II Chronicles 20

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II Chronicles 20

1. Then it came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon came in, and with them others besides the Ammonites, to battle against Jehoshaphat.

2. And some came in and spoke to Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude has come against you from beyond the sea on this side of Syria. And behold, they are in Hazazon Tamar, which is En Gedi.”

3. And Jehoshaphat feared and set himself to seek the LORD, and called for a fast throughout all Judah.

4. And Judah gathered themselves to ask of the LORD. Even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek 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, are You not God in heaven? And do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? And is there not power and might in Your hand, so that none is able to withstand You?

7. Are You not our God? Did You not drive out the people of this land before Israel and give it to the seed of Your friend Abraham forever?

8. And they lived in it. And they have built You a temple in it for Your name, saying,

9. ‘If evil comes upon us, whether the sword, judgment, or plague, or famine, and we stand before this house and in Your presence (for Your name is in this house) and cry to You in our affliction, then You will hear and help.’

10. And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom You would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them and did not destroy them,

11. Behold, they reward us by coming to cast us out of Your possession which You have given us to inherit.

12. O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no might against this great company which comes against us. Nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”

13. And all Judah stood before the LORD with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

14. And the Spirit of the LORD came 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, in the midst of the congregation.

15. And he said, “Listen, all Judah, and you people of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the LORD to you, ‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

16. Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz. And you shall find them at the end of the valley before the wilderness of Jeruel.

17. You shall not need to fight in this battle. Set yourselves and stand, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not fear nor be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, for the LORD will be with you.”

18. And Jehoshaphat bowed his face to the ground. And all Judah and the people of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshiping the LORD.

19. And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the sons of the Korahites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.

20. And they rose up early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. And as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, O Judah, and you people of Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and so you shall be established. Believe His prophets, and so you shall prosper.”

21. And when he consulted with the people, he appointed singers to the LORD and praisers to praise the beauty of holiness as they went out before the army, and to say, “Praise the LORD, for His steadfast love starmercypointer endures forever.”

22. And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushes against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah. And they were beaten,

23. For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the people of Mount Seir to completely kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the people of Seir, everyone helped to destroy one another.

24. And when Judah came to the watchtower in the wilderness, they looked at the multitude. And behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped!

25. And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away their spoil, they found among them in abundance both riches and precious jewels in great number among the dead bodies 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.

26. Now on the fourth day they gathered themselves in the Valley of Blessing, for there they blessed the LORD. And the name of the same place was called the Valley of Blessing until this day.

27. And they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in front of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy, for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

28. And they came into Jerusalem with harps, and with lyres, and with silver trumpets to the house of the LORD.

29. And a terror from God was on all the kingdoms of those countries when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.

30. And then the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest round about.

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.

32. And he walked in the way of Asa his father and did not depart from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.

33. Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts to the God of their fathers.

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, which were taken up in the book of the kings of Israel.

35. Then after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel who did very wickedly.

36. And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish. And they made the ships in Ezion Geber.

37. And Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has broken your works.” And the ships were broken so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

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this also, that the childrenH1121
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and the childrenH1121
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of AmmonH5983
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came in,H935
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and with themH5973
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othersbesides the Ammonites,H5984
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to battleH4421
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againstH5921
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Jehoshaphat.H3092
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saying,H559
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they are in Hazazon Tamar,H2688
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whichH1931
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is En Gedi."H5872
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is able to withstandH3320
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HRHSp2ms

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or famine,H7458
HCHNcmsa
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HVqh1cp
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HCHVqi1cp
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HRHNcfscHSp1cp
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HCHVqi2ms
and help.'H3467
HCHVhi2ms

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HCHD
behold,H2009
HTm
the childrenH1121
HNcmpc
of AmmonH5983
HNp
and MoabH4124
HCHNp
and MountH2022
HCHNcmsc
Seir,H8165
HNp
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HTr
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HTn
letH5414
HVqp2ms
IsraelH3478
HRHNp
invadeH935
HRHVqc
Hb
HRHSp3mp
when they came outH935
HRHVqcHSp3mp
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HRHNcbsc
of Egypt,H4714
HNp
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HC
they turnedH5493
HVqp3cp
from themH5921
HRHRHSp3mp
and did notH3808
HCHTn
destroy them,H8045
HVhp3cpHSp3mp

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HCHTm
theyH1992
HPp3mp
rewardH1580
HVqrmpa
usH5921
HRHSp1cp
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HRHVqc
to cast us outH1644
HRHVpcHSp1cp
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HTr
You have given us to inherit.H3423
HVhp2msHSp1cp

And allH3605
HCHNcmsc
JudahH3063
HNp
stoodH5975
HVqrmpa
beforeH6440
HRHNcbpc
the LORDH3068
HNp
withH1571
HTa
their little ones,H2945
HNcmscHSp3mp
their wives,H802
HNcfpcHSp3mp
and their children.H1121
HCHNcmpcHSp3mp

And the SpiritH7307
HNcbsc
of the LORDH3068
HNp
cameH1961
HVqp3fs
uponH5921
HRHSp3ms
JahazielH3166
HCHNp
the sonH1121
HNcmsc
of Zechariah,H2148
HNp
the sonH1121
HNcmsc
of Benaiah,H1141
HNp
the sonH1121
HNcmsc
of Jeiel,H3273
HNp
the sonH1121
HNcmsc
of Mattaniah,H4983
HNp
a LeviteH3881
HTdHNgmsa
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HR
the sonsH1121
HNcmpc
of Asaph,H623
HNp
in the midstH8432
HRHNcmsc
of the congregation.H6951
HTdHNcmsa

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HNcmsa
go downH3381
HVqv2mp
against them.H5921
HRHSp3mp
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HTmHSp3mp
they come upH5927
HVqrmpa
by the cliffH4608
HRHNcmsc
of Ziz.H6732
HTdHNp
And you shall findH4672
HCHVqq2mp
themH853
HToHSp3mp
at the endH5490
HRHNcmsc
of the valleyH5158
HTdHNcmsa
beforeH6440
HNcbpc
the wildernessH4057
HNcmsc
of Jeruel.H3385
HNp

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HRHSp2mp
shall notH3808
HTn
needto fightH3898
HRHVNc
in thisH2063
HRHPdxfs
battle. Set yourselvesH3320
HVtv2mp
and stand,H5975
HVqv2mp
and seeH7200
HCHVqv2mp
H853
HTo
the salvationH3444
HNcfsc
of the LORDH3068
HNp
with you,H5973
HRHSp2mp
O JudahH3063
HNp
and Jerusalem.'H3389
HCHNp
Do notH408
HTn
fearH3372
HVqj2mp
norH408
HCHTn
be dismayed.H2865
HVNj2mp
TomorrowH4279
HNcmsa
go outH3318
HVqv2mp
against them,H6440
HRHNcbpcHSp3mp
for the LORDH3068
HCHNp
will bewith you."H5973
HRHSp2mp

And JehoshaphatH3092
HNp
bowedH6915
HCHVqw3ms
his faceH639
HNcmda
to the ground.H776
HNcbsaHSd
And allH3605
HCHNcmsc
JudahH3063
HNp
and the peopleH3427
HCHVqrmpc
of JerusalemH3389
HNp
fellH5307
HVqp3cp
beforeH6440
HRHNcbpc
the LORD,H3068
HNp
worshipingH7812
HRHVtc
the LORD.H3068
HRHNp

And the Levites,H3881
HTdHNgmpa
ofH4480
HR
the childrenH1121
HNcmpc
of the KohathitesH6956
HTdHNgmpa
and ofH4480
HCHR
the sonsH1121
HNcmpc
of the Korahites,H7145
HTdHNgmpa
stood upH6965
HCHVqw3mp
to praiseH1984
HRHVpc
the LORDH3068
HRHNp
GodH430
HNcmpc
of IsraelH3478
HNp
with a loudH1419
HAamsa
voiceH6963
HRHNcmsa
on high.H4605
HRHDHSd

And they rose upH7925
HCHVhw3mp
early in the morningH1242
HRdHNcmsa
and went outH3318
HCHVqw3mp
into the wildernessH4057
HRHNcmsc
of Tekoa.H8620
HNp
And as they went out,H3318
HCHRHVqcHSp3mp
JehoshaphatH3092
HNp
stoodH5975
HVqp3ms
and said,H559
HCHVqw3ms
"Hear me,H8085
HVqv2mpHSp1cs
O Judah,H3063
HNp
and you peopleH3427
HCHVqrmpc
of Jerusalem.H3389
HNp
BelieveH539
HVhv2mp
in the LORDH3068
HRHNp
your God,H430
HNcmpcHSp2mp
and so you shall be established.H539
HCHVNi2mp
BelieveH539
HVhv2mp
His prophets,H5030
HRHNcmpcHSp3ms
and so you shall prosper."H6743
HCHVhv2mp

And when he consultedH3289
HCHVNw3ms
withH413
HR
the people,H5971
HTdHNcmsa
he appointedH5975
HCHVhw3ms
singersH7891
HVormpa
to the LORDH3068
HRHNp
and praisers to praiseH1984
HCHVprmpa
the beautyH1927
HRHNcfsc
of holinessH6944
HNcmsa
as they went outH3318
HRHVqc
beforeH6440
HRHNcbpc
the army,H2502
HTdHVqsmsa
and to say,H559
HCHVqrmpa
"PraiseH3034
HVhv2mp
the LORD,H3068
HRHNp
forH3588
HC
His steadfast loveH2617
HNcmscHSp3ms
enduresforever."H5769
HRHNcmsa

And whenH6256
HCHRHNcbsa
they beganH2490
HVhp3cp
to singH7440
HRHNcfsa
and to praise,H8416
HCHNcfsa
the LORDH3068
HNp
setH5414
HVqp3ms
ambushesH693
HVprmpa
againstH5921
HR
the childrenH1121
HNcmpc
of Ammon,H5983
HNp
Moab,H4124
HNp
and MountH2022
HCHNcmsc
Seir,H8165
HNp
who had comeH935
HTdHVqrmpa
against Judah.H3063
HRHNp
And they were beaten,H5062
HCHVNw3mp

For the childrenH1121
HNcmpc
of AmmonH5983
HNp
and MoabH4124
HCHNp
stood upH5975
HCHVqw3mp
againstH5921
HR
the peopleH3427
HVqrmpc
of MountH2022
HNcmsc
SeirH8165
HNp
to completely killH2763
HRHVhc
and destroyH8045
HCHRHVhc
them. And when they had made an endH3615
HCHRHVpcHSp3mp
of the peopleH3427
HRHVqrmpc
of Seir,H8165
HNp
everyone helpedH5826
HVqp3cp
to destroyH4889
HRHNcmsa
oneH376
HNcmsa
another.H7453
HRHNcmscHSp3ms

And when JudahH3063
HCHNp
cameH935
HVqp3ms
toH5921
HR
the watchtowerH4707
HTdHNcmsa
in the wilderness,H4057
HRdHNcmsa
they lookedH6437
HCHVqw3mp
atH413
HR
the multitude.H1995
HTdHNcmsa
And behold,H2005
HCHTmHSp3mp
they were dead bodiesH6297
HNcmpa
fallenH5307
HVqrmpa
to the earth,H776
HNcbsaHSd
and noneH369
HCHTn
escaped!H6413
HNcfsa

And when JehoshaphatH3092
HNp
and his peopleH5971
HCHNcmscHSp3ms
cameH935
HCHVqw3ms
to take awayH962
HVqrmpa
H853
HTo
their spoil,H7998
HNcmscHSp3mp
they foundH4672
HCHVqw3mp
among themHb
HRHSp3mp
in abundanceH7230
HRHNcbsa
both richesH7399
HCHNcmsa
and preciousH2530
HNcfpa
jewelsH3627
HCHNcmpc
in great number among the dead bodiesH6297
HCHNcmpa
which they stripped offH5337
HCHVpw3mp
for themselves,Hl
HRHSp3mp
more thanH369
HRHTn
they could carry away.H4853
HNcmsa
And they wereH1961
HCHVqw3mp
threeH7969
HAcmsa
daysH3117
HNcmpa
in gatheringH962
HRHVqc
H853
HTo
of the spoil,H7998
HTdHNcmsa
itH1931
HPp3ms
was soH3588
HC
much.H7227
HAamsa

Now on the fourthH7243
HTdHAomsa
dayH3117
HCHRdHNcmsa
they gathered themselvesH6950
HVNp3cp
in the ValleyH6010
HRHNcmsc
of Blessing,H1294
HNp
forH3588
HC
thereH8033
HD
they blessedH1288
HVpp3cp
H853
HTo
the LORD.H3068
HNp
H5921
HR
H3651
HTm
H1931
HTdHPp3ms
And the nameH8034
HNcmsc
of the same placeH4725
HTdHNcmsa
was calledH7121
HVqp3cp
H853
HTo
the ValleyH6010
HNcmsc
of BlessingH1294
HNp
untilH5704
HR
this day.H3117
HTdHNcmsa

And they returned,H7725
HCHVqw3mp
everyH3605
HNcmsc
manH376
HNcmsc
of JudahH3063
HNp
and Jerusalem,H3389
HCHNp
and JehoshaphatH3092
HCHNp
in front of them,H7218
HRHNcmscHSp3mp
to go againH7725
HRHVqc
toH413
HR
JerusalemH3389
HNp
with joy,H8057
HRHNcfsa
forH3588
HC
the LORDH3068
HNp
had made them to rejoiceH8055
HVpp3msHSp3mp
over their enemies.H341
HRHVqrmpcHSp3mp

And they cameH935
HCHVqw3mp
intoH413
HR
JerusalemH3389
HNp
with harps,H5035
HRHNcmpa
and with lyres,H3658
HCHRHNcmpa
and with silver trumpetsH2689
HCHRHNcfpa
to the houseH1004
HNcmsc
of the LORD.H3068
HNp

And a terrorH6343
HNcmsc
from GodH430
HNcmpa
wasH1961
HCHVqw3ms
onH5921
HR
allH3605
HNcmsc
the kingdomsH4467
HNcfpc
of those countriesH776
HTdHNcbpa
when they had heardH8085
HRHVqcHSp3mp
thatH3588
HC
the LORDH3068
HNp
foughtH3898
HVNp3ms
againstH5973
HR
the enemiesH341
HVqrmpc
of Israel.H3478
HNp

And then the kingdomH4438
HNcfsc
of JehoshaphatH3092
HNp
was quiet,H8252
HCHVqw3fs
for his GodH430
HNcmpcHSp3ms
gave him restH5117
HCHVhw3ms
Hl
HRHSp3ms
round about.H5439
HRHNcbsa

And JehoshaphatH3092
HNp
reignedH4427
HCHVqw3ms
overH5921
HR
Judah.H3063
HNp
He wasthirty-fiveH7970
HAcbpa
H2568
HCHAcfsa
yearsH8141
HNcfsa
oldH1121
HNcmsc
when he began to reign,H4427
HRHVqcHSp3ms
and he reignedH4427
HVqp3ms
twenty-fiveH6242
HCHAcbpa
H2568
HCHAcfsa
yearsH8141
HNcfsa
in Jerusalem.H3389
HRHNp
And his mother'sH517
HNcfscHSp3ms
nameH8034
HCHNcmsc
wasAzubahH5806
HNp
the daughterH1323
HNcfsc
of Shilhi.H7977
HNp

And he walkedH3212
HCHVqw3ms
in the wayH1870
HRHNcbsc
of AsaH609
HNp
his fatherH1
HNcmscHSp3ms
and didH6213
HRHVqc
notH3808
HCHTn
departH5493
HVqp3ms
from it,H4480
HRHSp3fs
doing that which was rightH3477
HTdHAamsa
in the sightH5869
HRHNcbdc
of the LORD.H3068
HNp

Nevertheless,H389
HTa
the high placesH1116
HTdHNcfpa
were notH3808
HTn
taken away,H5493
HVqp3cp
for as yetH5750
HCHD
the peopleH5971
HTdHNcmsa
had notH3808
HTn
preparedH3559
HVhp3cp
their heartsH3824
HNcmscHSp3mp
to the GodH430
HRHNcmpc
of their fathers.H1
HNcmpcHSp3mp

Now the restH3499
HCHNcmsc
of the actsH1697
HNcmpc
of Jehoshaphat,H3092
HNp
firstH7223
HTdHAampa
and last,H314
HCHTdHAampa
behold, theyH2005
HTmHSp3mp
arewrittenH3789
HVqsmpa
in the bookH1697
HRHNcmpc
of JehuH3058
HNp
the sonH1121
HNcmsc
of Hanani,H2607
HNp
whichH834
HTr
weretaken upH5927
HVHp3ms
inH5921
HR
the bookH5612
HNcmsc
of the kingsH4428
HNcmpc
of Israel.H3478
HNp

Then afterH310
HCHD
this JehoshaphatH3092
HNp
kingH4428
HNcmsc
of JudahH3063
HNp
joined himselfH2266
HVtp3ms
withH5973
HR
AhaziahH274
HNp
kingH4428
HNcmsc
of IsraelH3478
HNp
whoH1931
HPp3ms
didH6213
HRHVqc
very wickedly.H7561
HVhp3ms

And he joined himselfH2266
HCHVpw3msHSp3ms
with himH5973
HRHSp3ms
to makeH6213
HRHVqc
shipsH591
HNcfpa
to goH3212
HRHVqc
to Tarshish.H8659
HNp
And they madeH6213
HCHVqw3mp
the shipsH591
HNcfpa
in Ezion Geber.H6100
HRHNp

And EliezerH461
HNp
the sonH1121
HNcmsc
of DodavahH1735
HNp
of MareshahH4762
HRHNp
prophesiedH5012
HCHVtw3ms
againstH5921
HR
Jehoshaphat,H3092
HNp
saying,H559
HRHVqc
"Because you have joined yourselfH2266
HRHVtcHSp2ms
withH5973
HR
Ahaziah,H274
HNp
the LORDH3068
HNp
has brokenH6555
HVqp3ms
H853
HTo
your works."H4639
HNcmpcHSp2ms
And the shipsH591
HNcfpa
were brokenH7665
HCHVNw3mp
so that they were notH3808
HCHTn
ableH6113
HVqp3cp
to goH3212
HRHVqc
toH413
HR
Tarshish.H8659
HNp

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