1 Samuel 7:10
And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.
Cross-references
1 Samuel 2:10 prophesies that God will thunder against his enemies — here that thunder is enacted against the Philistines.
1 Samuel 12:17 has Samuel again calling for thunder as a sign — reinforcing his role as a prophet who commands divine weather.
Deuteronomy 20:4 promises God will fight for Israel and give victory, exactly what happens when He thunders against the Philistines here.
Joshua 10:10 records the same divine action — God throwing enemies into confusion to secure victory — directly paralleling the battle here.
Psalm 18:11-14 describes God thundering with hailstones and routing enemies — a very similar theophany to this battle.
Psalm 77:16-18 depicts God's thunder and trembling of the earth — echoing the divine storm that threw the Philistines into confusion.
Revelation 16:18-21 describes thunder, lightning, and hail as part of God's final judgment, mirroring the divine intervention against enemies here.
Deuteronomy 28:7 promises that obedient Israel's enemies will be routed by the LORD, exactly as occurs here when the Philistines flee.
2 Samuel 22:14 directly parallels the thunder of the Lord in battle, echoing the same imagery of divine intervention here.
Psalm 18:13 also portrays God thundering from heaven against enemies — same divine storm imagery for battle victory.
Isaiah 30:30 depicts the Lord's voice with cloudburst and hail — parallels the thunderous intervention here.
Exodus 9:23-25 describes God sending thunder and hail on Egypt — a similar divine judgment from heaven against enemies.
Judges 4:15 describes the LORD routing a Canaanite army, another instance of divine intervention in battle similar to the rout here.
Psalm 97:4 uses lightning as a parallel sign of God's power over the earth, echoing the thunderous divine intervention here.
Zechariah 4:6 teaches that victory comes by God's Spirit, not human power — a principle demonstrated by the divine thunder here.