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But Jehoshaphat gave a shout, and the LORD God rescued him and turned the attack away from him. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/2_chronicles/18-31.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/2_chronicles/18-31.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/2_chronicles/18-31.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/2_chronicles/1.htm">2 Chronicles</a> > <a href="/gntd/2_chronicles/18.htm">Chapter 18</a> > Verse 31</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_chronicles/18-30.htm" title="2 Chronicles 18:30">◄</a> 2 Chronicles 18:31 <a href="../2_chronicles/18-32.htm" title="2 Chronicles 18:32">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/18.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/2_chronicles/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So when they saw King Jehoshaphat, they all thought that he was the king of Israel, and they turned to attack him. But Jehoshaphat gave a shout, and the LORD God rescued him and turned the attack away from him. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is the king of Israel.” So they turned to fight against him; and Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from him,<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/2_chronicles/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />So when they saw Jehoshaphat in his robe, they thought he was Ahab and started to attack him. But Jehoshaphat prayed, and the LORD made the Syrian soldiers stop. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they thought, “There is the king of Israel!” and wheeled to fight him. But Jehoshaphat cried out and the LORD helped him; God induced them to leave him alone.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/2_chronicles/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />So when the captains of the cavalry saw Josaphat, they said: This is the king of Israel. And they surrounded him to attack him: but he cried to the Lord, and he helped him, and turned them away from him.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">So when the captains of the cavalry saw Josaphat, they said: This is the king of Israel. And they surrounded him to attack him: but he cried to the Lord, and he helped him, and turned them away from him.</p><p class="hdg">Jehoshaphat</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/13-14.htm">2 Chronicles 13:14</a> And when Juda looked back, they saw the battle coming upon them both before and behind, and they cried to the Lord: and the priests began to sound with the trumpets.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/14-11.htm">2 Chronicles 14:11</a> And he called upon the Lord God, and said: Lord, there is no difference with thee, whether thou help with few, or with many: help us, O Lord our God: for with confidence in thee, and in thy name we are come against this multitude. O Lord thou art our God, let not man prevail against thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../exodus/14-10.htm">Exodus 14:10</a> And when Pharao drew near, the children of Israel lifting up their eyes, saw the Egyptians behind them: and they feared exceedingly, and cried to the Lord.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/116-1.htm">Psalm 116:1,2</a> I have loved, because the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_corinthians/1-9.htm">2 Corinthians 1:9,10</a> But we had in ourselves the answer of death, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead. . . . </p><p class="hdg">the Lord</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/26-7.htm">2 Chronicles 26:7</a> And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians, that dwelt in Gurbaal, and against the Ammonites.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/34-7.htm">Psalm 34:7</a> The angel of the Lord shall encamp round about them that fear him: and shall deliver them.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/56-1.htm">Psalm 56:1,11</a> Unto the end, for a people that is removed at a distance from the sanctuary: for David, for an inscription of a title (or pillar) when the Philistines held him in Geth. [2] Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under foot; all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against me. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/94-17.htm">Psalm 94:17</a> Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in hell.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/118-13.htm">Psalm 118:13</a> Being pushed I was overturned that I might fall: but the Lord supported me.</p><p class="hdg">God moved them</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ezra/1-1.htm">Ezra 1:1</a> In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians: and he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and in writing also, saying:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ezra/7-27.htm">Ezra 7:27</a> Blessed be the Lord the God of our fathers, who hath put this in the king's heart, to glorify the house of the Lord, which is in Jerusalem,</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../nehemiah/1-11.htm">Nehemiah 1:11</a> I beseech thee, O Lord, let thy ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who desire to fear thy name: and direct thy servant this day, and give him mercy before this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/16-7.htm">Proverbs 16:7</a> When the ways of man shall please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/21-1.htm">Proverbs 21:1</a> As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will, he shall turn it.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/2_chronicles/18.htm">Ahab's Defeat and Death</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">30</span>Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his cavalry, saying: Fight ye not with small, or great, but with the king of Israel only. <span class="reftext">31</span><span class="highl">So when the captains of the cavalry saw Josaphat, they said: This is the king of Israel. And they surrounded him to attack him: but he cried to the Lord, and he helped him, and turned them away from him.</span><span class="reftext">32</span>For when the captains of the cavalry saw, that he was not the king of Israel, they left him.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/13-14.htm">2 Chronicles 13:14</a></span><br />And when Juda looked back, they saw the battle coming upon them both before and behind, and they cried to the Lord: and the priests began to sound with the trumpets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/13-15.htm">2 Chronicles 13:15</a></span><br />And all the men of Juda shouted: and behold when they shouted, God terrified Jeroboam, and all Israel that stood against Abia and Juda.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/18-30.htm">2 Chronicles 18:30</a></span><br />Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his cavalry, saying: Fight ye not with small, or great, but with the king of Israel only.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/18-32.htm">2 Chronicles 18:32</a></span><br />For when the captains of the cavalry saw, that he was not the king of Israel, they left him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/18-30.htm">Captains</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-30.htm">Chariot</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-30.htm">Chariots</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-30.htm">Commanders</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">Compassed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/14-11.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/16-3.htm">Depart</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/14-10.htm">Drew</a> <a 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