The king stood in his place and made a covenant before YHWH, to walk after YHWH, and to keep his commandments, his testimonies, and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
and he said, “YHWH, the God of our fathers, aren’t you God in heaven? Aren’t you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so that no one is able to withstand you.
“If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you send them, and they pray to YHWH toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name,