2Chronicles:20:1-30

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* And it came to pass after this [that ] the children of Moab , and the children of Ammon , and with them certain of the Maonites , came against Jehoshaphat to battle . * And they came and told Jehoshaphat saying , A great multitude is come against thee from beyond the sea , from Syria ; and behold , they are in Hazazon-tamar , which is Engedi . * And Jehoshaphat feared , and set himself to seek Jehovah , and proclaimed a fast throughout Judah . * And Judah gathered themselves together to ask [help ] of Jehovah : even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek Jehovah . * And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem , in the house of Jehovah , before the new court ; * and he said , Jehovah , God of our fathers , art not thou God in the heavens , and rulest thou not over all the kingdoms of the nations ? And in thy hand there is power and might , and none can withstand thee . * Hast not thou , our God , dispossessed the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel , and given it for ever to the seed of Abraham , thy friend ? * And they have dwelt therein , and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name , saying , * If evil come upon us , sword , judgment , or pestilence , or famine , and we stand before this house and before thee -- for thy name is in this house -- and cry unto thee in our distress , then thou wilt hear and save . * And now , behold , the children of Ammon and Moab , and those of mount Seir , amongst whom thou wouldest not let Israel go when they came out of the land of Egypt , (for they turned from them , and destroyed them not ,) * behold , they reward us , in coming to cast us out of thy possession , which thou hast given us to possess . * Our God , wilt thou not judge them ? for we have no might in presence of this great company which cometh against us , neither know we what to do ; but our eyes are upon thee . * And all Judah stood before Jehovah , with their little ones , their wives , and their sons . * And upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah , the son of Benaiah , the son of Jeiel , the son of Mattaniah , a Levite of the sons of Asaph , upon him came the Spirit of Jehovah , in the midst of the congregation ; * and he said , Be attentive , all Judah , and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem , and thou king Jehoshaphat ! Thus saith Jehovah unto you : Fear not , nor be dismayed by reason of this great multitude ; for the battle is not yours , but God 's . * To-morrow go down against them : behold , they come up by the ascent of Ziz ; and ye shall find them at the end of the valley , before the wilderness of Jeruel . * Ye shall not have to fight on this occasion : set yourselves , stand and see the salvation of Jehovah [who is ] with you ! Judah and Jerusalem , fear not nor be dismayed ; to-morrow go out against them , and Jehovah will be with you . * And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground ; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Jehovah , worshipping Jehovah . * And the Levites , of the sons of the Kohathites , and of the sons of the Korahites , stood up to praise Jehovah the God of Israel with an exceeding loud voice . * And they rose early in the morning , and went forth towards the wilderness of Tekoa ; and as they went forth , Jehoshaphat stood and said , Hear me , Judah , and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem ! Believe in Jehovah your God , and ye shall be established ; believe his prophets , and ye shall prosper ! * And he consulted with the people , and appointed singers to Jehovah , and those that should praise in holy splendour , as they went forth before the armed men , and say , Give thanks to Jehovah ; for his loving-kindness [endureth ] for ever ! * And when they began the song of triumph and praise , Jehovah set liers-in-wait against the children of Ammon , Moab , and mount Seir , who had come against Judah , and they were smitten . * And the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir , to exterminate and destroy [them ]; and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir , they helped to destroy one another . * And Judah came on to the mountain-watch in the wilderness , and they looked toward the multitude ; and behold , they were dead bodies fallen to the earth , and none had escaped . * And Jehoshaphat and his people came to plunder the spoil of them , and they found among them in abundance , both riches with the dead bodies , and precious things , and they stripped off for themselves more than they could carry away ; and they were three days in plundering the spoil , it was so much . * And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah , for there they blessed Jehovah ; therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Berachah , to this day . * And they returned , all the men of Judah and Jerusalem , and Jehoshaphat at their head , to go again to Jerusalem with joy ; for Jehovah had made them to rejoice over their enemies . * And they came to Jerusalem with lutes and harps and trumpets , to the house of Jehovah . * And the terror of God was on all the kingdoms of the lands , when they had heard that Jehovah fought against the enemies of Israel . * And the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet ; and his God gave him rest round about .

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