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Then Jehosh '
aphat feared ,
and set himself to seek the LORD ,
and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah .
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And Judah assembled to seek help from the LORD ;
from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD .
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And Jehosh '
aphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem ,
in the house of the LORD ,
before the new court ,
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and said , "
O LORD ,
God of our fathers ,
art thou not God in heaven ?
Dost thou not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations ?
In thy hand are power and might ,
so that none is able to withstand thee .
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Didst thou not ,
O our God ,
drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel ,
and give it for ever to the descendants of Abraham thy friend ?
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And they have dwelt in it ,
and have built thee in it a sanctuary for thy name ,
saying ,
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If evil comes upon us ,
the sword ,
judgment ,
or pestilence ,
or famine ,
we will stand before this house ,
and before thee ,
for thy name is in this house ,
and cry to thee in our affliction ,
and thou wilt hear and save .'
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And now behold ,
the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Se '
ir ,
whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt ,
and whom they avoided and did not destroy --
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behold ,
they reward us by coming to drive us out of thy possession ,
which thou hast given us to inherit .
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O our God ,
wilt thou not execute judgment upon them ?
For we are powerless against this great multitude that is coming against us .
We do not know what to do ,
but our eyes are upon thee ."