NAS Deuteronomy 7:23 "But the LORD your God shall deliver them before
you, and
will throw them into great confusion until they are destroyed.
NAS 2 Samuel 5:23 And when David inquired of the LORD, He said, "You
shall not
go directly up; circle around behind them and come at them in
front of the balsam
trees. 24 "And it shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in
the tops of the
balsam trees, then you shall act promptly, for then the LORD will have
gone out
before you to strike the army of the Philistines." 25 Then David did
so, just as the
LORD had commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba as
far as
Gezer.
NAS 2 Kings 7:5 And they arose at twilight to go to the camp of the
Arameans; when
they came to the outskirts of the camp of the Arameans, behold, there
was no one
there. 6 For the Lord had caused the army of the Arameans to hear a
sound of
chariots and a sound of horses, even the sound of a great army, so
that they said to
one another, "Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings
of the Hittites
and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us." 7 Therefore they
arose and fled in
the twilight, and left their tents and their horses and their donkeys,
even the camp just
as it was, and fled for their life.
NAS Exodus 23:27 "I will send My terror ahead of you, and throw into
confusion all
the people among whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn
their backs
to you.
NAS 1 Samuel 7:10 Now Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, and
the
Philistines drew near to battle against Israel. But the LORD thundered
with a great
thunder on that day against the Philistines and confused them, so that
they were
routed before Israel . . . 13 So the Philistines were subdued and they
did not come
anymore within the border of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against
the
Philistines all the days of Samuel.
Compare Rahab’s deception of the king of Jerico, as she hid the Hebrew
spies: Joshua
2:1-6, James 2:25, and Hebrews 11:31.
Compare the Hebrew midwives’ deception of the King of Egypt, thwarting
his plan of
infanticide: Exodus 1:15-21.
Compare Jesus’ deception, in relation to those who were trying to kill
Him, in John
7:1-19.