2 Chronicles 20:3–12

³Jehoshaphat was afraid and ^1aturned his attention to seek the Lord, and ^bproclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

⁴So Judah gathered together to ^aseek help from the Lord; they even came from all the cities of Judah to seek the Lord.

Jehoshaphat’s Prayer

⁵Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord before the new court,

⁶and he said, “O Lord, the God of our fathers, ^aare You not God in the heavens? And ^bare You not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand so that no one can stand against You.

⁷“Did You not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and ^agive it to the descendants of ^bAbraham Your friend forever?

⁸“They have lived in it, and have built You a sanctuary there for Your name, saying,

⁹‘^aShould evil come upon us, the sword, or judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You (for ^bYour name is in this house) and cry to You in our distress, and You will hear and deliver us.’

¹⁰“Now behold, ^athe sons of Ammon and Moab and ¹Mount Seir, ^bwhom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt (they turned aside from them and did not destroy them),

¹¹see how they are rewarding us by ^acoming to drive us out from Your possession which You have given us as an inheritance.

¹²“O our God, ^awill You not judge them? For we are powerless before this great multitude who are coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but ^bour eyes are on You.”