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17 You will not fight in this battle. Take your positions, stand, and watch the Lord deliver you,[a] O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid and don’t panic![b] Tomorrow march out toward them; the Lord is with you!’”

18 Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face toward the ground, and all the people of Judah[c] and the residents of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord and worshiped him.[d] 19 Then some Levites, from the Kohathites and Korahites, got up and loudly praised the Lord God of Israel.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 20:17 tn Heb “the deliverance of the Lord with you.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 20:17 tn Or perhaps “don’t get discouraged.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 20:18 tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “you people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. See the note on the word “Judah” in v. 15.
  4. 2 Chronicles 20:18 tn Heb “to worship the Lord.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 20:19 tn Heb “arose to praise the Lord God of Israel with a very loud voice.”