One man of you shall chase a thousand; for it is the Lord your God who fights for you, as he spoke to you.
KJV
One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
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Commentary
One man of you shall chase a thousand,.... Here Kimchi and Ben Melech observe, that the future tense is put for the past, and that the sense is, one of them had chased a thousand in their war with the Canaanites; but Abarbinel disapproves of this observation, and thinks it refers to time to come, what they should be able to do if they cleaved unto the Lord; this was fulfilled in Samson,
Jdg 15:15
; such a promise was made,
Lev 26:8
,
for the Lord your God he it is that fighteth for you; and no wonder then that a thousand should be put to flight by one man; the Targum interprets it of the Word of the Lord, as in
Jos 23:3
,
as he hath promised you; see
Deu 1:30
.
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