¹⁸ Thus the men of Israel were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed, ^(A)because they relied on the Lord, the God of their fathers.

¹¹ And Asa ^(A)cried to the Lord his God, “O Lord, there is none like you to help, between the mighty and the weak. Help us, O Lord our God, ^(B)for we rely on you, ^(C)and in your name we have come against this multitude. O Lord, you are our God; let not man prevail against you.”

²⁰ And when they prevailed^[a] over them, the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hands, ^(A)for they cried out to God in the battle, and he granted their urgent plea ^(B)because they trusted in him.

²⁸ Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of ^(A)Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who ^(B)has sent his angel and ^(C)delivered his servants, who ^(D)trusted in him, and set aside^[a] the king's command, and yielded up their bodies rather than ^(E)serve and worship any god except their own God.

²⁰ And they rose early in the morning and went out into ^(A)the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! ^(B)Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed.”

⁸ Were not ^(A)the Ethiopians and ^(B)the Libyans a huge army with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet ^(C)because you relied on the Lord, he gave them into your hand. ^9 (D)For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those ^(E)whose heart is blameless^[a] toward him. ^(F)You have done foolishly in this, for from now on ^(G)you will have wars.”