The oracle — the direction of advance — 'Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they will come up by the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley, east of the Wilderness of Jeruel' (מחר רדו עליהם הנם עלים במעלה הציץ ומצאתם אתם בסוף הנחל לפני מדבר יררעאל). The divine instruction gives temporal precision (tomorrow) and geographic specificity. The 'Ascent of Ziz' (מעלת הציץ) is otherwise unattested; 'Wilderness of Jeruel' (מדבר יררעאל) may be a corruption or alternate place name. The military instruction paradoxically combines divine assurance with concrete geographic detail — the oracle tells the people where and how to encounter the enemy. The specificity grounds the prophecy in historical reality; this is not a vision but a command to action. The Chronicler maintains the tension between divine determinism and human agency.

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