And Asa cried to the LORD his God, 'O LORD, there is none like you to help between the mighty and the weak. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, you are our God; let not man prevail against you' — Asa's prayer (וַיִּקְרָא אָסָא אֶל־יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו) invoked divine aid: 'there is none like you to help between the mighty and the weak' (אֵין־עִמְךָ לַעֲזֹר בֵּין־עָצוּם וְאֵין־כֹּחַ). He asserted reliance (נִשְׁמַר...בִּשְׁמְךָ) and divine ownership of the conflict ('in your name we have come against this multitude,' בִּשְׁמְךָ בָּאנוּ עַל־הַחַיִל הַזֶּה). The prayer articulated that human strength was irrelevant; only divine power mattered.

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