2 Chronicles Chapter 20
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. |
20:2 | 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. |
20:3 | And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. |
20:4 | 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. |
20:5 | And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and ![]() ![]() |
20:6 | And said, O LORD God of our fathers, ![]() ![]() |
20:7 | ![]() ![]() |
20:8 | And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, |
20:9 | If, [when] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
20:10 | And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let ![]() |
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. |
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 ![]() |
20:13 | And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. |
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 ![]() |
20:15 | And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of ![]() ![]() |
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. |
20:17 | Ye shall not [need] to fight in this [battle]: set yourselves, stand ye [still], and ![]() ![]() |
20:18 | And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with [his] face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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. |
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. |
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 ![]() |
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 ![]() |
20:26 | And on the fourth ![]() ![]() |
20:27 | Then they returned, every man of Judah and ![]() ![]() |
20:28 | And they came to ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() |
20:30 | So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about. |
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 ![]() |
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. |
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. |
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 ![]() ![]() |
20:35 | And after this did Jehoshaphat ![]() ![]() ![]() |
20:36 | And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongaber. |
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. |