Text: 2 Chronicles 20:15
OT Text Referred to: 1 Samuel 17:47
Subject: Jehaziel declares divine victory over Moab, Ammon, and Edom
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Jahaziel's prophetic declaration "the battle is not yours, but God's" (lo lakhem hammilchamah ki la-Elohim, 2 Chr 20:15) echoes David's proclamation to Goliath: "the battle is the LORD's" (la-YHWH hammilchamah, 1 Sam 17:47). Both passages use the identical theological formula attributing military victory to divine rather than human power. The verbal parallel connects Jehoshaphat's confrontation with Moab, Ammon, and Edom to David's paradigmatic single combat, establishing a consistent biblical pattern: Israel's deliverances come from God's intervention, not human military strength.
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Text: 1 Samuel 17:47
OT Text Referred to: 2 Chronicles 20:15
Subject: divine victory
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: David's declaration in 1 Samuel 17:47 that "the battle is the LORD's" (כִּי לַיהוָה הַמִּלְחָמָה, ki laYHWH hamilchamah) finds a direct echo in Jahaziel's prophetic oracle in 2 Chronicles 20:15: "the battle is not yours but God's" (כִּי לֹא לָכֶם הַמִּלְחָמָה כִּי לֵאלֹהִים, ki lo lakhem hamilchamah ki l'Elohim). Both texts share the theological conviction that Israel's military victories belong to YHWH, not to human warriors. The later text in Chronicles, spoken during Jehoshaphat's crisis against Moab, Ammon, and Mount Seir, deliberately echoes David's Goliath speech to establish a consistent theological principle: divine warfare requires human faith, not human strength.