<vn='1'>It came to <sn="1961">pass</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="3651">this</s> also, that the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>, and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>, and <sn="5973">with</s> them other <sn="4480">beside</s> the <sn="5984">Ammonites</s>, <sn="935">came</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s> to <sn="4421">battle</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>Then there <sn="935">came</s> some that <sn="5046">told</s><sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, There <sn="935">cometh</s> a <sn="7227">great</s><sn="1995">multitude</s><sn="5921">against</s> thee from <sn="4480 5676">beyond</s> the <sn="3220">sea</s> on this side <sn="4480 758">Syria</s>; and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, they be in <sn="2688">Hazazon</s> -tamar, <sn="1931">which</s> is <sn="5872">En</s> -gedi. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s><sn="3372">feared</s>, and <sn="5414">set</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6440">himself</s> to <sn="1875">seek</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="7121">proclaimed</s> a <sn="6685">fast</s><sn="5921">throughout</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="3063">Judah</s> gathered themselves <sn="6908">together</s>, to <sn="1245">ask</s> help <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: <sn="1571">even</s> out of <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> they <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="1245">seek</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s><sn="5975">stood</s> in the <sn="6951">congregation</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="2319">new</s><sn="2691">court</s>, </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="559">said</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of our <sn="1">fathers</s>, art <sn="3808">not</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="430">God</s> in <sn="8064">heaven</s>? and <sn="4910">rulest</s> not <sn="859">thou</s> over <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4467">kingdoms</s> of the <sn="1471">heathen</s>? and in thine <sn="3027">hand</s> is there not <sn="3581">power</s> and <sn="1369">might</s>, so that <sn="369">none</s> is able to <sn="3320 5973">withstand</s> thee? </v>
<vn='7'> Art <sn="3808">not</s><sn="859">thou</s> our <sn="430">God</s>, who didst drive <sn="3423">out</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="2063">this</s><sn="776">land</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> thy <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="5414">gavest</s> it to the <sn="2233">seed</s> of <sn="85">Abraham</s> thy <sn="157">friend</s><sn="5769">forever</s>? </v>
<vn='8'>And they <sn="3427">dwelt</s> therein, and have <sn="1129">built</s> thee a <sn="4720">sanctuary</s> therein for thy <sn="8034">name</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='9'><sn="518">If</s>, when <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="935">cometh</s><sn="5921">upon</s> us, as the <sn="2719">sword</s>, <sn="8196">judgment</s>, or <sn="1698">pestilence</s>, or <sn="7458">famine</s>, we <sn="5975">stand</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1004">house</s>, and in thy <sn="6440">presence</s>, ( <sn="3588">for</s> thy <sn="8034">name</s> is in <sn="2088">this</s><sn="1004">house</s>,) and <sn="2199">cry</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee in our <sn="4480 6869">affliction</s>, then thou wilt <sn="8085">hear</s> and <sn="3467">help</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="6258">now</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s> and <sn="4124">Moab</s> and <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="8165">Seir</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> thou wouldest <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5414">let</s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="935">invade</s>, when they <sn="935">came</s> out of the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, <sn="3588">but</s> they <sn="5493">turned</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> them, and <sn="8045">destroyed</s> them <sn="3808">not</s>; </v>
<vn='11'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, I say, how <sn="1992">they</s><sn="1580 5921">reward</s> us, to <sn="935">come</s> to cast us <sn="1644">out</s> of thy <sn="4480 3425">possession</s>, <sn="834">which</s> thou hast given us to <sn="3423">inherit</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>O our <sn="430">God</s>, wilt thou <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8199">judge</s> them? <sn="3588">for</s> we have <sn="369">no</s><sn="3581">might</s><sn="6440">against</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="7227">great</s><sn="1995">company</s> that <sn="935">cometh</s><sn="5921">against</s> us; <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="3045">know</s><sn="587">we</s><sn="4100">what</s> to <sn="6213">do</s>: <sn="3588">but</s> our <sn="5869">eyes</s> are <sn="5921">upon</s> thee. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="5975">stood</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="1571">with</s> their little <sn="2945">ones</s>, their <sn="802">wives</s>, and their <sn="1121">children</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Then <sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3166">Jahaziel</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2148">Zechariah</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1141">Benaiah</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3273">Jeiel</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="4983">Mattaniah</s>, a <sn="3881">Levite</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="623">Asaph</s>, <sn="1961">came</s> the <sn="7307">Spirit</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of the <sn="6951">congregation</s>; </v>
<vn='15'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="7181">Hearken</s> ye, <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3063">Judah</s>, and ye <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and thou <sn="4428">king</s><sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> unto you, Be not <sn="*859 3372 408">afraid</s><sn="408">nor</s><sn="2865">dismayed</s> by reason <sn="4480 6440">of</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="7227">great</s><sn="1995">multitude</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="4421">battle</s> is <sn="3808">not</s> yours, <sn="3588">but</s><sn="430">God</s> 's. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="4279">Tomorrow</s> go ye <sn="3381">down</s><sn="5921">against</s> them: <sn="2009">behold</s>, they come <sn="5927">up</s> by the <sn="4608">cliff</s> of <sn="6732">Ziz</s>; and ye shall <sn="4672">find</s> them at the <sn="5490">end</s> of the <sn="5158">brook</s>, <sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> of <sn="3385">Jeruel</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>Ye shall <sn="3808">not</s> need to <sn="3898">fight</s> in <sn="2063">this</s> battle: set <sn="3320">yourselves</s>, <sn="5975">stand</s> ye still, and <sn="7200">see</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3444">salvation</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5973">with</s> you, O <sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>: <sn="3372">fear</s><sn="408">not</s>, <sn="408">nor</s> be <sn="2865">dismayed</s>; <sn="4279">tomorrow</s> go <sn="3318">out</s><sn="6440">against</s> them: for the <sn="3068">LORD</s> will be <sn="5973">with</s> you. </v>
<vn='18'>And <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s> bowed his <sn="6915">head</s> with his <sn="639">face</s> to the <sn="776">ground</s>: and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3063">Judah</s> and the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="5307">fell</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="7812">worshiping</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And the <sn="3881">Levites</s>, of the <sn="1121">children</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="6956">Kohathites</s>, and <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of the <sn="7145">Korhites</s>, stood <sn="6965">up</s> to <sn="1984">praise</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> with a <sn="1419">loud</s><sn="6963">voice</s> on <sn="4605">high</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And they rose <sn="7925">early</s> in the <sn="1242">morning</s>, and went <sn="3318">forth</s> into the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> of <sn="8620">Tekoa</s>: and as they went <sn="3318">forth</s>, <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s><sn="5975">stood</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="8085">Hear</s> me, O <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and ye <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>; <sn="539">Believe</s> in the <sn="3068">LORD</s> your <sn="430">God</s>, so shall ye be <sn="539">established</s>; <sn="539">believe</s> his <sn="5030">prophets</s>, so shall ye <sn="6743">prosper</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And when he had <sn="3289">consulted</s><sn="413">with</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, he <sn="5975">appointed</s><sn="7891">singers</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and that should <sn="1984">praise</s> the <sn="1927">beauty</s> of <sn="6944">holiness</s>, as they went <sn="3318">out</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="2502">army</s>, and to <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="3034">Praise</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> his <sn="2617">mercy</s> endureth <sn="5769">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="6256">when</s> they <sn="2490">began</s> to <sn="7440">sing</s> and to <sn="8416">praise</s>, the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5414">set</s><sn="693">ambushments</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>, <sn="4124">Moab</s>, and <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="8165">Seir</s>, which were <sn="935">come</s> against <sn="3063">Judah</s>; and they were <sn="5062">smitten</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>For the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s> and <sn="4124">Moab</s> stood <sn="5975">up</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="8165">Seir</s>, utterly to <sn="2763">slay</s> and <sn="8045">destroy</s> them: and when they had made an <sn="3615">end</s> of the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="8165">Seir</s>, every <sn="376">one</s><sn="5826">helped</s> to <sn="4889">destroy</s><sn="7453">another</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And when <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="5921">toward</s> the watch <sn="4707">tower</s> in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, they <sn="6437">looked</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1995">multitude</s>, and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, they were dead <sn="6297">bodies</s><sn="5307">fallen</s> to the <sn="776">earth</s>, and <sn="369">none</s><sn="6413">escaped</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And when <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s> and his <sn="5971">people</s><sn="935">came</s> to take <sn="962">away</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7998">spoil</s> of them, they <sn="4672">found</s> among them in <sn="7230">abundance</s> both <sn="7399">riches</s> with the dead <sn="6297">bodies</s>, and <sn="2530">precious</s><sn="3627">jewels</s>, which they stripped <sn="5337">off</s> for themselves, more <sn="369">than</s> they could carry <sn="4853">away</s>: and they <sn="1961">were</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="3117">days</s> in <sn="962">gathering</s><sn="*853"></s> of the <sn="7998">spoil</s>, <sn="1931">it</s> was so <sn="7227">much</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And on the <sn="7243">fourth</s><sn="3117">day</s> they assembled <sn="6950">themselves</s> in the <sn="6010">valley</s> of <sn="1294">Berachah</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="8033">there</s> they <sn="1288">blessed</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: <sn="5921 3651">therefore</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="1931">same</s><sn="4725">place</s> was <sn="7121">called</s>, The <sn="6010">valley</s> of <sn="1294">Berachah</s>, <sn="5704">unto</s> this <sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>Then they <sn="7725">returned</s>, <sn="3605">every</s><sn="376">man</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s> in the <sn="7218">forefront</s> of them, to go <sn="7725">again</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> with <sn="8057">joy</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had made them to <sn="8055">rejoice</s> over their <sn="4480 341">enemies</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>And they <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> with <sn="5035">psalteries</s> and <sn="3658">harps</s> and <sn="2689">trumpets</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>And the <sn="6343">fear</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="5921">on</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4467">kingdoms</s> of those <sn="776">countries</s>, when they had <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="3898">fought</s><sn="5973">against</s> the <sn="341">enemies</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>So the <sn="4438">realm</s> of <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s> was <sn="8252">quiet</s>: for his <sn="430">God</s> gave him <sn="5117">rest</s> round <sn="4480 5439">about</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>And <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s><sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3063">Judah</s>: he was <sn="7970">thirty</s> and <sn="2568">five</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s> when he began to <sn="4427">reign</s>, and he <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="6242">twenty</s> and <sn="2568">five</s><sn="8141">years</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. And his <sn="517">mother</s> 's <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="5806">Azubah</s> the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="7977">Shilhi</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>And he <sn="1980">walked</s> in the <sn="1870">way</s> of <sn="609">Asa</s> his <sn="1">father</s>, and <sn="5493">departed</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="4480">from</s> it, <sn="6213">doing</s> that which was <sn="3477">right</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='33'><sn="389">Howbeit</s> the high <sn="1116">places</s> were <sn="3808">not</s> taken <sn="5493">away</s>: for as <sn="5750">yet</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> had <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3559">prepared</s> their <sn="3824">hearts</s> unto the <sn="430">God</s> of their <sn="1">fathers</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>Now the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="1697">acts</s> of <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s>, <sn="7223">first</s> and <sn="314">last</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, they are <sn="3789">written</s> in the <sn="1697">book</s> of <sn="3058">Jehu</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2607">Hanani</s>, <sn="834">who</s> is <sn="5927">mentioned</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='35'>And <sn="310">after</s><sn="3651">this</s> did <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> join <sn="2266">himself</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="274">Ahaziah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="1931">who</s> did very <sn="7561 6213">wickedly</s>: </v>
<vn='36'>And he <sn="2266">joined</s> himself <sn="5973">with</s> him to <sn="6213">make</s><sn="591">ships</s> to <sn="1980">go</s> to <sn="8659">Tarshish</s>: and they <sn="6213">made</s> the <sn="591">ships</s> in <sn="6100">Ezion</s> -geber. </v>
<vn='37'>Then <sn="461">Eliezer</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1735">Dodavah</s> of <sn="4480 4762">Mareshah</s><sn="5012">prophesied</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Because thou hast joined <sn="2266">thyself</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="274">Ahaziah</s>, the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="6555">broken</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="4639">works</s>. And the <sn="591">ships</s> were <sn="7665">broken</s>, that they were not <sn="6113 3808">able</s> to <sn="1980">go</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="8659">Tarshish</s>. </v>