2 Chronicles 20:1
It came to pass after this{H310} also, that the children{H1121} of Moab{H4124}, and the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}, and with them other beside the Ammonites{H5984}, came{H935}{(H8804)} against Jehoshaphat{H3092} to battle{H4421}.
2 Chronicles 20:2
Then there came{H935}{(H8799)} some that told{H5046}{(H8686)} Jehoshaphat{H3092}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, There cometh{H935}{(H8802)} a great{H7227} multitude{H1995} against thee from beyond{H5676} the sea{H3220} on this side Syria{H758}; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar{H2688}, which is Engedi{H5872}.
2 Chronicles 20:3
And Jehoshaphat{H3092} feared{H3372}{(H8799)}, and set{H5414}{(H8799)} himself{H6440} to seek{H1875}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068}, and proclaimed{H7121}{(H8799)} a fast{H6685} throughout{H5921} all Judah{H3063}.
2 Chronicles 20:4
And Judah{H3063} gathered themselves together{H6908}{(H8735)}, to ask{H1245}{(H8763)} help of the LORD{H3068}: even out of all the cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063} they came{H935}{(H8804)} to seek{H1245}{(H8763)} the LORD{H3068}.
2 Chronicles 20:5
And Jehoshaphat{H3092} stood{H5975}{(H8799)} in the congregation{H6951} of Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389}, in the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, before{H6440} the new{H2319} court{H2691},
2 Chronicles 20:6
And said{H559}{(H8799)}, O LORD{H3068} God{H430} of our fathers{H1}, art not thou God{H430} in heaven{H8064}? and rulest{H4910}{(H8802)} not thou over all the kingdoms{H4467} of the heathen{H1471}? and in thine hand{H3027} is there not power{H3581} and might{H1369}, so that none is able to withstand{H3320}{(H8692)} thee?
2 Chronicles 20:7
Art not thou our God{H430}, who didst drive out{H3423}{(H8689)} the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of this land{H776} before{H6440} thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, and gavest{H5414}{(H8799)} it to the seed{H2233} of Abraham{H85} thy friend{H157}{(H8802)} for ever{H5769}?
2 Chronicles 20:8
And they dwelt{H3427}{(H8799)} therein, and have built{H1129}{(H8799)} thee a sanctuary{H4720} therein for thy name{H8034}, saying{H559}{(H8800)},
2 Chronicles 20:9
If, when evil{H7451} cometh{H935}{(H8799)} upon us, as the sword{H2719}, judgment{H8196}, or pestilence{H1698}, or famine{H7458}, we stand{H5975}{(H8799)} before{H6440} this house{H1004}, and in thy presence{H6440},(for thy name{H8034} is in this house{H1004},) and cry{H2199}{(H8799)} unto thee in our affliction{H6869}, then thou wilt hear{H8085}{(H8799)} and help{H3467}{(H8686)}.
2 Chronicles 20:10
And now, behold, the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} and Moab{H4124} and mount{H2022} Seir{H8165}, whom thou wouldest not let{H5414}{(H8804)} Israel{H3478} invade{H935}{(H8800)}, when they came out{H935}{(H8800)} of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, but they turned{H5493}{(H8804)} from them, and destroyed{H8045}{(H8689)} them not;
2 Chronicles 20:11
Behold, I say, how they reward{H1580}{(H8802)} us, to come{H935}{(H8800)} to cast us out{H1644}{(H8763)} of thy possession{H3425}, which thou hast given us to inherit{H3423}{(H8689)}.
2 Chronicles 20:12
O our God{H430}, wilt thou not judge{H8199}{(H8799)} them? for we have no might{H3581} against{H6440} this great{H7227} company{H1995} that cometh{H935}{(H8802)} against us; neither know{H3045}{(H8799)} we{H587} what to do{H6213}{(H8799)}: but our eyes{H5869} are upon thee.
2 Chronicles 20:13
And all Judah{H3063} stood{H5975}{(H8802)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}, with{H1571} their little ones{H2945}, their wives{H802}, and their children{H1121}.
2 Chronicles 20:14
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}, a Levite{H3881} of the sons{H1121} of Asaph{H623}, came the Spirit{H7307} of the LORD{H3068} in the midst{H8432} of the congregation{H6951};
2 Chronicles 20:15
And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Hearken{H7181}{(H8685)} ye, all Judah{H3063}, and ye inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Jerusalem{H3389}, and thou king{H4428} Jehoshaphat{H3092}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} unto you, Be not afraid{H3372}{(H8799)} nor dismayed{H2865}{(H8735)} by reason{H6440} of this great{H7227} multitude{H1995}; for the battle{H4421} is not yours, but God's{H430}.
2 Chronicles 20:16
To morrow{H4279} go ye down{H3381}{(H8798)} against them: behold, they come up{H5927}{(H8802)} by the cliff{H4608} of Ziz{H6732}; and ye shall find{H4672}{(H8804)} them at the end{H5490} of the brook{H5158}, before{H6440} the wilderness{H4057} of Jeruel{H3385}.
2 Chronicles 20:17
Ye shall not need to fight{H3898}{(H8736)} in this{H2063} battle: set{H3320}{(H8690)} yourselves, stand{H5975}{(H8798)} ye still, and see{H7200}{(H8798)} the salvation{H3444} of the LORD{H3068} with you, O Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389}: fear{H3372}{(H8799)} not, nor be dismayed{H2865}{(H8735)}; to morrow{H4279} go out{H3318}{(H8798)} against{H6440} them: for the LORD{H3068} will be with you.
2 Chronicles 20:18
And Jehoshaphat{H3092} bowed{H6915}{(H8799)} his head with his face{H639} to the ground{H776}: and all Judah{H3063} and the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Jerusalem{H3389} fell{H5307}{(H8804)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}, worshipping{H7812}{(H8692)} the LORD{H3068}.
2 Chronicles 20:19
And the Levites{H3881}, of the children{H1121} of the Kohathites{H6956}, and of the children{H1121} of the Korhites{H7145}, stood up{H6965}{(H8799)} to praise{H1984}{(H8763)} the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478} with a loud{H1419} voice{H6963} on high{H4605}.
2 Chronicles 20:20
And they rose early{H7925}{(H8686)} in the morning{H1242}, and went forth{H3318}{(H8799)} into the wilderness{H4057} of Tekoa{H8620}: and as they went forth{H3318}{(H8800)}, Jehoshaphat{H3092} stood{H5975}{(H8804)} and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} me, O Judah{H3063}, and ye inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Jerusalem{H3389}; Believe{H539}{(H8685)} in the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}, so shall ye be established{H539}{(H8735)}; believe{H539}{(H8685)} his prophets{H5030}, so shall ye prosper{H6743}{(H8685)}.
2 Chronicles 20:21
And when he had consulted{H3289}{(H8735)} with the people{H5971}, he appointed{H5975}{(H8686)} singers{H7891}{(H8789)} unto the LORD{H3068}, and that should praise{H1984}{(H8764)} the beauty{H1927} of holiness{H6944}, as they went out{H3318}{(H8800)} before{H6440} the army{H2502}{(H8803)}, and to say{H559}{(H8802)}, Praise{H3034}{(H8685)} the LORD{H3068}; for his mercy{H2617} endureth for ever{H5769}.
2 Chronicles 20:22
And when{H6256} they began{H2490}{(H8689)} to sing{H7440} and to praise{H8416}, the LORD{H3068} set{H5414}{(H8804)} ambushments{H693}{(H8764)} against the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}, Moab{H4124}, and mount{H2022} Seir{H8165}, which were come{H935}{(H8802)} against Judah{H3063}; and they were smitten{H5062}{(H8735)}.
2 Chronicles 20:23
For the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} and Moab{H4124} stood up{H5975}{(H8799)} against the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of mount{H2022} Seir{H8165}, utterly to slay{H2763}{(H8687)} and destroy{H8045}{(H8687)} them: and when they had made an end{H3615}{(H8763)} of the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Seir{H8165}, every one{H376} helped{H5826}{(H8804)} to destroy{H4889} another{H7453}.
2 Chronicles 20:24
And when Judah{H3063} came{H935}{(H8804)} toward the watch tower{H4707}{(H8677)}{H4708} in the wilderness{H4057}, they looked{H6437}{(H8799)} unto the multitude{H1995}, and, behold, they were dead bodies{H6297} fallen{H5307}{(H8802)} to the earth{H776}, and none escaped{H6413}.
2 Chronicles 20:25
And when Jehoshaphat{H3092} and his people{H5971} came{H935}{(H8799)} to take away{H962}{(H8800)} the spoil{H7998} of them, they found{H4672}{(H8799)} among them in abundance{H7230} both riches{H7399} with the dead bodies{H6297}, and precious{H2532} jewels{H3627}, which they stripped off{H5337}{(H8762)} for themselves, more than{H369} they could carry away{H4853}: and they were three{H7969} days{H3117} in gathering{H962}{(H8802)} of the spoil{H7998}, it was so much{H7227}.
2 Chronicles 20:26
And on the fourth{H7243} day{H3117} they assembled{H6950}{(H8738)} themselves in the valley{H6010} of Berachah{H1294}; for there they blessed{H1288}{(H8765)} the LORD{H3068}: therefore the name{H8034} of the same place{H4725} was called{H7121}{(H8804)}, The valley{H6010} of Berachah{H1294}, unto this day{H3117}.
2 Chronicles 20:27
Then they returned{H7725}{(H8799)}, every man{H376} of Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389}, and Jehoshaphat{H3092} in the forefront{H7218} of them, to go again{H7725}{(H8800)} to Jerusalem{H3389} with joy{H8057}; for the LORD{H3068} had made them to rejoice{H8055}{(H8765)} over their enemies{H341}{(H8802)}.
2 Chronicles 20:28
And they came{H935}{(H8799)} to Jerusalem{H3389} with psalteries{H5035} and harps{H3658} and trumpets{H2689} unto the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}.
2 Chronicles 20:29
And the fear{H6343} of God{H430} was on all the kingdoms{H4467} of those countries{H776}, when they had heard{H8085}{(H8800)} that the LORD{H3068} fought{H3898}{(H8738)} against the enemies{H341}{(H8802)} of Israel{H3478}.
2 Chronicles 20:30
So the realm{H4438} of Jehoshaphat{H3092} was quiet{H8252}{(H8799)}: for his God{H430} gave him rest{H5117}{(H8799)} round about{H5439}.
2 Chronicles 20:31
And Jehoshaphat{H3092} reigned{H4427}{(H8799)} over Judah{H3063}: he was thirty{H7970} and five{H2568} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign{H4427}{(H8800)}, and he reigned{H4427}{(H8804)} twenty{H6242} and five{H2568} years{H8141} in Jerusalem{H3389}. And his mother's{H517} name{H8034} was Azubah{H5806} the daughter{H1323} of Shilhi{H7977}.
2 Chronicles 20:32
And he walked{H3212}{(H8799)} in the way{H1870} of Asa{H609} his father{H1}, and departed{H5493}{(H8804)} not from it, doing{H6213}{(H8800)} that which was right{H3477} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}.
2 Chronicles 20:33
Howbeit the high places{H1116} were not taken away{H5493}{(H8804)}: for as yet the people{H5971} had not prepared{H3559}{(H8689)} their hearts{H3824} unto the God{H430} of their fathers{H1}.
2 Chronicles 20:34
Now the rest{H3499} of the acts{H1697} of Jehoshaphat{H3092}, first{H7223} and last{H314}, behold, they are written{H3789}{(H8803)} in the book{H1697} of Jehu{H3058} the son{H1121} of Hanani{H2607}, who is mentioned{H5927}{(H8717)} in the book{H5612} of the kings{H4428} of Israel{H3478}.
2 Chronicles 20:35
And after{H310} this did Jehoshaphat{H3092} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} join{H2266}{(H8694)} himself with Ahaziah{H274} king{H4428} of Israel{H3478}, who did{H6213}{(H8800)} very wickedly{H7561}{(H8689)}:
2 Chronicles 20:36
And he joined{H2266}{(H8762)} himself with him to make{H6213}{(H8800)} ships{H591} to go{H3212}{(H8800)} to Tarshish{H8659}: and they made{H6213}{(H8799)} the ships{H591} in Eziongeber{H6100}.
2 Chronicles 20:37
Then Eliezer{H461} the son{H1121} of Dodavah{H1735} of Mareshah{H4762} prophesied{H5012}{(H8691)} against Jehoshaphat{H3092}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Because thou hast joined{H2266}{(H8692)} thyself with Ahaziah{H274}, the LORD{H3068} hath broken{H6555}{(H8804)} thy works{H4639}. And the ships{H591} were broken{H7665}{(H8735)}, that they were not able{H6113}{(H8804)} to go{H3212}{(H8800)} to Tarshish{H8659}.