1. Some time later, the Moabites and the Ammonites, along with some of the Meunites, attacked Jehoshaphat.
2. Jehoshaphat was told, "A large army from beyond the sea, from Edom, is coming to attack you. They are already at Hazazon-tamar!" (that is, En-gedi).
3. Frightened, Jehoshaphat decided to seek the Lord’s help and proclaimed a fast for all Judah.
4. People from all of Judah’s cities came to ask the Lord for help.
5. Then Jehoshaphat stood up in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem in the Lord’s temple in front of the new courtyard.
6. "Lord, the God of our ancestors, you alone are God in heaven. You rule all the kingdoms of the nations. You are so powerful that no one can oppose you.
7. You, our God, drove out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and gave this land to the descendants of your friend Abraham forever.