1. After this, the children of Moab, the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
2. Then some came who told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea from Syria. Behold, they are in Hazazon Tamar” (that is, En Gedi).
3. Jehoshaphat was alarmed, and set himself to seek to the Lord. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
4. Judah gathered themselves together to seek help from the Lord. They came out of all the cities of Judah to seek the Lord.
5. Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the Lord’s house, before the new court;
6. and he said, “Lord, the God of our fathers, aren’t you God in heaven? Aren’t you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so that no one is able to withstand you.
7. Didn’t you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it to the offspring of Abraham your friend forever?
8. They lived in it, and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name, saying,