2Chronicles:20:1-30

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* And after this it happened that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon came in , and with them from the Ammonites , to battle against Jehoshaphat . * And they came in and spoke to Jehoshaphat , saying , A great multitude has come against you from beyond the sea , from Syria ; and , behold , they are in Hazazon-tamar , which is En-gedi . * And Jehoshaphat feared , and set his face to seek to Jehovah , and proclaimed a fast over all Judah . * And Judah was gathered to inquire of Jehovah ; also they came in to seek Jehovah from all the cities of Judah . * And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem , in the house of Jehovah , at the front of the new court , * and said , O Jehovah , the God of our fathers , are not You the God in Heaven ? Yea , You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations , and in Your hand is power and might ; and there is none able to withstand You . * Are You not our God ? You have driven out the inhabitants of this land from before Your people Israel , and have given it to the seed of Abraham , Your friend forever ; * and they have lived in it , and have built in it a sanctuary to You for Your name , saying , * If evil shall come upon us , whether sword , judgment , or pestilence and famine , we shall stand before this house and before You , for Your name is in this house . and shall cry to You out of our distress , and You shall hear and save . * And now , behold , the sons of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir , whom You did not allow Israel to go against when they came out of the land of Egypt , (for they turned away from them and did not destroy them ) * yea , behold , they are repaying us by coming in to drive us out of Your possession , that You have caused us to possess . * O our God , shall You not execute judgment upon them ? For there is no power in us before this great multitude that has come against us , and we do not know what we shall do ; but our eyes are on You . * And all Judah was standing before Jehovah , and their infants and their wives and their sons . * And on Jahaziel the son of Zechariah , the son of Benaiah , the son of Jeiel , the son of Mattaniah , the Levite , of the sons of Asaph , the Spirit of Jehovah came on him in the midst of the assembly ; * and He said , Listen , all Judah , and you inhabitants of Jerusalem , and king Jehoshaphat ; so says Jehovah to you , You shall not fear nor be terrified of the face of this great multitude , for the battle is not yours , but God 's . * Tomorrow , go down against them ; behold , they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz , and you shall find them in the end of the valley , at the front of the wilderness of Jeruel . * You shall not fight in this : station yourselves ; stand and see the salvation of Jehovah with you , O Judah and Jerusalem ; do not be terrified nor fear ; tomorrow go out before them , and Jehovah shall be with you . * And Jehoshaphat bowed his nose to the earth , and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Jehovah , to bow themselves to Jehovah . * And the Levites , of the sons of the Kohathites , and of the sons of the Korahites , rose to give praise to Jehovah the God of Israel with a loud voice on high . * And they rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa ; and as they went out Jehoshaphat stood and said , Hear me , O Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem . Believe in Jehovah your God , and be steadfast ; believe in His prophets and prosper . * And he consulted with the people , and appointed singers to Jehovah , and those giving praise to the glory of holiness , when going out before those armed , and said , Give thanks to Jehovah , for His mercy endures forever . * And at the time they began with rejoicing and praise , Jehovah set ambushes against the sons of Ammon , Moab , and Mount Seir , that had come against Judah ; and they were stricken . * And the sons of Ammon stood up , and Moab , against the people of Mount Seir , to devote and destroy ; and when they finished with the inhabitants of Seir , they helped , each man against his neighbor , to destroy . * And when Judah had come to the watchtower , to the wilderness , then they looked toward the multitude ; and behold , they were dead bodies fallen to the earth , and there was no survivor . * And Jehoshaphat and his people came to seize their plunder ; and they found among them in abundance both riches and valuable things on the corpses ; and they stripped off for themselves until there was no carrying it ; and they were three days plundering the spoil ; for it was much . * And on the fourth day they gathered at the Valley of Blessing , for they blessed Jehovah there ; on account of this they have called the name of that place the Valley of Blessing to this day . * And they returned , every man of Judah and Jerusalem , and Jehoshaphat at their head , to go back to Jerusalem with joy ; for Jehovah had made them rejoice over their enemies . * And they entered Jerusalem with harps and with lyres , and with trumpets , to the house of Jehovah . * And there was a fear of God on all kingdoms of the lands when they heard that Jehovah had fought with the enemies of Israel . * And the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet , and his God gave him rest all around .

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