¹² Look, God and his priests are with us at our head. The trumpets are ready to sound the charge against you. Israelites, don’t fight against the Lord God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.’^(A)

⁸ He has only human strength,^[a] but we have the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.’^(A) So the people relied on the words of King Hezekiah of Judah.