ASV_Strong : 2 Chronicles 20
1. And it came to pass after this[H310], that the children[H1121] of Moab[H4124], and the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983], and with them some of the Ammonites[H5984], came[H935] against Jehoshaphat[H3092] to battle[H4421].
2. Then there came[H935] some that told[H5046] Jehoshaphat[H3092], saying[H559], There cometh[H935] a great[H7227] multitude[H1995] against thee from beyond[H5676] the sea[H3220] from Syria[H758]; and[H2688], behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (the same is En-gedi[H5872]).
3. And Jehoshaphat[H3092] feared[H3372], and set[H5414] himself[H6440] to seek[H1875] unto Jehovah[H3068]; and he proclaimed[H7121] a fast[H6685] throughout[H5921] all Judah[H3063].
4. And Judah[H3063] gathered themselves together[H6908], to seek[H1245] help of Jehovah[H3068]: even out of all the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063] they came[H935] to seek[H1245] Jehovah[H3068].
5. And Jehoshaphat[H3092] stood[H5975] in the assembly[H6951] of Judah[H3063] and Jerusalem[H3389], in the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], before[H6440] the new[H2319] court[H2691];
6. and he said[H559], O Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of our fathers[H1], art not thou God[H430] in heaven[H8064]? and art not thou ruler[H4910] over all the kingdoms[H4467] of the nations[H1471]? and in thy hand[H3027] is power[H3581] and might[H1369], so that none is able to withstand thee[H3320].
7. Didst not thou[H430], O our God, drive out[H3423] the inhabitants[H3427] of this land[H776] before[H6440] thy people[H5971] Israel[H3478], and give[H5414] it to the seed[H2233] of Abraham[H85] thy friend[H157] for ever[H5769]?
8. And they dwelt[H3427] therein[H1129], and have built thee a sanctuary[H4720] therein for thy name[H8034], saying[H559],
9. If evil[H7451] come[H935] upon us[H2719], the sword, judgment[H8196], or pestilence[H1698], or famine[H7458], we will stand[H5975] before[H6440] this house[H1004], and before[H6440] thee[H8034], (for thy name is in this house[H1004],) and cry[H2199] unto thee in our affliction[H6869], and thou wilt hear[H8085] and save[H3467].
10. And now[H1121], behold, the children of Ammon[H5983] and Moab[H4124] and mount[H2022] Seir[H8165], whom thou wouldest not let[H5414] Israel[H3478] invade[H935], when they came out[H935] of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], but they turned[H5493] aside from them[H8045], and destroyed them not;
11. behold[H1580], how they reward us[H935], to come to cast us out[H1644] of thy possession[H3425], which thou hast given us to inherit[H3423].
12. O our God[H430], wilt thou not judge[H8199] them[H3581]? for we have no might against[H6440] this great[H7227] company[H1995] that cometh[H935] against us[H3045]; neither know we[H587] what to do[H6213]: but our eyes are upon thee[H5869].
13. And all Judah[H3063] stood[H5975] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068], with[H1571] their little ones[H2945], their wives[H802], and their children[H1121].
14. Then upon Jahaziel[H3166] the son[H1121] of Zechariah[H2148], the son[H1121] of Benaiah[H1141], the son[H1121] of Jeiel[H3273], the son[H1121] of Mattaniah[H4983], the Levite[H3881], of the sons[H1121] of Asaph[H623], came the Spirit[H7307] of Jehovah[H3068] in the midst[H8432] of the assembly[H6951];
15. and he said[H559], Hearken[H7181] ye[H3063], all Judah, and ye inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389], and thou king[H4428] Jehoshaphat[H3092]: Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] unto you[H3372], Fear not ye[H2865], neither be dismayed by reason[H6440] of this great[H7227] multitude[H1995]; for the battle[H4421] is not yours[H430], but God's.
16. To-morrow[H4279] go ye down[H3381] against them[H5927]: behold, they come up by the ascent[H5927] of Ziz[H6732]; and ye shall find[H4672] them at the end[H5490] of the valley[H5158], before[H6440] the wilderness[H4057] of Jeruel[H3385].
17. Ye shall not need to fight[H3898] in this[H2063] battle[H3320]: set yourselves[H5975], stand ye still[H7200], and see the salvation[H3444] of Jehovah[H3068] with you[H3063], O Judah and Jerusalem[H3389]; fear[H3372] not[H2865], nor be dismayed: to-morrow[H4279] go out[H3318] against[H6440] them[H3068]: for Jehovah is with you.
18. And Jehoshaphat[H3092] bowed[H6915] his head with his face[H639] to the ground[H776]; and all Judah[H3063] and the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389] fell[H5307] down before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068], worshipping[H7812] Jehovah[H3068].
19. And the Levites[H3881], of the children[H1121] of the Kohathites[H6956] and of the children[H1121] of the Korahites[H7145], stood up[H6965] to praise[H1984] Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], with an exceeding[H4605] loud[H1419] voice[H6963].
20. And they rose early[H7925] in the morning[H1242], and went forth[H3318] into the wilderness[H4057] of Tekoa[H8620]: and as they went forth[H3318], Jehoshaphat[H3092] stood[H5975] and said[H559], Hear[H8085] me[H3063], O Judah, and ye inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389]: believe[H539] in Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430], so shall ye be established[H539]; believe[H539] his prophets[H5030], so shall ye prosper[H6743].
21. And when he had taken counsel[H3289] with the people[H5971], he appointed[H5975] them that should sing[H7891] unto Jehovah[H3068], and give praise[H1984] in holy[H6944] array[H1927], as they went out[H3318] before[H6440] the army[H2502], and say[H559], Give thanks[H3034] unto Jehovah[H3068]; for his lovingkindness[H2617] endureth for ever[H5769].
22. And when[H6256] they began[H2490] to sing[H7440] and to praise[H8416], Jehovah[H3068] set[H5414] liers-in[H693]-wait against the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983], Moab[H4124], and mount[H2022] Seir[H8165], that were come[H935] against Judah[H3063]; and they were smitten[H5062].
23. For the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] and Moab[H4124] stood up[H5975] against the inhabitants[H3427] of mount[H2022] Seir[H8165], utterly to slay[H2763] and destroy[H8045] them[H3615]: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants[H3427] of Seir[H8165], every one[H376] helped[H5826] to destroy[H4889] another[H7453].
24. And when Judah[H3063] came[H935] to the watch-tower[H4707] of the wilderness[H4057], they looked[H6437] upon the multitude[H1995]; and[H6297], behold, they were dead bodies fallen[H5307] to the earth[H776], and there were none that escaped[H6413].
25. And when Jehoshaphat[H3092] and his people[H5971] came[H935] to take[H962] the spoil[H7998] of them[H4672], they found among them in abundance[H7230] both riches[H7399] and dead bodies[H6297], and precious[H2532] jewels[H3627], which they stripped off[H5337] for themselves[H369], more than they could carry away[H4853]: and they were three[H7969] days[H3117] in taking[H962] the spoil[H7998], it was so much[H7227].
26. And on the fourth[H7243] day[H3117] they assembled[H6950] themselves in the valley[H6010] of Beracah[H1294]; for there they blessed[H1288] Jehovah[H3068]: therefore the name[H8034] of that place[H4725] was called[H7121] The valley[H6010] of Beracah[H1294] unto this day[H3117].
27. Then they returned[H7725], every man[H376] of Judah[H3063] and Jerusalem[H3389], and Jehoshaphat[H3092] in the forefront[H7218] of them[H7725], to go again to Jerusalem[H3389] with joy[H8057]; for Jehovah[H3068] had made them to rejoice[H8055] over their enemies[H341].
28. And they came[H935] to Jerusalem[H3389] with psalteries[H5035] and harps[H3658] and trumpets[H2689] unto the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068].
29. And the fear[H6343] of God[H430] was on all the kingdoms[H4467] of the countries[H776], when they heard[H8085] that Jehovah[H3068] fought[H3898] against the enemies[H341] of Israel[H3478].
30. So the realm[H4438] of Jehoshaphat[H3092] was quiet[H8252]; for his God[H430] gave him rest[H5117] round about[H5439].
31. And Jehoshaphat[H3092] reigned[H4427] over Judah[H3063]: he was thirty[H7970] and five[H2568] years[H8141] old[H1121] when he began to reign[H4427]; and he reigned[H4427] twenty[H6242] and five[H2568] years[H8141] in Jerusalem[H3389]: and his mother[H517]'s name[H8034] was Azubah[H5806] the daughter[H1323] of Shilhi[H7977].
32. And he walked[H3212] in the way[H1870] of Asa[H609] his father[H1], and turned[H5493] not aside from it[H6213], doing that which was right[H3477] in the eyes[H5869] of Jehovah[H3068].
33. Howbeit the high places[H1116] were not taken away[H5493]; neither as yet had the people[H5971] set[H3559] their hearts[H3824] unto the God[H430] of their fathers[H1].
34. Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Jehoshaphat[H3092], first[H7223] and last[H314], behold[H3789], they are written in the history[H1697] of Jehu[H3058] the son[H1121] of Hanani[H2607], which is inserted[H5927] in the book[H5612] of the kings[H4428] of Israel[H3478].
35. And after[H310] this did Jehoshaphat[H3092] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] join[H2266] himself with Ahaziah[H274] king[H4428] of Israel[H3478]; the same did[H6213] very wickedly[H7561]:
36. and he joined[H2266] himself with him to make[H6213] ships[H591] to go[H3212] to Tarshish[H8659]; and they made[H6213] the ships[H591] in Ezion-geber[H6100].
37. Then Eliezer[H461] the son[H1121] of Dodavahu[H1735] of Mareshah[H4762] prophesied[H5012] against Jehoshaphat[H3092], saying[H559], Because thou hast joined[H2266] thyself with Ahaziah[H274], Jehovah[H3068] hath destroyed[H6555] thy works[H4639]. And the ships[H591] were broken[H6555], so that they were not able[H6113] to go[H3212] to Tarshish[H8659].
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