As early in the biblical text as Exodus 15:1–18, Yahweh (God) is portrayed as a warrior, one who leads his people into battle and fights for them. God’s deliverance of Israel from Egypt is the first time that he demonstrated this aspect of his character. Thereafter, Yahweh’s role as “warrior” became the model and paradigm for those battles that would follow, in which Israel put her trust in the Lord to lead them when war was approved by God. But Yahweh’s appearance in such wars