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.
8 They have lived in it and have built a sanctuary in honor of your name in it, saying,