2Chronicles:20

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ylt @2Chronicles:20:1 @And it cometh to pass after this , the sons of Moab have come in , and the sons of Ammon , and with them of the peoples , against Jehoshaphat to battle . ylt @2Chronicles:20:2 @And they come in and declare to Jehoshaphat , saying , 'Come against thee hath a great multitude from beyond the sea , from Aram , and lo , they [are ] in Hazezon-Tamar -- it [is ] En-Gedi .' ylt @2Chronicles:20:3 @And Jehoshaphat feareth , and setteth his face to seek to Jehovah , and proclaimeth a fast over all Judah ; ylt @2Chronicles:20:4 @and Judah is gathered to inquire of Jehovah ; also , from all the cities of Judah they have come in to seek Jehovah . ylt @2Chronicles:20:5 @And Jehoshaphat standeth in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem , in the house of Jehovah , at the front of the new court , ylt @2Chronicles:20:6 @and saith , 'O Jehovah , God of our fathers , art not Thou -- God in the heavens ? yea , Thou art ruling over all kingdoms of the nations , and in Thy hand [is ] power and might , and there is none with Thee to station himself . ylt @2Chronicles:20:7 @'Art not Thou our God ? Thou hast dispossessed the inhabitants of this land from before Thy people Israel , and dost give it to the seed of Abraham Thy friend to the age , ylt @2Chronicles:20:8 @and they dwell in it , and build to Thee in it a sanctuary for Thy name , saying , ylt @2Chronicles:20:9 @If evil doth come upon us -- sword , judgment , and pestilence , and famine -- we stand before this house , and before Thee , for Thy name [is ] in this house , and cry unto Thee out of our distress , and Thou dost hear and save . ylt @2Chronicles:20:10 @'And now , lo , sons of Ammon , and Moab , and mount Seir , whom Thou didst not grant to Israel to go in against in their coming out of the land of Egypt , for they turned aside from off them and destroyed them not , ylt @2Chronicles:20:11 @and lo , they are recompensing to us -- to come in to drive us out of Thy possession , that Thou hast caused us to possess . ylt @2Chronicles:20:12 @'O our God , dost Thou not execute judgment upon them ? for there is no power in us before this great multitude that hath come against us , and we know not what we do , but on Thee [are ] our eyes .' ylt @2Chronicles:20:13 @And all Judah are standing before Jehovah , also their infants , their wives , and their sons . ylt @2Chronicles:20:14 @And upon Jahaziel , son of Zechariah , son of Benaiah , son of Jeiel , son of Mattaniah , the Levite , of the sons of Asaph , hath the Spirit of Jehovah been , in the midst of the assembly , ylt @2Chronicles:20:15 @and he saith , 'Attend , all Judah , and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem , and O king Jehoshaphat , Thus said Jehovah to you , Ye fear not , nor are afraid of the face of this great multitude , for not for you [is ] the battle , but for God . ylt @2Chronicles:20:16 @To-morrow , go ye down against them , lo , they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz , and ye have found them in the end of the valley , the front of the wilderness of Jeruel . ylt @2Chronicles:20:17 @Not for you to fight in this ; station yourselves , stand , and see the salvation of Jehovah with you , O Judah and Jerusalem -- be not afraid nor fear ye -- to-morrow go out before them , and Jehovah [is ] with you .' ylt @2Chronicles:20:18 @And Jehoshaphat boweth -- face to the earth -- and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem have fallen before Jehovah , to bow themselves to Jehovah . ylt @2Chronicles:20:19 @And the Levites , of the sons of the Kohathites , and of the sons of the Korhites , rise to give praise to Jehovah , God of Israel , with a loud voice on high . ylt @2Chronicles:20:20 @And they rise early in the morning , and go out to the wilderness of Tekoa , and in their going out Jehoshaphat hath stood and saith , 'Hear me , O Judah , and inhabitants of Jerusalem , remain stedfast in Jehovah your God , and be stedfast ; remain stedfast in His prophets , and prosper .' ylt @2Chronicles:20:21 @And he taketh counsel with the people , and appointeth singers to Jehovah , and those giving praise to the honour of holiness , in the going out before the armed [men ], and saying , 'Give ye thanks to Jehovah , for to the age [is ] His kindness .' ylt @2Chronicles:20:22 @And at the time they have begun with singing and praise , Jehovah hath put ambushments against the sons of Ammon , Moab , and mount Seir , who are coming in to Judah , and they are smitten , ylt @2Chronicles:20:23 @and the sons of Ammon stand up , and Moab , against the inhabitants of mount Seir , to devote and to destroy , and at their finishing with the inhabitants of Seir , they helped , a man against his neighbour , to destroy . ylt @2Chronicles:20:24 @And Judah hath come in unto the watch-tower , to the wilderness , and they look unto the multitude , and lo , they [are ] carcases fallen to the earth , and there is none escaped , ylt @2Chronicles:20:25 @and Jehoshaphat cometh in , and his people , to seize their spoil , and they find among them , in abundance , both goods and carcases , and desirable vessels , and they take spoil to themselves without prohibition , and they are three days seizing the spoil , for it [is ] abundant . ylt @2Chronicles:20:26 @And on the fourth day they have been assembled at the valley of Blessing , for there they blessed Jehovah : therefore they have called the name of that place , 'Valley of Blessing ,' unto this day . ylt @2Chronicles:20:27 @And they turn back , every man of Judah and Jerusalem , and Jehoshaphat at their head , to go back unto Jerusalem with joy , for Jehovah hath made them rejoice over their enemies . ylt @2Chronicles:20:28 @And they come in to Jerusalem with psalteries , and with harps , and with trumpets , unto the house of Jehovah . ylt @2Chronicles:20:29 @And there is a fear of God on all kingdoms of the lands in their hearing that Jehovah hath fought with the enemies of Israel , ylt @2Chronicles:20:30 @and the kingdom of Jehoshaphat is quiet , and his God giveth rest to him round about . ylt @2Chronicles:20:31 @And Jehoshaphat reigneth over Judah , a son of thirty and five years in his reigning , and twenty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem , and the name of his mother [is ] Azubah daughter of Shilhi . ylt @2Chronicles:20:32 @And he walketh in the way of his father Asa , and hath not turned aside from it , to do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah . ylt @2Chronicles:20:33 @Only , the high places have not turned aside , and still the people have not prepared their heart for the God of their fathers . ylt @2Chronicles:20:34 @And the rest of the matters of Jehoshaphat , the first and the last , lo , they are written among the matters of Jehu son of Hanani , who hath been mentioned on the book of the kings of Israel . ylt @2Chronicles:20:35 @And after this hath Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel , (he did wickedly in [so ] doing ), ylt @2Chronicles:20:36 @and he joineth him with himself to make ships to go to Tarshish , and they make ships in Ezion-Geber , ylt @2Chronicles:20:37 @and prophesy doth Eliezer son of Dodavah , of Mareshah , against Jehoshaphat , saying , 'For thy joining thyself with Ahaziah , Jehovah hath broken up thy works ;' and the ships are broken , and have not retained [power ] to go unto Tarshish .

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