1 ¶ After this the children of Moab, the children of Ammon, with some of the Meunites, came to fight against Jehoshaphat.

2 Then some men came to Jehoshaphat, saying, A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea from Edom; and they are in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.

3 And Jehoshaphat was afraid, and resolved to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

4 And Judah gathered together, to ask help from the LORD: they came from all the cities of Judah to seek the LORD.

5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,

6 And said, O LORD God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? and do you not rule over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and is there not power and might in your hand, so that no one is able to withstand you?

7 Are you not our God, who drove out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and gave it to the descendents of Abraham your friend forever?

8 And they live in it, and in it have built you a sanctuary for your name, saying,

9 If, evil comes upon us, the sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and in your presence, (for your name is in this house,) and cry to you in our affliction, then you will hear and help.

10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, and whom they turned from, and did not destroy;

11 Behold, they reward us, by coming to drive us out of your possession, which you have given to us to inherit.

12 O our God, will you not judge them? for we have no might to stand against this great company that comes against us; nor do we know what to do: but our eyes are upon you.

13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

14 ¶ Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly;

15 And he said, Listen to me, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat, The LORD says this to you, Do not be afraid or dismayed because of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

16 Tomorrow go down against them: behold, they are coming up by the cliff of Ziz; and you will find them at the end of the ravine, before the desert of Jeruel.

17 You will not need to fight in this battle: take your position, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: do not be afraid or dismayed; tomorrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.

18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.

19 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 very loud voice.

20 ¶ And they got up early in the morning, and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem; Trust in the LORD your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will prosper.

21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers to sing to the LORD, and to praise the beauty of his holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endures forever.

22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set an ambush against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were wounded.

23 Then the children of Ammon and Moab rose up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to utterly slay and destroy them: and when they had finished off the men of Seir, each one helped to destroy another.

24 And when Judah came to the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked at the multitude, and, behold, they were all dead bodies fallen to the earth, and no one escaped.

25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil, they found among them a great quantity of goods, clothing, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and the spoils were so great that it took them three days to gather it.

26 And on the fourth day they assembled in the valley of Berachah; and there they blessed the LORD: that is why that place has been called, The valley of Berachah, to this day.

27 Then all of the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned, with Jehoshaphat in front of them, to enter Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had caused them to triumph over their enemies.

28 And they entered Jerusalem proceeding with psalteries and harps and trumpets to the house of the LORD.

29 And the fear of God came upon all the surrounding kingdoms, when they heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.

30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him peace on every side.

31 ¶ And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and did not depart from it, doing what was right in the sight of the LORD.

33 However the high places were not taken away: for the people had not yet set their hearts on the God of their fathers.

34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from the first to last, are written in the records of Jehu the son of Hanani, which are included in the book of the kings of Israel.

35 And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:

36 And he joined with him in sending ships to Tarshish: and they built the ships at Ezion-geber.

37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD will destroy your work. And the ships were wrecked, and were not able to go to Tarshish.