2 Chronicles 14:11

14:11 Asa prayed¹ to the Lord his God: “O Lord, there is no one but you who can help the weak when they are vastly outnumbered.² Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you and have marched on your behalf against this huge army.³ O Lord our God, don’t let men prevail against you!”⁴

2 Chronicles 16:7

16:7 At that time Hanani the prophet⁵ visited King Asa of Judah and said to him: “Because you relied on the king of Syria and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.

2 Chronicles 20:15

20:15 He said: “Pay attention, all you people of Judah,⁶ residents of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Don’t be afraid and don’t panic⁷ because of this huge army! For the battle is not yours, but God’s.

2 Chronicles 23:14

23:14 Jehoiada the priest sent out the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army, and ordered them, “Bring her outside the temple to the guards.⁸ Put the sword to anyone who follows her.” The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the Lord’s temple.⁹

2 Chronicles 28:9

28:9 Oded, a prophet of the Lord, was there. He went to meet the army as they arrived in Samaria and said to them: “Look, because the Lord God of your ancestors was angry with Judah he handed them over to you. You have killed them so mercilessly that God has taken notice.¹⁰

2 Chronicles 32:7

32:7 “Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic¹¹ because of the king of Assyria and this huge army that is with him! We have with us one who is stronger than those who are with him.¹²

2 Chronicles 32:21

32:21 The Lord sent a messenger¹³ and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib¹⁴ returned home humiliated.¹⁵ When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons¹⁶ struck him down with the sword.

2 Chronicles 33:14

33:14 After this Manasseh¹⁷ built up the outer wall of the City of David¹⁸ on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.

¹tn Heb “called out.”

²tn Heb “there is not with you to help between many with regard to [the one] without strength.”

³tn Heb “and in your name we have come against this multitude.”

⁴tn Heb “let not man retain [strength] with you.”

⁵tn Heb “the seer.”

⁶tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “you people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the people of Judah. Unlike the previous instance in v. 13 where infants, wives, and children are mentioned separately, this reference appears to include them all.

⁷tn Or perhaps “don’t get discouraged.”

⁸tn Heb “ranks.”

⁹tn Heb “for the priest had said, ‘Do not put her to death in the house of the Lord.’”

¹⁰tn Heb “and you killed them with anger [that] reaches as far as heaven.”

¹¹tn Or perhaps, “and don’t be discouraged.”

¹²tn Heb “for with us [is] a greater [one] than with him.”

¹³tn Or “an angel.”

¹⁴tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sennacherib) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁵tn Heb “and he returned with shame of face to his land.”

¹⁶tn Heb “and some from those who went out from him, from his inward parts.”

¹⁷tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁸sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.