2 Chronicles 20:12-37 ▼

12 Our God, will You not bring judgment against them? For there is no power in us before the face of this great multitude that is coming against us, and we do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”

13 And all Judah stood before YHWH with their little ones, their wives, and their sons.

14 And upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, the Spirit of YHWH came in the midst of the assembly,

15 and he said, “Listen, all Judah and dwellers of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! Thus says YHWH to you?: ‘You? are not to be afraid and not dismayed before this great multitude, for the battle is not unto you?, but unto God.

16 Tomorrow go down against them. Surely they will come up by the Ascent of Ziz, and you? will find them at the end of the valley, before the face of the Wilderness of Jeruel.

17 It is not for you? to fight in this. Station yourselves, stand firm, and see the salvation of YHWH who is with you?, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not fear and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, for YHWH is with you?.’”

18 And Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face to the earth, and all Judah and those dwelling in Jerusalem fell down before the face of YHWH, to bow down to YHWH.

19 And the Levites from the sons of the Kohathites and from of the sons of the Korahites rose to praise YHWH, God of Israel, in a loud voice on high.

20 And they rose early in the morning, and they went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa. And as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, O Judah, and you dwellers of Jerusalem. Believe in YHWH your? God and be steadfast; remain steadfast in His prophets, and you shall prosper.

21 And he took counsel with the people and appointed singers to YHWH, and those giving praise to the splendor of holiness, in the going out before the army, and they were saying: “Give thanks to YHWH, for forever is His loving devotion.”

22 And as they began to sing and to praise, YHWH set ambushes against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah, and they were struck down.

23 And the sons of Ammon stood up—and Moab—against those dwelling in Mount Seir, to devote to destruction and to destroy, and at their finishing with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped, a man against his neighbor for destruction.

24 And Judah came to the watchtower in the wilderness, and they looked toward the multitude, and behold, their corpses were fallen on the earth, and no one had escaped.

25 And Jehoshaphat came, and his people, to take away the spoils, and they found among them an abundance of goods, and corpses, and precious articles, and they took for themselves more than they could carry away. And they were three days gathering the spoil, because it was so much.

26 And on the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, for there they blessed YHWH. Upon thus was called the name of that place the Valley of Berachah to this day.

27 And they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat at their head, to go back to Jerusalem with joy, for YHWH had made them rejoice over their enemies.

28 And they came to Jerusalem with harps and lyres and trumpets to the house of YHWH.

29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the lands in their hearing that YHWH had fought against the enemies of Israel.

30 And the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave rest to him all around.

31 And Jehoshaphat was king over Judah, a son of thirty-five years in his reigning, and twenty-five years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of His mother was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

32 And he walked in the way of his father Asa and did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the eyes of YHWH.

33 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, and still the people did not establish their hearts to the God of their fathers.

34 And the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, the first and the last, indeed they are written in the records of Jehu son of Hanani, which is taken up in the Book of the Kings of Israel.

35 And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined with Ahaziah king of Israel; he acted wickedly in so doing.

36 And he allied himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.

37 And Eliezer son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “For your joining yourself with Ahaziah, YHWH has destroyed your works.” And the ships were wrecked, and they were not able to go to Tarshish.