¶ It came to pass after this also,¹ that the children of Moab², and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against³ Jehoshaphat to battle.

Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea⁴ on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar⁵, which is Engedi⁶.

And Jehoshaphat feared⁷, and set himself⁸ to seek the LORD, and proclaimed⁹ a fast throughout all Judah.

And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD¹⁰: even out of all the cities¹¹ of Judah they came to seek the LORD.

And Jehoshaphat¹² stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,

And said, O LORD¹³ God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven¹⁴? and rulest not¹⁵ thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand¹⁶ is there not power and might, so that none is able¹⁷ to withstand thee?

Art not thou our God¹⁸, who¹⁹ didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest²⁰ it to the seed of Abraham thy friend²¹ for ever?

And they dwelt therein, and have built thee²² a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

If, when evil²³ cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence²⁴, (for thy name²⁵ is in this house²⁶,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.

¶ And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou²⁷ wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;

Behold, I say, how they reward us,²⁸ to come to cast us²⁹ out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

O our God, wilt³⁰ thou not judge them? for we have³¹ no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither³² know we what to do: but our eyes³³ are upon thee.

And all Judah³⁴ stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

¶ Then upon³⁵ Jahaziel 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 Spirit³⁶ of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;

And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid³⁷ nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle³⁸ is not yours, but God's.

To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff³⁹ of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook⁴⁰, before the wilderness of Jeruel⁴¹.

Ye shall not need⁴² to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still,⁴³ 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 LORD⁴⁴ will be with you.

And Jehoshaphat bowed his head⁴⁵ with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before⁴⁶ the LORD, worshipping the LORD.

And the Levites⁴⁷, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites⁴⁸, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud⁴⁹ voice on high.

¶ And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa⁵⁰: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD⁵² your God, so shall ye be established; believe his⁵³ prophets, so shall ye prosper.

And when he had consulted⁵⁴ with the people, he appointed⁵⁵ singers unto the LORD, and that should praise⁵⁶ the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD⁵⁷; for his mercy endureth for ever.

And when they⁵⁸ began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten⁵⁹.

For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir⁶⁰, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another⁶¹.

And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead⁶² bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped⁶³.

And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found⁶⁴ among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies⁶⁵, and precious jewels⁶⁶, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much⁶⁷.

And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah⁶⁸; for there they blessed⁶⁹ the LORD: therefore the name⁷⁰ of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day⁷¹.

Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront⁷² of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD⁷³ had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries⁷⁴ and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.

And the fear⁷⁵ of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard⁷⁶ that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.

¶ So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God⁷⁷ gave him rest round about.

¶ And Jehoshaphat⁷⁸ 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.

And he walked⁷⁹ in the way⁸⁰ of Asa his father, and departed not⁸¹ from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.

Howbeit the high places⁸² were not taken away: for as yet the people had not⁸³ prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

Now the rest⁸⁴ of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book⁸⁵ of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned⁸⁶ in the book of the kings of Israel.

And after this did Jehoshaphat⁸⁷ king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very⁸⁸ wickedly:

And he joined⁸⁹ himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish⁹⁰: and they made the ships in Eziongeber⁹².

Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because⁹³ thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD⁹⁴ hath broken thy works. And the ships⁹⁵ were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish⁹⁶.