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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 → Exodus 14:13

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

Exodus 14:13BSB

But Moses told the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD's salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.

Significance

Exodus 14:13 commands Israel to "stand firm" (הִתְיַצְּבוּ, hityatsvu) and watch God's deliverance at the Red Sea, and 2 Chronicles 20:17 echoes this with nearly identical language: "Take your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD" (הִתְיַצְּבוּ עִמְדוּ וּרְאוּ אֶת־יְשׁוּעַת יְהוָה). The verbal parallel is striking—both use הִתְיַצֵּב (hityatsev, "station/position oneself") followed by the imperative to "see" (רְאוּ) God's salvation (יְשׁוּעָה, yeshu'ah). Jehoshaphat's confrontation with Moab and Ammon is thus framed as a new Red Sea moment, where human passivity and divine action combine to demonstrate that Israel's wars are ultimately the LORD's battles.

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

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