Deu 1:42, 20:4, Jos 7:12, 10:42, 1Sa 4:6-7, 10-11, 1Ch 10 | ESV | STEP | And the Lord said to me, Say to them, Do not go up or fight , for I am not in your midst , lest you be defeated before your enemies .

Deuteronomy 1:42

42 And the Lord said to me, ^a‘Say to them, Do not go up or fight, ^bfor I am not in your midst, lest you be defeated before your enemies.’

Deuteronomy 20:4

4 for the Lord your God is he who goes with you ^cto fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.’

Joshua 7:12

12 ^dTherefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They ^eturn their backs before their enemies, because they have become ^fdevoted for destruction. ^{▼▼That is, set apart ( devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)} I will be with you no more, unless you destroy ^hthe devoted things from among you.

Joshua 10:42

42 And Joshua captured all these kings and their land at one time, ⁱbecause the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.

1 Samuel 4:6-7

6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shouting, they said, “What does this great shouting in the camp of the Hebrews mean?” And when they learned that the ark of the Lord had come to the camp, 7 the Philistines were afraid, for they said, “A god has come into the camp.” And they said, “Woe to us! For nothing like this has happened before.

1 Samuel 4:10-11

10 So the Philistines fought, ^jand Israel was defeated, ^kand they fled, every man to his home. And there was a very great slaughter, for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell. 11 ^lAnd the ark of God was captured, ^mand the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

1 Chronicles 10

The Death of Saul and His Sons

1 ⁿNow the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa. 2 And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons, and the Philistines struck down Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. 3 The battle pressed hard against Saul, and the archers found him, and he was wounded by the archers. 4 Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and mistreat me.” But his armor-bearer would not, for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword and fell upon it. 5 And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died. 6 Thus Saul died; he and his three sons and all his house died together. 7 And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that the army ^{▼▼Hebrew they} had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled, and the Philistines came and lived in them.

8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. 9 And they stripped him and took his head and his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to carry the good news to their idols and to the people. 10 And they put his armor in the temple of their gods and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon. 11 But when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 all the valiant men arose and took away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.

13 So Saul died ^pfor his breach of faith. He broke faith with the Lord in that he did not keep the command of the Lord, and also ^qconsulted a medium, seeking guidance. 14 He ^rdid not seek guidance from the Lord. Therefore the Lord put him to death and ^sturned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.