“Fall into ranks with your shields ready! Prepare to march into battle!

You are to bring in the table and set out the things that belong on it; then you are to bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.

I will not keep silent about its limbs, and the extent of its might, and the grace of its arrangement.

The Israelite army took heart and once more arranged their battle lines, in the same place where they had taken their positions the day before.

“Take up your battle positions all around Babylon, all you soldiers who are armed with bows. Shoot all your arrows at her! Do not hold any back! For she has sinned against the Lord.

Jehoash said to the priests, “I place at your disposal all the consecrated silver that has been brought to the Lord’s temple, including the silver collected from the census tax, the silver received from those who have made vows, and all the silver that people have voluntarily contributed to the Lord’s temple.