God fights for you. The Lord promised to do this.
So the Lord saved the Israelites that day. The battle moved on past Beth Aven. The whole army was with Saul—he now had about 10,000 men. The battle spread to every city in the hill country of Ephraim. [131]