14_2CH_20_01 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 .
14_2CH_20_02 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 Hazazontamar , which [ Is ] Engedi .
14_2CH_20_03 And Jehoshaphat feared , And set himself to seek the LORD , And proclaimed A fast throughout all Judah .
14_2CH_20_04 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 .
14_2CH_20_05 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah And Jerusalem , in the house of the LORD , before the new court ,
14_2CH_20_06 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 ?
14_2CH_20_07 [ 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 ?
14_2CH_20_08 And they dwelt therein , And have built thee A sanctuary therein for thy name , saying ,
14_2CH_20_09 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 .
14_2CH_20_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 ;
14_2CH_20_11 behold , [ I say , how ] they reward us , to come to cast us out of thy possession , which thou hast given us to inherit .
14_2CH_20_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 .
14_2CH_20_13 And all Judah stood before the LORD , with their little ones , their wives , And their children .
14_2CH_20_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_2CH_20_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 .
14_2CH_20_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 .
14_2CH_20_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 .
14_2CH_20_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 .
14_2CH_20_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 .
14_2CH_20_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 .
14_2CH_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 [ endureth ] for ever .
14_2CH_20_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 .
14_2CH_20_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 .
14_2CH_20_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 .
14_2CH_20_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 .
14_2CH_20_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 .
14_2CH_20_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 .
14_2CH_20_28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries And harps And trumpets unto the house of the LORD .
14_2CH_20_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 .
14_2CH_20_30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet : for his God gave him rest round about .
14_2CH_20_31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah : [ he was ] thirty And five years old when he began to reign , And he reigned twenty And five years in Jerusalem . And his mother's name [ was ] Azubah the daughter of Shilhi .
14_2CH_20_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 .
14_2CH_20_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 .
14_2CH_20_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 .
14_2CH_20_35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel , who did very wickedly :
14_2CH_20_36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish : And they made the ships in Eziongaber .
14_2CH_20_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 .