Judg 5:8, 1Sa 17:47, 50, Zec 4:6, 1Cor 1:27-29, 2Cor 4:7 | ESV | STEP | When new gods were chosen , then war was in the gates . Was shield or spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel ?

Judges 5:8

8 ^aWhen new gods were chosen,
then war was in the gates.
^bWas shield or spear to be seen
among forty thousand in Israel?

1 Samuel 17:47

47 and that all this assembly may know that ^cthe Lord saves not with sword and spear. ^dFor the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hand.”

1 Samuel 17:50

50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. There was no sword in the hand of David.

Zechariah 4:6

6 Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to ^eZerubbabel: ^fNot by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.

1 Corinthians 1:27-29

27 But ^gGod chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; ^hGod chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even ⁱthings that are not, to ^jbring to nothing things that are, 29 so ^kthat no human being ^{▼▼Greek no flesh} might boast in the presence of God.

2 Corinthians 4:7

Treasure in Jars of Clay

7 But we have this treasure in ^mjars of clay, ⁿto show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.