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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

2 Chronicles 20:17 → 1 Samuel 17:47

Allusion

Later text

2 Chronicles 20:17BSB

You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out and face them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you.'"

Earlier text

1 Samuel 17:47BSB

And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD's, and He will give all of you into our hands."

Significance

Jahaziel's instruction "Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the LORD" (hityatsvu imdu u-re'u et-yeshuat YHWH, 2 Chr 20:17) resonates with David's confidence that "the LORD saves not with sword and spear, for the battle is the LORD's" (1 Sam 17:47). Both passages present divine warrior theology: Israel's role is to trust and stand while God fights. The Chronicler's account goes further than the David-Goliath narrative by removing human combat entirely—Jehoshaphat sends singers ahead of the army, and God sets ambushes among the enemies who destroy each other.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme

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