earthly representative, violently destroyed the “outsiders,” just as Joshua did centuries earlier. To quote Rowlett, the Dtr “seems to believe in a hierarchical society with the king, or someone standing in his place, as the leader, as the chosen by Yahweh (Moses, Joshua, Deborah, Samuel, and so forth) functioning as a necessary hinge in the divine-human relationship” (54). Moreover, it has been shown that the image of a divine warrior fighting for his people was not unique to Israel but was widespread