2 Chronicles 20:5–17

⁵And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court, ⁶and said, “O Lord, God of our fathers, are you not ⁿGod in heaven? You ^orule over all the kingdoms of the nations. ^pIn your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you. ⁷Did you not, our God, ^qdrive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it forever to the descendants of ^rAbraham your friend? ⁸And they have lived in it and have built for you in it a sanctuary for your name, saying, ^9s‘If disaster comes upon us, the sword, judgment,³ or pestilence, or famine, ^twe will stand before this house and before you—^ufor your name is in this house—and cry out to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.’ ¹⁰And now behold, the men of ^vAmmon and Moab and ^wMount Seir, whom ^xyou would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt, ^yand whom they avoided and did not destroy— ¹¹behold, they reward us ^zby coming to drive us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit. ¹²O our God, will you not ^aexecute judgment on them? For we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but ^bour eyes are on you.”

¹³Meanwhile all Judah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. ¹⁴And ^cthe Spirit of the Lord came⁴ upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly. ¹⁵And he said, “Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says the Lord to you, ^d‘Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed at this great horde, ^efor the battle is not yours but God’s. ¹⁶Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of ^fthe valley, east of the wilderness of Jeruel. ^17gYou will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the Lord on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ ^dDo not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, ^hand the Lord will be with you.”