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1 # It came to pass after this <0310> also, that the children <01121> of Moab <04124>, and the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, and with them other beside the Ammonites <05984>, came <0935> (8804) against Jehoshaphat <03092> to battle <04421> .
2 Then there came <0935> (8799) some that told <05046> (8686) Jehoshaphat <03092>, saying <0559> (8800), There cometh <0935> (8802) a great <07227> multitude <01995> against thee from beyond <05676> the sea <03220> on this side Syria <0758>; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar <02688>, which is Engedi <05872>.
3 And Jehoshaphat <03092> feared <03372> (8799), and set <05414> (8799) himself <06440> to seek <01875> (8800) the LORD <03068>, and proclaimed <07121> (8799) a fast <06685> throughout <05921> all Judah <03063> .
4 And Judah <03063> gathered themselves together <06908> (8735), to ask <01245> (8763) help of the LORD <03068>: even out of all the cities <05892> of Judah <03063> they came <0935> (8804) to seek <01245> (8763) the LORD <03068>.
5 And Jehoshaphat <03092> stood <05975> (8799) in the congregation <06951> of Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>, in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, before <06440> the new <02319> court <02691>,
6 And said <0559> (8799), O LORD <03068> God <0430> of our fathers <01>, art not thou God <0430> in heaven <08064>? and rulest <04910> (8802) not thou over all the kingdoms <04467> of the heathen <01471>? and in thine hand <03027> is there not power <03581> and might <01369>, so that none is able to withstand <03320> (8692) thee?
7 Art not thou our God <0430>, who didst drive out <03423> (8689) the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of this land <0776> before <06440> thy people <05971> Israel <03478>, and gavest <05414> (8799) it to the seed <02233> of Abraham <085> thy friend <0157> (8802) for ever <05769>?
8 And they dwelt <03427> (8799) therein, and have built <01129> (8799) thee a sanctuary <04720> therein for thy name <08034>, saying <0559> (8800),
9 If, when evil <07451> cometh <0935> (8799) upon us, as the sword <02719>, judgment <08196>, or pestilence <01698>, or famine <07458>, we stand <05975> (8799) before <06440> this house <01004>, and in thy presence <06440>, (for thy name <08034> is in this house <01004>,) and cry <02199> (8799) unto thee in our affliction <06869>, then thou wilt hear <08085> (8799) and help <03467> (8686).
10 And now, behold, the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> and Moab <04124> and mount <02022> Seir <08165>, whom thou wouldest not let <05414> (8804) Israel <03478> invade <0935> (8800), when they came out <0935> (8800) of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, but they turned <05493> (8804) from them, and destroyed <08045> (8689) them not;
11 Behold, I say, how they reward <01580> (8802) us, to come <0935> (8800) to cast us out <01644> (8763) of thy possession <03425>, which thou hast given us to inherit <03423> (8689).
12 O our God <0430>, wilt thou not judge <08199> (8799) them? for we have no might <03581> against <06440> this great <07227> company <01995> that cometh <0935> (8802) against us; neither know <03045> (8799) we <0587> what to do <06213> (8799): but our eyes <05869> are upon thee.
13 And all Judah <03063> stood <05975> (8802) before <06440> the LORD <03068>, with <01571> their little ones <02945>, their wives <0802>, and their children <01121>.
14 # Then upon Jahaziel <03166> the son <01121> of Zechariah <02148>, the son <01121> of Benaiah <01141>, the son <01121> of Jeiel <03273>, the son <01121> of Mattaniah <04983>, a Levite <03881> of the sons <01121> of Asaph <0623> , came the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> in the midst <08432> of the congregation <06951>;
 - SPIRIT OF GOD
15 And he said <0559> (8799), Hearken <07181> (8685) ye, all Judah <03063>, and ye inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389>, and thou king <04428> Jehoshaphat <03092>, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> unto you, Be not afraid <03372> (8799) nor dismayed <02865> (8735) by reason <06440> of this great <07227> multitude <01995>; for the battle <04421> is not yours, but God's <0430>.
16 To morrow <04279> go ye down <03381> (8798) against them: behold, they come up <05927> (8802) by the cliff <04608> of Ziz <06732>; and ye shall find <04672> (8804) them at the end <05490> of the brook <05158>, before <06440> the wilderness <04057> of Jeruel <03385>.
17 Ye shall not need to fight <03898> (8736) in this <02063> battle: set <03320> (8690) yourselves, stand <05975> (8798) ye still, and see <07200> (8798) the salvation <03444> of the LORD <03068> with you, O Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>: fear <03372> (8799) not, nor be dismayed <02865> (8735); to morrow <04279> go out <03318> (8798) against <06440> them: for the LORD <03068> will be with you.
18 And Jehoshaphat <03092> bowed <06915> (8799) his head with his face <0639> to the ground <0776>: and all Judah <03063> and the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389> fell <05307> (8804) before <06440> the LORD <03068>, worshipping <07812> (8692) the LORD <03068>.
19 And the Levites <03881>, of the children <01121> of the Kohathites <06956>, and of the children <01121> of the Korhites <07145>, stood up <06965> (8799) to praise <01984> (8763) the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> with a loud <01419> voice <06963> on high <04605>.
20 # And they rose early <07925> (8686) in the morning <01242>, and went forth <03318> (8799) into the wilderness <04057> of Tekoa <08620>: and as they went forth <03318> (8800), Jehoshaphat <03092> stood <05975> (8804) and said <0559> (8799), Hear <08085> (8798) me, O Judah <03063>, and ye inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389> ; Believe <0539> (8685) in the LORD <03068> your God <0430>, so shall ye be established <0539> (8735); believe <0539> (8685) his prophets <05030>, so shall ye prosper <06743> (8685).
21 And when he had consulted <03289> (8735) with the people <05971>, he appointed <05975> (8686) singers <07891> (8789) unto the LORD <03068>, and that should praise <01984> (8764) the beauty <01927> of holiness <06944>, as they went out <03318> (8800) before <06440> the army <02502> (8803), and to say <0559> (8802), Praise <03034> (8685) the LORD <03068>; for his mercy <02617> endureth for ever <05769>.
22 And when <06256> they began <02490> (8689) to sing <07440> and to praise <08416>, the LORD <03068> set <05414> (8804) ambushments <0693> (8764) against the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, Moab <04124>, and mount <02022> Seir <08165>, which were come <0935> (8802) against Judah <03063>; and they were smitten <05062> (8735) .
23 For the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> and Moab <04124> stood up <05975> (8799) against the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of mount <02022> Seir <08165>, utterly to slay <02763> (8687) and destroy <08045> (8687) them: and when they had made an end <03615> (8763) of the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Seir <08165>, every one <0376> helped <05826> (8804) to destroy <04889> another <07453>.
24 And when Judah <03063> came <0935> (8804) toward the watch tower <04707> (8677) <04708> in the wilderness <04057>, they looked <06437> (8799) unto the multitude <01995>, and, behold, they were dead bodies <06297> fallen <05307> (8802) to the earth <0776>, and none escaped <06413>.
25 And when Jehoshaphat <03092> and his people <05971> came <0935> (8799) to take away <0962> (8800) the spoil <07998> of them, they found <04672> (8799) among them in abundance <07230> both riches <07399> with the dead bodies <06297> , and precious <02532> jewels <03627>, which they stripped off <05337> (8762) for themselves, more than <0369> they could carry away <04853>: and they were three <07969> days <03117> in gathering <0962> (8802) of the spoil <07998>, it was so much <07227> .
26 And on the fourth <07243> day <03117> they assembled <06950> (8738) themselves in the valley <06010> of Berachah <01294>; for there they blessed <01288> (8765) the LORD <03068>: therefore the name <08034> of the same place <04725> was called <07121> (8804), The valley <06010> of Berachah <01294>, unto this day <03117>.
27 Then they returned <07725> (8799), every man <0376> of Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>, and Jehoshaphat <03092> in the forefront <07218> of them, to go again <07725> (8800) to Jerusalem <03389> with joy <08057>; for the LORD <03068> had made them to rejoice <08055> (8765) over their enemies <0341> (8802).
28 And they came <0935> (8799) to Jerusalem <03389> with psalteries <05035> and harps <03658> and trumpets <02689> unto the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>.
29 And the fear <06343> of God <0430> was on all the kingdoms <04467> of those countries <0776>, when they had heard <08085> (8800) that the LORD <03068> fought <03898> (8738) against the enemies <0341> (8802) of Israel <03478> .
30 So the realm <04438> of Jehoshaphat <03092> was quiet <08252> (8799): for his God <0430> gave him rest <05117> (8799) round about <05439>.
31 # And Jehoshaphat <03092> reigned <04427> (8799) over Judah <03063>: he was thirty <07970> and five <02568> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign <04427> (8800), and he reigned <04427> (8804) twenty <06242> and five <02568> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. And his mother's <0517> name <08034> was Azubah <05806> the daughter <01323> of Shilhi <07977>.
32 And he walked <03212> (8799) in the way <01870> of Asa <0609> his father <01>, and departed <05493> (8804) not from it, doing <06213> (8800) that which was right <03477> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>.
33 Howbeit the high places <01116> were not taken away <05493> (8804): for as yet the people <05971> had not prepared <03559> (8689) their hearts <03824> unto the God <0430> of their fathers <01>.
34 Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Jehoshaphat <03092>, first <07223> and last <0314>, behold, they are written <03789> (8803) in the book <01697> of Jehu <03058> the son <01121> of Hanani <02607>, who is mentioned <05927> (8717) in the book <05612> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>.
35 And after <0310> this did Jehoshaphat <03092> king <04428> of Judah <03063> join <02266> (8694) himself with Ahaziah <0274> king <04428> of Israel <03478>, who did <06213> (8800) very wickedly <07561> (8689):
36 And he joined <02266> (8762) himself with him to make <06213> (8800) ships <0591> to go <03212> (8800) to Tarshish <08659>: and they made <06213> (8799) the ships <0591> in Eziongeber <06100>.
37 Then Eliezer <0461> the son <01121> of Dodavah <01735> of Mareshah <04762> prophesied <05012> (8691) against Jehoshaphat <03092>, saying <0559> (8800), Because thou hast joined <02266> (8692) thyself with Ahaziah <0274>, the LORD <03068> hath broken <06555> (8804) thy works <04639>. And the ships <0591> were broken <07665> (8735), that they were not able <06113> (8804) to go <03212> (8800) to Tarshish <08659>.