"WhenYour peoplegoout to battleagainsttheir enemies,by whateverwayYou shall sendthem, and they prayto You towardthiscitywhichYou have chosenand the housewhichI have builtfor Your name,
"I have surelybuiltYou a loftyhouse,A placefor Your dwellingforever."
So when the captainsof the chariotssawJehoshaphat,they said,"It is the kingof Israel,"and they turnedasideto fightagainsthim. But Jehoshaphatcriedout, and the LORDhelpedhim, and Goddivertedthem from him.
So Judahgatheredtogether to seekhelp from the LORD;they evencamefrom allthe citiesof Judahto seekthe LORD.
then hearfrom heaven,from Your dwellingplace,and doaccording to allfor whichthe foreignercallsto You, in orderthat allthe peoplesof the earthmay knowYour name,and fearYou as [do] Your peopleIsrael,and that they may knowthat thishousewhichI have builtis calledby Your name.
then hearfrom heaventheir prayerand their supplication,and maintaintheir cause.
but I have chosenJerusalemthat My namemight be there,and I have chosenDavidto be overMy peopleIsrael.'
"Howthen will one answerthe messengersof the nation?That the LORDhas foundedZion,And the afflictedof His peoplewill seekrefugein it."
Now whenDanielknewthat the documentwas signed,he enteredhis house(now in his roofchamberhe had windowsopentowardJerusalem);and he continued kneelingon his kneesthreetimesa day,prayingand givingthanksbeforehis God,as he had been doingpreviously.
and the LORDsentyou on a mission,and said,Goand utterlydestroythe sinners,the Amalekites,and fightagainst them untilthey are exterminated.'
Nowgoand strikeAmalekand utterlydestroyallthat he has, and do not sparehim; but putto deathbothmanand woman,childand infant,oxand sheep,cameland donkey.'"
