1 Samuel 17:47

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD'S, and he will give you into our hands.

Saveth not

The battle

General references

Psalm 109:27

Isaiah 45:6

Bible References

Saveth not

The king is not saved by a mighty army;

A warrior is not delivered by great strength.

For I will not trust in my bow,
Nor will my sword save me.

There is no wisdom and no understanding
And no counsel against the Lord.

But I will have compassion on the house of Judah and deliver them by the Lord their God, and will not deliver them by bow, sword, battle, horses or horsemen.”

The battle

Then Jonathan said to the young man who was carrying his armor, “Come and let us cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; perhaps the Lord will work for us, for the Lord is not restrained to save by many or by few.”

and he said, “Listen, all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: thus says the Lord to you, ‘Do not fear or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours but God’s.

The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah.

There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace,
On the throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness
From then on and forevermore.

The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.

Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel saying, ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts.

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

General references

And let them know that this is Your hand;

You, Lord, have done it.

That

men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun

That there is no one besides Me.
I am the Lord, and there is no other,