³ And Jehoshaphat feared, and set ^[a]himself to ^(A)seek the Lord, and ^(B)proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. ⁴ So Judah gathered together to ask ^(C)help from the Lord; and from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.

⁵ Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court, ⁶ and said: “O Lord God of our fathers, are You not ^(D)God in heaven, and ^(E)do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations, and ^(F)in Your hand is there not power and might, so that no one is able to withstand You? ⁷ Are You not ^(G)our God, who ^(H)drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham ^(I)Your friend forever? ⁸ And they dwell in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name, saying, ^9 (J)‘If disaster comes upon us—sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine—we will stand before this temple and in Your presence (for Your ^(K)name is in this temple), and cry out to You in our affliction, and You will hear and save.’

¹⁴ Then ^(A)the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly. ¹⁵ And he said, “Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the Lord to you: ^(B)‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, ^(C)for the battle is not yours, but God’s.