8. "They have lived in this land. They've built a temple here for your Name. They have said,
9. 'Suppose trouble comes on us. It doesn't matter whether it's a punishing sword, plague or hunger. We'll serve you. We'll stand in front of this temple where your Name is. We'll cry out to you when we're in trouble. Then you will hear us. You will save us.'
10. "But here are men from Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir. You wouldn't allow Israel to march in and attack their territory when the Israelites came from Egypt. So Israel turned away from them. They didn't destroy them.
11. See how they are paying us back. They are coming to drive us out. They want to take over the land you gave us as our share.
12. "Our God, won't you please judge them? We don't have the power to face this huge army that's attacking us. We don't know what to do. But we're looking to you to help us."
13. All of the men of Judah stood there in front of the Lord. Their wives, children and little ones were with them.