He was overwhelmed and overmatched.
“Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the Lord to you: ‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.’”
– 2 Chronicles 20:15 NKJV
[Daniel 6:16] Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spoke and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
Not that flavor! “And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.” – Galatians 1:14 NKJV
A lazy river? “He … was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.” – Acts 11:23 KJV
We can’t say that about church! “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.” – Hebrews 10:25 (KJV)
They landed right on their behinds! “The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.” – Philippians 4:9 (NKJV)
[Psalm 44:6] “For I will not trust in my bow, nor shall my sword save me.”