TRIUMPH—WITH RESERVATIONS—II 2 Chronicles 20:1–37 (cont’d) (a) Jehoshaphat’s prayer (vv. 5–12) The key to the prayer is in the expressions of helplessness in v. 12: “we are powerless against this great multitude … We do not know what to do”. Chr. has always insisted that kings only succeed when they humble themselves before God. Yet there is perhaps a subtle change in tone here. The Davidic model of war laid some stress on the might of the warrior. There is nothing of this here, but rather a