²⁷ “I will send my terror^(A) ahead of you and throw into confusion^(B) every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run.^(C)

²⁵ This very day I will begin to put the terror^(A) and fear^(B) of you on all the nations under heaven. They will hear reports of you and will tremble^(C) and be in anguish because of you.”

²³ But the Lord your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great confusion until they are destroyed.^(A)

⁵ Then they set out, and the terror of God^(A) fell on the towns all around them so that no one pursued them.^(B)

²⁵ No one will be able to stand against you. The Lord your God, as he promised you, will put the terror^(A) and fear of you on the whole land, wherever you go.^(B)

⁶ for the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound^(A) of chariots and horses and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has hired^(B) the Hittite^(C) and Egyptian kings to attack us!”

Israel Routs the Philistines

¹⁵ Then panic^(A) struck the whole army—those in the camp and field, and those in the outposts and raiding^(B) parties—and the ground shook. It was a panic sent by God.^[a]

⁹ and said to them, “I know that the Lord has given you this land and that a great fear^(A) of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you. ¹⁰ We have heard how the Lord dried up^(B) the water of the Red Sea^[a] for you when you came out of Egypt,^(C) and what you did to Sihon and Og,^(D) the two kings of the Amorites^(E) east of the Jordan,^(F) whom you completely destroyed.^{[b](G) 11} When we heard of it, our hearts melted in fear^(H) and everyone’s courage failed^(I) because of you,^(J) for the Lord your God^(K) is God in heaven above and on the earth^(L) below.