2Chronicles:20
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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 .
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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 .
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And Jehoshaphat feared ,
and set his face to seek to Jehovah ,
and proclaimed a fast over all Judah .
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And Judah was gathered to inquire of Jehovah ;
also they came in to seek Jehovah from all the cities of Judah .
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And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem ,
in the house of Jehovah ,
at the front of the new court ,
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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 .
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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 ;
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and they have lived in it ,
and have built in it a sanctuary to You for Your name ,
saying ,
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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 .
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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 )
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yea ,
behold ,
they are repaying us by coming in to drive us out of Your possession ,
that You have caused us to possess .
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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 .
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And all Judah was standing before Jehovah ,
and their infants and their wives and their sons .
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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 ;
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And they entered Jerusalem with harps and with lyres ,
and with trumpets ,
to the house of Jehovah .
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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 .
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And the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet ,
and his God gave him rest all around .
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And Jehoshaphat was king over Judah ,
a son of thirty five years when he began to reign ,
and he reigned twenty five years in Jerusalem ;
and the name of his mother was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi .
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And he walked in the way of his father Asa ,
and did not turn aside from it ,
to do the right in the eyes of Jehovah .
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Only ,
the high places were not removed ,
and the people still had not settled their hearts for the God of their fathers .
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And the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat ,
the first and the last ,
behold ,
they are written in the words of Jehu the son of Hanani ,
which were taken up in the Book of the Kings of Israel .
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And after this Jehoshaphat the king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah the king of Israel ;
he did wickedly to do so .
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And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish ;
and they made the ships in Eziongeber .
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And Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat ,
saying ,
Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah ,
Jehovah has broken your works .
And the ships were broken ,
so that they did not hold to go to Tarshish .