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Habakkuk 3 describes two ancient Near Eastern deities, associated with plague and pestilence, marching with God in his army. A similar figure appears in Joshua 5, where an armed divine warrior presents himself as the commander of God's army.
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Joshua 5:14

Hebrew Bible
13 When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. Joshua approached him and asked him, “Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?” 14 He answered, “Truly I am the commander of the Lord’s army. Now I have arrived!” Joshua bowed down with his face to the ground and asked, “What does my master want to say to his servant?” 15 The commander of the Lord’s army answered Joshua, “Remove your sandals from your feet because the place where you stand is holy.” Joshua did so.
Date: 6th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates) Source

Habakkuk 3:5

Hebrew Bible
4 His brightness will be as lightning; a two-pronged lightning bolt flashing from his hand. This is the outward display of his power. 5 Plague will go before him; pestilence will march right behind him. 6 He took his battle position and shook the earth; with a mere look he frightened the nations. The ancient mountains disintegrated; the primeval hills were flattened. His are ancient roads.
Date: 6th Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates) Source
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"... Biblical references to YHWH’s divine army tend to refer to the army as a plural rather than singling out individual figures. The presentation of a single figure in Joshua 5:13–15 thus has more in common with the מַלְאָכִים (divine beings or angels) than it does with other biblical references to the host of heaven or the divine army. Whereas a מַלְאָךְ (divine being) figure appears alone in, for example, Genesis 16:7–11; 22:11–15; 31:11; Exodus 3:2; Numbers 22:22–35; Judges 2:1–4; 6:11–12; 13:3–21; 2 Samuel 24:16; 2 Kings 1:3; 2 Kings 19:35; 1 Chronicles 21:16, individuals are only singled out in YHWH’s divine army once elsewhere in the biblical texts—in Habakkuk 3:5. Habakkuk 3:5 mentions Reshep and Deber marching at YHWH’s side. Reshep is widely recognized to have been an important deity in Late Bronze Age Syria, Canaan, and Egypt, although his cult declined in popularity during the Iron Age. In Habakkuk 3, he seems to be included in YHWH’s retinue as a minor deity subordinate to YHWH and was probably associated with bringing plague and having connections to the underworld. Deber, meanwhile, is usually understood to refer to “pestilence” ..."
Quine, Cat Military Coups in Ancient Israel and Their Implications for Conceptions of YHWH’s Divine Army (pp. 30-42) Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2020

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