The Second Book of the Chronicles 20

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¹ It came to pass after this also that the children of Moab and the children of Ammon and with them other beside the Ammonites came against Jehoshaphat to battle ⚑

² Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat saying There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria and behold they be in Hazazon-tamar which is En-gedi ⚑

⁴ And Judah gathered themselves together to ask help of the LORD even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD ⚑

⁶ And said O LORD God of our fathers art not thou God in heaven and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen and in thine hand is there not power and might so that none is able to withstand thee ⚑

⁷ Art not thou our God who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever ⚑

⁸ And they dwelt therein and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name saying ⚑

⁹ If when evil cometh upon us as the sword judgment or pestilence or famine we stand before this house and in thy presence for thy name is in this house and cry unto thee in our affliction then thou wilt hear and help ⚑

¹⁰ And now behold the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt but they turned from them and destroyed them not ⚑

¹¹ Behold I say how they reward us to come to cast us out of thy possession which thou hast given us to inherit ⚑

¹² O our God wilt thou not judge them for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us neither know we what to do but our eyes are upon thee ⚑

¹³ And all Judah stood before the LORD with their little ones their wives and their children ⚑

¹⁴ Then 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 came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation ⚑

¹⁵ And he said Hearken ye all Judah and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem and thou king Jehoshaphat Thus saith the LORD unto you Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude for the battle is not yours but God’s ⚑

¹⁶ To morrow go ye down against them behold they come up by the cliff of Ziz and ye shall find them at the end of the brook before the wilderness of Jeruel ⚑

¹⁷ Ye shall not need to fight in this battle set yourselves stand ye still and see the salvation of the LORD with you O Judah and Jerusalem fear not nor be dismayed to morrow go out against them for the LORD will be with you ⚑

¹⁹ And the Levites of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korhites stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high ⚑

²⁰ And they rose early in the morning and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa and as they went forth Jehoshaphat stood and said Hear me O Judah and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem Believe in the LORD your God so shall ye be established believe his prophets so shall ye prosper ⚑

²¹ And when he had consulted with the people he appointed singers unto the LORD and that should praise the beauty of holiness as they went out before the army and to say Praise the LORD for his mercy endureth for ever ⚑

²² And when they began to sing and to praise the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon Moab and mount Seir which were come against Judah and they were smitten ⚑

²³ For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir utterly to slay and destroy them and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir every one helped to destroy another ⚑

²⁴ And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness they looked unto the multitude and behold they were dead bodies fallen to the earth and none escaped ⚑

²⁵ And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies and precious jewels which they stripped off for themselves more than they could carry away and they were three days in gathering of the spoil it was so much ⚑

²⁶ And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah for there they blessed the LORD therefore the name of the same place was called The valley of Berachah unto this day ⚑

²⁷ Then they returned every man of Judah and Jerusalem and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them to go again to Jerusalem with joy for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies ⚑

²⁸ And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD ⚑

²⁹ And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel ⚑

³⁰ So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet for his God gave him rest round about ⚑

³² And he walked in the way of Asa his father and departed not from it doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD ⚑

³³ Howbeit the high places were not taken away for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers ⚑

³⁴ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat first and last behold they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel ⚑

³⁶ And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish and they made the ships in Ezion-geber ⚑

³⁷ Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat saying Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah the LORD hath broken thy works And the ships were broken that they were not able to go to Tarshish ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain