²² So on the day of the battle not a soldier with Saul and Jonathan^(A) had a sword or spear^(B) in his hand; only Saul and his son Jonathan had them.

⁷ But we have this treasure in jars of clay^(A) to show that this all-surpassing power is from God^(B) and not from us.

²⁷ But God chose^(A) the foolish^(B) things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. ²⁸ God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not^(C)—to nullify the things that are, ²⁹ so that no one may boast before him.^(D)

⁶ So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:^(A) ‘Not^(B) by might nor by power,^(C) but by my Spirit,’^(D) says the Lord Almighty.

⁵⁰ So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling^(A) and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.

⁴⁷ All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword^(A) or spear that the Lord saves;^(B) for the battle^(C) is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”