⁶ He appointed military officers over the people and gathered them to him in the public square at the city gate, and ^(A)spoke ^[a]encouragingly to them, saying, ⁷ “^(B)Be strong and courageous, do not fear or be dismayed because of the king of Assyria nor because of all the horde that is with him; ^(C)for the One with us is greater than the one with him. ⁸ With him is only ^(D)an arm of flesh, but ^(E)with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people relied on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.