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