{"id":263,"date":"2021-07-17T18:54:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T18:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/?post_type=front-matter&#038;p=263"},"modified":"2021-09-04T23:05:02","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T23:05:02","slug":"table-of-contents","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/front-matter\/table-of-contents\/","title":{"raw":"Outline","rendered":"Outline"},"content":{"raw":"<h3><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/story-and-genre\/\">1. Story and Genre: Traditional Motifs and Patterns<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/story-and-genre\/#1.1\">1.1. Narrative and Traditional Patterns<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/story-and-genre\/#1.2\">1.2. Narrative: Tension and Resolution<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/story-and-genre\/#1.3\">1.3. Tradition and Realism<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/story-and-genre\/#1.4\">1.4. The Changing Tradition<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/story-and-genre\/#1.5\">1.5. Conclusion<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/story-and-genre\/#1.6\">1.6. Footnotes for Chapter 1<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/part\/part-i-battle-narrative-in-the-ancient-near-east\/\">Part I: Battle Narrative in the Ancient Near East<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<h3><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/\">2. The Heroic Battle Pattern in the ancient Near East<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.1\">2.1. Six Heroic Battle Narratives from the ancient Near East and Homer<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.1.1\">2.1.1.\u00a0 Marduk and Tiamat in the En\u016bma eli\u0161<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.1.2\">2.1.2. Ninurta fights Anzu in the Anzu Myth<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.1.3\">2.1.3. Gilgamesh and \u1e2aumbaba in the Gilgamesh Epic = Gilg.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.1.4\">2.1.4. Baal and Yamm<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.1.5\">2.1.5. Sinuhe and the Strong Man of Retenu in Sinuhe<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.1.6\">2.1.6. Achilles and Hector in the Iliad<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.2\">2.2. Characters<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.3\">2.3. The Beginning: The Description of the Hero, the Threat, and Helplessness<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.4\">2.4. The Middle: The Call and Commission of the Hero<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.4.1\">2.4.1. General call<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.4.2\">2.4.2. Call, commission, and failure of the false heroes<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.4.3\">2.4.3. The call and commission of the hero<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.4.4\">2.4.4. Preparation for battle: the arming of the hero and muster of the army<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.4.5\">2.4.5. Journey<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.4.6\">2.4.6. Variations on a single motif or pattern<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.5\">2.5. The Resolution: Victory, Plunder, and Recognition<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.5.1\">2.5.1. Single-combat<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.5.2\">2.5.2. The defeat of the enemy army<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.5.3\">2.5.3. Plunder<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.5.4\">2.5.4. Recognition and reward of the hero<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.6\">2.6. Conclusion<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.7\">2.7. Footnotes for Chapter 2<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/\">3. The Royal Battle Pattern in the Ancient Near East<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.1\">3.1. The Literary Texts of Royal Battle Narratives<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.2\">3.2. Characters<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.3\">3.3. The Beginning: Description of the King, Threat and Helplessness<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.3.1\">3.3.1. Description of the king<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.3.2\">3.3.2. Enemy\u2019s threat and power<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.3.3\">3.3.3. Reaction of helplessness<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.4\">3.4. The Middle: Call and Commission with the Preparation for Battle<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.4.1\">3.4.1. Call and commission of the king by the helpless<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.4.2\">3.4.2. King\u2019s reaction of righteous indignation<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.4.3\">3.4.3. Divine call and commission of the king<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.4.4\">3.4.4. Preparation for battle: arming of the leader and muster of the army<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.4.5\">3.4.5. Journey<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.5\">3.5. The Resolution: Victory, Plunder and Recognition<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.5.1\">3.5.1. Verbal exchange between king and enemy<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.5.2\">3.5.2. Fight and the victory by the deity, king and army<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.5.3\">3.5.3. The enemy\u2019s recognition of defeat and their destruction or capture<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.5.4\">3.5.4. Plunder, Recognition and Reward of the Deity and King<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.6\">3.6. Conclusion<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.7\">3.7. Footnotes for Chapter 3<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/part\/part-i-battle-narrative-in-the-ancient-near-east-2\/\">Part II: Battle Narrative in the Bible<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<h3><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/4the-lord-and-pharaoh-at-the-red-sea\/\">4. The LORD and Pharaoh at the Red Sea<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/4the-lord-and-pharaoh-at-the-red-sea\/#4.1\">4.1.\u00a0 \u00a0A description of the hero directing everything: Exod 13:17-22, 14:1-4<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/4the-lord-and-pharaoh-at-the-red-sea\/#4.2\">4.2.\u00a0 \u00a0The enemy\u2019s threat and false confidence: Exod 14:5-10a<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/4the-lord-and-pharaoh-at-the-red-sea\/#4.3\">4.3.\u00a0 \u00a0The reaction of fear: Exod 14:10-12<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/4the-lord-and-pharaoh-at-the-red-sea\/#4.4\">4.4.\u00a0 \u00a0A variation on the \u201ccall and commission: Exod 14:13-14<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/4the-lord-and-pharaoh-at-the-red-sea\/#4.5\">4.5.\u00a0 \u00a0The divine hero commands the leader: 14:15-18<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/4the-lord-and-pharaoh-at-the-red-sea\/#4.6\">4.6.\u00a0 \u00a0The first resolution: Israel\u2019s escape: 14:19-22<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/4the-lord-and-pharaoh-at-the-red-sea\/#4.7\">4.7.\u00a0 \u00a0The second resolution: the destruction of Pharaoh and the Egyptians: Exod 14:23-28<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/4the-lord-and-pharaoh-at-the-red-sea\/#4.8\">4.8.\u00a0 \u00a0Victory Hymn<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/4the-lord-and-pharaoh-at-the-red-sea\/#4.9\">4.9.\u00a0 \u00a0Conclusion<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/4the-lord-and-pharaoh-at-the-red-sea\/#4.10\">4.10.\u00a0 \u00a0Footnotes for Chapter 4<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/5david-and-goliath-the-heroic-pattern\/\">5. David and Goliath: The Heroic Pattern<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/5david-and-goliath-the-heroic-pattern\/#5.1\">5.1.\u00a0 \u00a0The Beginning: The Enemy\u2019s Threat and the Reaction of Fear: 1 Sam 17:1-11<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/5david-and-goliath-the-heroic-pattern\/#5.2\">5.2.\u00a0 \u00a0The Middle: Identification and Commission of the Hero: 1 Sam 17:12-40<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/5david-and-goliath-the-heroic-pattern\/#5.3\">5.3.\u00a0 \u00a0The End: The Victory and Recognition: 1 Sam 17:41\u201318:4<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/5david-and-goliath-the-heroic-pattern\/#5.3.1\">5.3.1.\u00a0 \u00a0Single combat between the Hero and the Enemy: 1 Sam 17:41-52<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/5david-and-goliath-the-heroic-pattern\/#5.3.2\">5.3.2.\u00a0 \u00a0Plunder and recognition: 1 Sam 17:53 \u2013 18:4<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/5david-and-goliath-the-heroic-pattern\/#5.3.3\">5.3.3.\u00a0 \u00a0Heroic friendship: 1 Sam 18:1,3-4<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/5david-and-goliath-the-heroic-pattern\/#5.4\">5.4.\u00a0 \u00a0Footnotes for Chapter 5<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/6the-unlikely-human-hero\/\">6. The Unlikely Human Hero<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/6the-unlikely-human-hero\/#6.1\">6.1. The Book of Judith<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/6the-unlikely-human-hero\/#6.2\">6.2. The Unlikely Heroes in the Book of Judges: Strong and Weak<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/6the-unlikely-human-hero\/#6.2.1\">6.2.1. Samson: Judges 13-16<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/6the-unlikely-human-hero\/#6.2.2\">6.2.2. The Left-Handed Ehud: Judg 3:12-30<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/6the-unlikely-human-hero\/#6.2.3\">6.2.3. Deborah and Jael: Judge 4-5<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/6the-unlikely-human-hero\/#6.2.4\">6.2.4. The Fearful Gideon: Judges 6-8<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/6the-unlikely-human-hero\/#6.2.5\">6.2.5. Jephthah the Chosen Outcast: Judg 10:6-11:40<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/6the-unlikely-human-hero\/#6.3\">6.3. Conclusion<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/6the-unlikely-human-hero\/#6.4\">6.4. Footnotes to Chapter 6<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/\">7. The Royal Battle Pattern in the Biblical Tradition<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.1\">7.1.\u00a0 \u00a0The Royal Battle Pattern: King Saul against Nahash: 1 Samuel 11<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.2\">7.2.\u00a0 \u00a0The Royal Battle Pattern in Joshua 1-12<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.3\">7.3.\u00a0 \u00a0The Royal Battle Pattern in the Books of Chronicles<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.3.1\">7.3.1.\u00a0 \u00a0King Abijah of Judah against King Jeroboam I of Israel: 2 Chronicles 13<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.3.2\">7.3.2.\u00a0 \u00a0King Asa of Judah against Zerah the Ethiopian: 2 Chr 14:9-15<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.3.3\">7.3.3.\u00a0 \u00a0Jehoshaphat watches the enemies ambush themselves as prophesied: 2 Chr 20:1-30<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.4\">7.4.\u00a0 \u00a0Good Kings in the Books of Kings<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.4.1\">7.4.1.\u00a0 \u00a0Elisha strikes the Syrians blind: 2 Kgs 6:8-23<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.4.2\">7.4.2.\u00a0 \u00a0Jehu, anointed king, overthrows the House of Ahab: 2 Kings 9<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.5\">7.5.\u00a0 \u00a0The Conflict between King and Prophet in the Books of Kings<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.5.1\">7.5.1.\u00a0 \u00a0King Ahab triumphs over Ben-hadad only to be rebuked by a prophet: 1 Kgs 20:1-21,22-43<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.5.2\">7.5.2.\u00a0 \u00a0The king of Israel and Micaiah: 1 Kings 22 \/\/ 2 Chronicles 18:1-34<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.5.3\">7.5.3.\u00a0 \u00a0The Deception of Moab: 2 Kings 3<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.5.4\">7.5.4.\u00a0 \u00a0Benhadad\u2019 Siege of Samaria: 2 Kgs 6:24\u20137:20<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.6\">7.6\u00a0 \u00a0Footnotes to Chapter 7<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/\">8. Battle Narrative and Defeat<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.1\">8.1.\u00a0 \u00a0Sin and the Traditional Battle Pattern<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.1.1\">8.1.1.\u00a0 \u00a0The Sin of Achan: Joshua 7<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.1.2\">8.1.2.\u00a0 \u00a0Jonathan the Hero and Saul, the Foolish King:\u00a0 1 Samuel 14<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.1.3\">8.1.3.\u00a0 \u00a0Judges 9: King Abimelech, the Bad King<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.1.4\">8.1.4.\u00a0 \u00a0Judges 18-20: The Battle against Benjamin their Brother<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">8.2.\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.2\">History and the Traditional Battle Pattern<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.2.1\">8.2.1.\u00a0 \u00a0Jehoash defeats Amaziah: 2 Kgs 14:8-14 \/\/ 2 Chr 25:17-24<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.2.2\">8.2.2.\u00a0 \u00a0The king of Assyria defeats Rezin at the call of Ahaz: 2 Kgs 16:5-9<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.2.3\">8.2.3.\u00a0 \u00a0The Sennacherib Narratives: 2 Kgs 18:13-16, 17\u201319:37 \/\/ 2 Chr 32:1-33 \/\/ Isa 36-37<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.2.4\">8.2.4.\u00a0 \u00a0Josiah dies in Battle against the Pharaoh Neco: 2 Kgs 23:29-30 \/\/ 2 Chr 35:20-26<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.3\">8.3.\u00a0 \u00a0Comic Death<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.4\">8.4.\u00a0 \u00a0Tragic Death<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.4.1\">8.4.1.\u00a0 \u00a0David. the King: 2 Samuel 9\u201320, 1 Kgs 1-2<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.4.2\">8.4.2.\u00a0 \u00a0The Tragedy of Saul: 1 Sam 13\u201331<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.5\">8.5. Footnotes for Chapter 8<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/part\/9conclusion\/\">9. Conclusion<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<h3>Appendices<\/h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/backmatter\/appendix-1\/\">Appendix 1: Motifs and Patterns of the Heroic Pattern<\/a><\/h4>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/backmatter\/appendix-2\/\">Appendix 2: Motifs and Patterns of the Royal Battle Narrative<\/a><\/h4>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/backmatter\/appendix-3\/\">Appendix 3: Battle Narratives in the Historical Books of the Bible<\/a><\/h4>\r\n<h3>Indices<\/h3>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/backmatter\/scripture-index\/\">Index of Scripture Texts<\/a><\/h4>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/backmatter\/index-ane-texts\/\">Index of Ancient Near Eastern Texts<\/a><\/h4>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/backmatter\/index-of-motifs-and-patterns\/\">Index of Motifs and Patterns<\/a><\/h4>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/backmatter\/index-modern-authors\/\">Index of Modern Authors<\/a><\/h4>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/backmatter\/bibliography\/\">Bibliography<\/a><\/h3>","rendered":"<h3><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/story-and-genre\/\">1. Story and Genre: Traditional Motifs and Patterns<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/story-and-genre\/#1.1\">1.1. Narrative and Traditional Patterns<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/story-and-genre\/#1.2\">1.2. Narrative: Tension and Resolution<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/story-and-genre\/#1.3\">1.3. Tradition and Realism<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/story-and-genre\/#1.4\">1.4. The Changing Tradition<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/story-and-genre\/#1.5\">1.5. Conclusion<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/story-and-genre\/#1.6\">1.6. Footnotes for Chapter 1<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/part\/part-i-battle-narrative-in-the-ancient-near-east\/\">Part I: Battle Narrative in the Ancient Near East<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/\">2. The Heroic Battle Pattern in the ancient Near East<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.1\">2.1. Six Heroic Battle Narratives from the ancient Near East and Homer<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.1.1\">2.1.1.\u00a0 Marduk and Tiamat in the En\u016bma eli\u0161<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.1.2\">2.1.2. Ninurta fights Anzu in the Anzu Myth<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.1.3\">2.1.3. Gilgamesh and \u1e2aumbaba in the Gilgamesh Epic = Gilg.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.1.4\">2.1.4. Baal and Yamm<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.1.5\">2.1.5. Sinuhe and the Strong Man of Retenu in Sinuhe<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.1.6\">2.1.6. Achilles and Hector in the Iliad<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.2\">2.2. Characters<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.3\">2.3. The Beginning: The Description of the Hero, the Threat, and Helplessness<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.4\">2.4. The Middle: The Call and Commission of the Hero<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.4.1\">2.4.1. General call<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.4.2\">2.4.2. Call, commission, and failure of the false heroes<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.4.3\">2.4.3. The call and commission of the hero<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.4.4\">2.4.4. Preparation for battle: the arming of the hero and muster of the army<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.4.5\">2.4.5. Journey<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.4.6\">2.4.6. Variations on a single motif or pattern<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.5\">2.5. The Resolution: Victory, Plunder, and Recognition<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.5.1\">2.5.1. Single-combat<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.5.2\">2.5.2. The defeat of the enemy army<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.5.3\">2.5.3. Plunder<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.5.4\">2.5.4. Recognition and reward of the hero<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.6\">2.6. Conclusion<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/2the-heroic-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#2.7\">2.7. Footnotes for Chapter 2<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/\">3. The Royal Battle Pattern in the Ancient Near East<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.1\">3.1. The Literary Texts of Royal Battle Narratives<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.2\">3.2. Characters<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.3\">3.3. The Beginning: Description of the King, Threat and Helplessness<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.3.1\">3.3.1. Description of the king<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.3.2\">3.3.2. Enemy\u2019s threat and power<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.3.3\">3.3.3. Reaction of helplessness<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.4\">3.4. The Middle: Call and Commission with the Preparation for Battle<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.4.1\">3.4.1. Call and commission of the king by the helpless<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.4.2\">3.4.2. King\u2019s reaction of righteous indignation<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.4.3\">3.4.3. Divine call and commission of the king<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.4.4\">3.4.4. Preparation for battle: arming of the leader and muster of the army<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.4.5\">3.4.5. Journey<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.5\">3.5. The Resolution: Victory, Plunder and Recognition<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.5.1\">3.5.1. Verbal exchange between king and enemy<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.5.2\">3.5.2. Fight and the victory by the deity, king and army<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.5.3\">3.5.3. The enemy\u2019s recognition of defeat and their destruction or capture<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.5.4\">3.5.4. Plunder, Recognition and Reward of the Deity and King<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.6\">3.6. Conclusion<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/3the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-ancient-near-east\/#3.7\">3.7. Footnotes for Chapter 3<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/part\/part-i-battle-narrative-in-the-ancient-near-east-2\/\">Part II: Battle Narrative in the Bible<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/4the-lord-and-pharaoh-at-the-red-sea\/\">4. The LORD and Pharaoh at the Red Sea<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/4the-lord-and-pharaoh-at-the-red-sea\/#4.1\">4.1.\u00a0 \u00a0A description of the hero directing everything: Exod 13:17-22, 14:1-4<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/4the-lord-and-pharaoh-at-the-red-sea\/#4.2\">4.2.\u00a0 \u00a0The enemy\u2019s threat and false confidence: Exod 14:5-10a<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/4the-lord-and-pharaoh-at-the-red-sea\/#4.3\">4.3.\u00a0 \u00a0The reaction of fear: Exod 14:10-12<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/4the-lord-and-pharaoh-at-the-red-sea\/#4.4\">4.4.\u00a0 \u00a0A variation on the \u201ccall and commission: Exod 14:13-14<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/4the-lord-and-pharaoh-at-the-red-sea\/#4.5\">4.5.\u00a0 \u00a0The divine hero commands the leader: 14:15-18<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/4the-lord-and-pharaoh-at-the-red-sea\/#4.6\">4.6.\u00a0 \u00a0The first resolution: Israel\u2019s escape: 14:19-22<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/4the-lord-and-pharaoh-at-the-red-sea\/#4.7\">4.7.\u00a0 \u00a0The second resolution: the destruction of Pharaoh and the Egyptians: Exod 14:23-28<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/4the-lord-and-pharaoh-at-the-red-sea\/#4.8\">4.8.\u00a0 \u00a0Victory Hymn<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/4the-lord-and-pharaoh-at-the-red-sea\/#4.9\">4.9.\u00a0 \u00a0Conclusion<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/4the-lord-and-pharaoh-at-the-red-sea\/#4.10\">4.10.\u00a0 \u00a0Footnotes for Chapter 4<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/5david-and-goliath-the-heroic-pattern\/\">5. David and Goliath: The Heroic Pattern<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/5david-and-goliath-the-heroic-pattern\/#5.1\">5.1.\u00a0 \u00a0The Beginning: The Enemy\u2019s Threat and the Reaction of Fear: 1 Sam 17:1-11<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/5david-and-goliath-the-heroic-pattern\/#5.2\">5.2.\u00a0 \u00a0The Middle: Identification and Commission of the Hero: 1 Sam 17:12-40<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/5david-and-goliath-the-heroic-pattern\/#5.3\">5.3.\u00a0 \u00a0The End: The Victory and Recognition: 1 Sam 17:41\u201318:4<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/5david-and-goliath-the-heroic-pattern\/#5.3.1\">5.3.1.\u00a0 \u00a0Single combat between the Hero and the Enemy: 1 Sam 17:41-52<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/5david-and-goliath-the-heroic-pattern\/#5.3.2\">5.3.2.\u00a0 \u00a0Plunder and recognition: 1 Sam 17:53 \u2013 18:4<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/5david-and-goliath-the-heroic-pattern\/#5.3.3\">5.3.3.\u00a0 \u00a0Heroic friendship: 1 Sam 18:1,3-4<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/5david-and-goliath-the-heroic-pattern\/#5.4\">5.4.\u00a0 \u00a0Footnotes for Chapter 5<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/6the-unlikely-human-hero\/\">6. The Unlikely Human Hero<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/6the-unlikely-human-hero\/#6.1\">6.1. The Book of Judith<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/6the-unlikely-human-hero\/#6.2\">6.2. The Unlikely Heroes in the Book of Judges: Strong and Weak<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/6the-unlikely-human-hero\/#6.2.1\">6.2.1. Samson: Judges 13-16<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/6the-unlikely-human-hero\/#6.2.2\">6.2.2. The Left-Handed Ehud: Judg 3:12-30<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/6the-unlikely-human-hero\/#6.2.3\">6.2.3. Deborah and Jael: Judge 4-5<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/6the-unlikely-human-hero\/#6.2.4\">6.2.4. The Fearful Gideon: Judges 6-8<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/6the-unlikely-human-hero\/#6.2.5\">6.2.5. Jephthah the Chosen Outcast: Judg 10:6-11:40<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/6the-unlikely-human-hero\/#6.3\">6.3. Conclusion<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/6the-unlikely-human-hero\/#6.4\">6.4. Footnotes to Chapter 6<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/\">7. The Royal Battle Pattern in the Biblical Tradition<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.1\">7.1.\u00a0 \u00a0The Royal Battle Pattern: King Saul against Nahash: 1 Samuel 11<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.2\">7.2.\u00a0 \u00a0The Royal Battle Pattern in Joshua 1-12<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.3\">7.3.\u00a0 \u00a0The Royal Battle Pattern in the Books of Chronicles<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.3.1\">7.3.1.\u00a0 \u00a0King Abijah of Judah against King Jeroboam I of Israel: 2 Chronicles 13<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.3.2\">7.3.2.\u00a0 \u00a0King Asa of Judah against Zerah the Ethiopian: 2 Chr 14:9-15<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.3.3\">7.3.3.\u00a0 \u00a0Jehoshaphat watches the enemies ambush themselves as prophesied: 2 Chr 20:1-30<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.4\">7.4.\u00a0 \u00a0Good Kings in the Books of Kings<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.4.1\">7.4.1.\u00a0 \u00a0Elisha strikes the Syrians blind: 2 Kgs 6:8-23<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.4.2\">7.4.2.\u00a0 \u00a0Jehu, anointed king, overthrows the House of Ahab: 2 Kings 9<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.5\">7.5.\u00a0 \u00a0The Conflict between King and Prophet in the Books of Kings<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.5.1\">7.5.1.\u00a0 \u00a0King Ahab triumphs over Ben-hadad only to be rebuked by a prophet: 1 Kgs 20:1-21,22-43<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.5.2\">7.5.2.\u00a0 \u00a0The king of Israel and Micaiah: 1 Kings 22 \/\/ 2 Chronicles 18:1-34<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.5.3\">7.5.3.\u00a0 \u00a0The Deception of Moab: 2 Kings 3<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.5.4\">7.5.4.\u00a0 \u00a0Benhadad\u2019 Siege of Samaria: 2 Kgs 6:24\u20137:20<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/7the-royal-battle-pattern-in-the-biblical-tradition\/#7.6\">7.6\u00a0 \u00a0Footnotes to Chapter 7<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/\">8. Battle Narrative and Defeat<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.1\">8.1.\u00a0 \u00a0Sin and the Traditional Battle Pattern<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.1.1\">8.1.1.\u00a0 \u00a0The Sin of Achan: Joshua 7<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.1.2\">8.1.2.\u00a0 \u00a0Jonathan the Hero and Saul, the Foolish King:\u00a0 1 Samuel 14<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.1.3\">8.1.3.\u00a0 \u00a0Judges 9: King Abimelech, the Bad King<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.1.4\">8.1.4.\u00a0 \u00a0Judges 18-20: The Battle against Benjamin their Brother<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">8.2.\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.2\">History and the Traditional Battle Pattern<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.2.1\">8.2.1.\u00a0 \u00a0Jehoash defeats Amaziah: 2 Kgs 14:8-14 \/\/ 2 Chr 25:17-24<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.2.2\">8.2.2.\u00a0 \u00a0The king of Assyria defeats Rezin at the call of Ahaz: 2 Kgs 16:5-9<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.2.3\">8.2.3.\u00a0 \u00a0The Sennacherib Narratives: 2 Kgs 18:13-16, 17\u201319:37 \/\/ 2 Chr 32:1-33 \/\/ Isa 36-37<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.2.4\">8.2.4.\u00a0 \u00a0Josiah dies in Battle against the Pharaoh Neco: 2 Kgs 23:29-30 \/\/ 2 Chr 35:20-26<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.3\">8.3.\u00a0 \u00a0Comic Death<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.4\">8.4.\u00a0 \u00a0Tragic Death<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.4.1\">8.4.1.\u00a0 \u00a0David. the King: 2 Samuel 9\u201320, 1 Kgs 1-2<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.4.2\">8.4.2.\u00a0 \u00a0The Tragedy of Saul: 1 Sam 13\u201331<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"\/mightyinbattle\/chapter\/8battle-narrative-and-defeat\/#8.5\">8.5. Footnotes for Chapter 8<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/part\/9conclusion\/\">9. Conclusion<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Appendices<\/h3>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/backmatter\/appendix-1\/\">Appendix 1: Motifs and Patterns of the Heroic Pattern<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/backmatter\/appendix-2\/\">Appendix 2: Motifs and Patterns of the Royal Battle Narrative<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/backmatter\/appendix-3\/\">Appendix 3: Battle Narratives in the Historical Books of the Bible<\/a><\/h4>\n<h3>Indices<\/h3>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/backmatter\/scripture-index\/\">Index of Scripture Texts<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/backmatter\/index-ane-texts\/\">Index of Ancient Near Eastern Texts<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/backmatter\/index-of-motifs-and-patterns\/\">Index of Motifs and Patterns<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/backmatter\/index-modern-authors\/\">Index of Modern Authors<\/a><\/h4>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/backmatter\/bibliography\/\">Bibliography<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"front-matter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/263"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/front-matter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":404,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/263\/revisions\/404"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/263\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"front-matter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter-type?post=263"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=263"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mightyinbattle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}