2 Samuel 1:6

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“And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.”

Mathematics

Chance, Randomization ⁽²⁴¹⁾

Although some interpret the fact that lots were cast in the Bible as proof that biblical peoples viewed this practice as a way for divining the will of God, this was not always the case. In some ways, the use of such a chancy operation indicates that the Hebrews understood that some things were, or could be, left to chance and that determinism was not necessarily the law of the universe. In fact biblical peoples acknowledged that some things simply happen by chance and not necessarily by the will of God.