⁵ Samuel said, “Gather all Israel at Mizpah,^(A) and I will pray to the Lord on your behalf.”^{(B) 6} When they gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out in the Lord’s presence.^(C) They fasted that day,^(D) and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the Lord.”^(E) And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.

² People came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast number from beyond the Dead Sea and from Edom^[a] has come to fight against you; they are already in Hazazon-tamar”^(A) (that is, En-gedi). ³ Jehoshaphat was afraid, and he resolved^(B) to seek the Lord. Then he proclaimed a fast^(C) for all Judah, ⁴ who gathered to seek the Lord. They even came from all the cities of Judah to seek him.