2Chronicles:20

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* And it came to pass after this , that the children of Moab , and the children of ‘Ammon , and with them some of the ‘Ammonim , came against Jehoshaphat to battle . * And there came some and told unto Jehoshaphat , saying , There is coming against thee a great multitude from beyond the sea , from Syria ; and , behold , they are in Chazazon –thamar , which is ‘En –gedi . * Then became Jehoshaphat afraid , and he directed his face to seek the Lord ; and he proclaimed a fast over all Judah . * And Judah gathered themselves together , to ask of the Lord : also out of all the cities of Judah did they come to seek the Lord . * And Jehoshaphat stood forward in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem , in the house of the Lord , before the new court . * And he said , O Lord , the God of our fathers , thou art God in the heavens , and thou rulest over all the kingdoms of the nations ; and in thy hand are the power and might , and there is none that can withstand thee . * Behold , it is thou , O our God , who hast driven out the inhabitants of this land from before thy people Israel ; and thou gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend to eternity . * And they have dwelt therein , and have built for thee therein a sanctuary for thy name , saying , * If there should come over us any evil , the sword , punishment , or pestilence , or famine , will we stand before this house , and in thy presence , for thy name is in this house , and we will cry unto thee out of our distress , and thou wilt hear and help . * And now , behold , the children of ‘Ammon and Moab and mount Se ’ir , against whom thou wouldst not suffer Israel to come , when they came out of the land of Egypt , but they turned aside from them , and destroyed them not :–– * And behold , they recompense us , by coming to drive us out of thy inheritance , which thou hast given us to possess . * O our God , wilt thou not execute justice on them ? for there is no power in us against this great multitude that is coming against us ; and we indeed know not what we are to do : but upon thee are our eyes . * And all Judah were standing before the Lord , also their little ones , their wives , and their sons . * And upon Jachaziel the son of Zecharyahu , the son of Benayah , the son of Je ’iel , the son of Matthanyah , the Levite , of the sons of Assaph , came the spirit of the Lord in the midst of the assembly ; * And he said , Listen ye , all Judah , and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem , and thou king Jehoshaphat , Thus hath said the Lord unto you , Be ye not afraid and be not dismayed because of this great multitude ; for not unto you belongeth the battle , but unto God . * Tomorrow go ye down against them behold , they come up by the ascent of Ziz ; and ye will find them at the end of the valley , in front of the wilderness of Jeruel . * Ye shall not need to fight in this place : stand firmly , stand still , and see the salvation of the Lord with you , O Judah and Jerusalem : fear not , and be not dismayed ; tomorrow go out to meet them , and the Lord 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 the Lord , to prostrate themselves unto the Lord . * And then arose the Levites , of the children of the Kehathites , and of the children of the Korehites , to praise the Lord the God of Israel with a very loud voice . * And they rose up early in the morning , and went forth into the wilderness of Thekoa ’: and as they went forth , Jehoshaphat stood forward and said , Hear me , O Judah , and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem ; believe in the Lord your God , and ye will have permanence ; believe his prophets , and ye will prosper . * And he consulted with his people , and he appointed singers unto the Lord , and those that should praise in the holy ornaments , as they went out before the armed array , and said , Give thanks unto the Lord ; for unto everlasting endureth his kindness . * And at the time when they began with the song and the praise , the Lord set an ambush against the children of ‘Ammon , Moab , and mount Se ’ir , who were come against Judah , and they were smitten . * And the children of ‘Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Se ’ir , utterly to annihilate and to destroy them ; and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Se ’ir , they helped to destroy one another . * And when Judah came toward the watchtower in the wilderness , they looked toward the multitude , and , behold , they were dead bodies fallen to the earth , and none had escaped . * And then came Jehoshaphat and his people to plunder their booty , and they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies , and costly vessels , which they stript off for themselves , more than they could carry away : and they were three days in plundering the booty , for it was so much . * And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah ; for there they blessed the Lord : therefore did they call the name of this place , The valley of Berachah , until this day . * Then returned all the men of Judah and Jerusalem , and Jehoshaphat at their head , to return to Jerusalem with joy ; for the Lord had caused them to rejoice over their enemies . * And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and with harps and with trumpets unto the house of the Lord . * And a dread from God was on all the kingdoms of countries , when they heard that the Lord had fought with the enemies of Israel . * So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat had repose , and his God gave him rest all round about . * And did Jehoshaphat reign over Judah ; thirty and five years old was he when he became king , and twenty and five years did he reign in Jerusalem . And his mother ’s name was ‘Azubah the daughter of Shilchi . * And he walked in the way of his father Assa , and turned not aside from it , doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord . * Nevertheless the high –places were not removed ; for the people had not yet directed their heart firmly unto the God of their fathers . * And the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat , the first and the last , behold , they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Chanani , which was entered into the book of the kings of Israel . * And after this did Jehoshaphat the king of Judah connect himself with Achazyah the king of Israel , the same who acted very wickedly ; * And he connected himself with him to make ships to go to Tharshish : and they made ships in ‘Ezyon –geber . * Then prophesied Eli ’ezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah against Jehoshaphat , saying , Because thou hast connected thyself with Achazyahu , the Lord hath broken down thy works . And the ships were wrecked , so that they were not able to go to Tharshish .

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