[[2 Chronicles 19|<< 2 Chronicles 19]] | [[2 Chronicles|2 Chronicles]] | [[2 Chronicles 21|2 Chronicles 21 >>]] ### 2 Chronicles 20 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. ^1 2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There comes a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they _be_ in Hazazon-tamar, which _is_ En-gedi. ^2 3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. ^3 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. ^4 5 ¶ And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court, ^5 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? ^6 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? ^7 8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, ^8 9 If, _when_ evil comes 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. ^9 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; ^10 11 Behold, _I_ _say_, _how_ they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. ^11 12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that comes against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes _are_ upon thee. ^12 13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. ^13 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; ^14 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. ^15 16 Tomorrow 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. ^16 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; tomorrow go out against them: for the LORD _will_ _be_ with you. ^17 18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with _his_ face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD. ^18 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. ^19 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. ^20 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 _endures_ for ever. ^21 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. ^22 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. ^23 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. ^24 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. ^25 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. ^26 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. ^27 28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD. ^28 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. ^29 30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about. ^30 31 ¶ And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: _he_ _was_ thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name _was_ Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. ^31 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. ^32 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. ^33 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. ^34 35 ¶ And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: ^35 36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber. ^36 37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD has broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish. ^37