123. Yehoshafat, the King of Judah, also said, I can neither pursue nor kill them, but I shall sing hymns and You shall kill them. This was because he did not examine himself as Asa did. Yet the Holy One, blessed be He, did as He was requested, as it is written, "And when they began to sing and to praise Hashem set an ambush against the children of Amon, Moab and mount Seir who were come against Judah; and they were routed" (II Divrei Hayamim 20:22).
123. יְהוֹשָׁפָט מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה, אוֹף הָכֵי נָמֵי הֲוָה שָׁאֵיל, וַאֲמַר, לָא יָכֵילְנָא לְמִרְדַּף, וְלָא לְקָטְלָא, אֶלָּא אֲנָא אֲזַמֵּר, וְאַתְּ קְטֵיל לוֹן, בְּגִין דְּלָא הֲוָה מְפַשְׁפֵּשׁ כָּל כָּךְ כְּאָסָא, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עֲבַד לֵיהּ הָכֵי, דִּכְתִיב וּבְעֵת הֵחֵלּוּ בְרִנָה וּתְהִלָּה נָתַן ה' מְאָרְבִים עַל בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן מוֹאָב וְהַר שֵׂעִיר הַבָּאִים לִיהוּדָה וַיִּנָּגֵפוּ.