Are iron chariots mightier than God?
I just had a Bible verse brought to my attention, and it has the record for the one that baffles me more than any other. After all these years of being told about the supergreatness and power of God, it turns out that there is a Bible verse that says he is not just that powerful. More than any other verse in the Bible, I am very curious about how Christians will explain it. Please tell me how this verse can be reconciled with what we were taught God is like.
Judges 1:19
19 And Jehovah was with Judah; and drove out the inhabitants of the hill-country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
I looked under a bunch of translations of that verse, and they pretty much all make the same point, except one made it sound like it was Judah who couldn't do something. It says that God was unable to do something, which is baffling enough, and it also says he was unable to do it because of a human device. It flat out says that God "could not" do something. What?????? So, how can that be the case if God is infintely powerful? How can this in particular be the case if he is even powerful? A modern Army tank could take care of a freaking iron chariot. What is the story on this?