Text: 2 Chronicles 20:15
OT Text Referred to: Exodus 14:13
Subject: divine victory
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Analogy + Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Moses' command at the Red Sea—"Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD's salvation" (הִתְיַצְּבוּ וּרְאוּ אֶת־יְשׁוּעַת יְהוָה, hityatsvu ur'u et-yeshu'at YHWH)—is echoed in Jahaziel's oracle to Jehoshaphat: "Do not be afraid or dismayed... for the battle is not yours but God's" (2 Chr 20:15). Both texts share the same structural pattern: Israel faces an overwhelming enemy, a divinely authorized leader commands them not to fear, and God fights on their behalf without requiring human military action. The Chronicler deliberately patterns Jehoshaphat's crisis on the Red Sea paradigm, using the exodus as the definitive model for divine warfare throughout Israel's subsequent history.