2 Chronicles 20:3–12

³Jehoshaphat was afraid, and he resolved ^vto seek the Lord. Then he proclaimed a fast ^wfor all Judah, ⁴who gathered to seek the Lord. They even came from all the cities of Judah to seek Him.

Jehoshaphat’s Prayer

⁵Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem in the Lord’s temple before the new courtyard. ⁶He said:

Yahweh, the God of our ancestors, are You not the God who is in heaven, ^xand do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? ^yPower and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You. ⁷Are You not our God who drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel ^zand who gave it forever to the descendants of Abraham ^aYour friend? ⁸They have lived in the land and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name and have said, ⁹“If disaster comes on us—sword or judgment, pestilence or famine ^b—we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your name is in this temple. ^cWe will cry out to You because of our distress, and You will hear and deliver.”

¹⁰Now here are the Ammonites, Moabites, and the inhabitants of Mount Seir. ^dYou did not let Israel invade them when Israel came out of the land of Egypt, but Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them. ^e11Look how they repay us by coming to drive us out of Your possession that You gave us as an inheritance. ¹²Our God, will You not judge them? ^fFor we are powerless before this vast number that comes to fight against us. We do not know what to do, but we look to You. ^gh