II Chronicles Chapter 20

II Chronicles Chapter 20
1 After this also came the children of
Moab and the children of Ammon, and
with them of the Ammonites against
Jehoshaphat to battle.
2 Then there came that told Jehoshaphat,
saying, There cometh a great multitude
against thee from beyond the sea, out of
Aram [Syria]: and behold, they be in
Hazazon Tamar, which is En-gedi.
3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set
himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed
a fast throughout all Judah.
4 And Judah gathered themselves
together to ask counsel of the Lord: they
came even out of all the cities of Judah
to inquire of the Lord, 5 And
Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of
Judah and Jerusalem in the house of the
Lord before the new court,
6 And said, O Lord God of our fathers,
art not thou God in heaven? And reignest
not thou on all the kingdoms of the
heathen? And in thine hand is power and
might, and none is able to withstand
thee.
7 Didst not thou our God cast out the
inhabitants of this land before thy people
Israel, and gavest it to the seed of
Abraham thy friend forever?
8 And they dwelt therein, and have built
thee a sanctuary therein for thy name,
saying,
9 If evil come upon us, as the sword of
judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we
will stand before this house and in thy
presence (for thy name is in this house)
and will cry unto thee in our tribulation,
and thou wilt hear and help. 10 And now
behold, the children of Ammon and
Moab, and mount Seir, by whom thou
wouldest not let Israel go, when they
came out of the land of Egypt: but they
turned aside from them, and destroyed
them not: 11 Behold, I say, they reward
us, in coming to cast us out of thine
inheritance, which thou hast caused us to
inherit.
12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them?
For there is no strength in us to stand
before this great multitude that cometh
against us, neither do we know what to
do: but our eyes are toward thee.
13 And all Judah stood before the Lord
with their young ones, their wives, and
their children.
14 And Jahaziel the son of Zechariah the
son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son
of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of
Asaph was there, upon whom 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, Fear you not, neither be
afraid for this great multitude: for the
battle is not yours, but God's. 16
Tomorrow go ye down against them:
behold, they come up by the cleft 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: stand still, move not, and behold
the salvation of the Lord towards you: O
Judah, and Jerusalem, fear ye not,
neither be afraid: tomorrow go out
against them, and the Lord will be with
you. 18 Then Jehoshaphat bowed down
with his face to the earth, and all Judah
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell
down before the Lord, worshiping the
Lord.
19 And the Levites of the children of the
Kohathites and of the children of the
Korahites stood up to praise the Lord
God of Israel with a loud voice on high.
20 And when they arose early in the
morning, they went forth to the
wilderness of Tekoa: and as they
departed, Jehoshaphat stood and said,
Hear ye me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants
of Jerusalem: put your trust in the Lord
your God, and ye shall be assured:
believe his prophets, and ye shall
prosper.
21 And when he had consulted with the
people, and appointed singers unto the
Lord, and them that should praise him
that is in the beautiful sanctuary, in
going forth before the men of arms, and
saying, Praise ye the Lord, for his mercy
lasteth forever,
22 And when they began to shout, and to
praise, the Lord laid ambushments
against the children of Ammon, Moab,
and mount Seir, which were come
against Judah, and they slew one
another.
23 For the children of Ammon and Moab
rose against the inhabitants of mount
Seir, to slay and to 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
Mizpah in the wilderness, they looked
unto the multitude: and behold, the
carcasses were 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 of substance and also of
bodies laden with precious jewels,
which they took for themselves, till they
could carry no more: they were three
days in gathering of the spoil: for it was
much.
26 And in the fourth day they assembled
themselves in the valley of Berachah: for
there they blessed the Lord: therefore
they called the name of that place, The
valley of Berachah unto this day.
27 Then every man of Judah and
Jerusalem returned with Jehoshaphat
their head, 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
viols and with harps, and with trumpets,
even unto the house of the Lord.
29 And the fear of God was upon all the
kingdoms of the earth, when they had
heard that the Lord had fought against the
enemies of Israel.
30 So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was
quiet, and his God gave him rest on
every side.
31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah,
and was five and thirty year old, when
he began to reign: and reigned five and
twenty year in Jerusalem, and his
mother's name was Azubah the daughter
of Shilhi.
32 And he walked in the way of Asa his
father, and departed not there from,
doing that which was right in the sight of
the Lord.
33 Howbeit the high places were not
taken away: for the people had not yet
prepared their hearts unto the God of
their fathers.
34 Concerning the rest of the acts of
Jehoshaphat first and last, behold, they
are written in the book of Jehu the son of
Hanani, which is mentioned in the book
of the kings of Israel.
35 Yet after this did Jehoshaphat king of
Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of
Israel, who was given to do evil.
36 And he joined with him, to make
ships to go to Tarshish: and they made
the ships in Ezion Gaber.
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.