2 Chronicles 20:3–12

³Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast^f for all Judah. ⁴The people of Judah^g came together to seek help from the Lord; indeed, they came from every town in Judah to seek him.

⁵Then Jehoshaphat stood up in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem at the temple of the Lord in the front of the new courtyard ⁶and said:

“Lord, the God of our ancestors,^h are you not the God who is in heaven?ⁱ You rule over all the kingdoms^j of the nations. Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you.^{k 7}Our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land^l before your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?^{m 8}They have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuaryⁿ for your Name, saying, ⁹‘If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine,^o we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.’

¹⁰“But now here are men from Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, whose territory you would not allow Israel to invade when they came from Egypt;^p so they turned away from them and did not destroy them. ¹¹See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession^q you gave us as an inheritance. ¹²Our God, will you not judge them?^r For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.^s”