ensure salvation from enemies (1 Sam. 2:1; Ezek. 29:21; cf. Lk. 1:71). It also can be cut down/not exalted by YHWH in the case of the wicked who try to raise their own horns (Ps. 75:4–5, 10 [74:5–6, 11, LXX]; Lam. 2:3). The expression κέρας σωτηρίας, applied by Luke to Jesus, is used only twice (2 Sam. 22:3; Ps. 18:2 [17:3, LXX]) and exclusively as a reference to YHWH, where it is collocated with such titles as helper, protector, defender, and refuge.35 Consequently, when Luke characterizes Jesus