Gideon and the Three Hundred: Lesson Nine

The battle belonged to the LORD.

The three hundred did not swing a sword. They stood in their places around the camp, and the whole host ran and fled.

Judges 7:21 (KJV): And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.

While the trumpets sounded, the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow throughout the host.

Judges 7:22 (KJV): And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth-shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath.

God had told Judah the same thing in another day. The battle is not yours, but God's.

2 Chronicles 20:15 (KJV): And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

And He said it to Zerubbabel. Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit.

Zechariah 4:6 (KJV): Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

Scripture References

Judges 7:21
Judges 7:22
2 Chronicles 20:15
Zechariah 4:6