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and behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And Judah assembled, to ask help of the LORD: even from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.</p> <p class="hdg">Jehoshaphat's Prayer</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest thou not over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thy hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And they dwelt in it, and have built thee a sanctuary in it for thy name, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry to thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldst not let Israel invade, when they came from the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>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 do: but our eyes are upon thee.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.</p> <p class="hdg">The Prophecy of Jahaziel</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then upon Jehaziel 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 Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD to you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to-morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshiping the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.</p> <p class="hdg">The Enemies Destroy Themselves</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>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 Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers to 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 endureth for ever. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushes against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, who were come against Judah; and they were smitten. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And when Judah came towards the watch-tower in the wilderness, they looked to the multitude, and behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>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 days in gathering the spoil, it was so much.</p> <p class="hdg">The People Return in Triumph</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place hath been called, The valley of Berachah, to this day. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the front of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets to the house of the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>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 Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest on all sides.</p> <a name="31" id="31"></a><p class="hdg">Summary of Jehoshaphat's Reign<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../1_kings/22.htm#41">1 Kings 22:41-50</a>; <a href="../2_chronicles/19.htm#4">2 Chronicles 19:4-11</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>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 Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>But the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts to the God of their fathers.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>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 kings of Israel.</p> <p class="hdg">Jehoshaphat's Convoy Perishes</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>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. 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