Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
After this, the Moabites
and Ammonites
, together
with some
of the Meunites
, came
to
make
war
against Jehoshaphat.
And
it
cometh
to
pass
after this, the sons
of
Moab
have
come
in,
and the
sons
of
Ammon
, and
with them
of the peoples
, against Jehoshaphat to
battle
.
Then
some
men
came
and told
Jehoshaphat, “A
vast
army
is
coming
against
you
from
Edom
, from beyond the Sea ;
they are already
in Hazazon
-tamar ”
(that
is ,
En-gedi )
.
And they
come
in
and
declare
to
Jehoshaphat, saying
, `Come
against
thee
hath
a
great
multitude
from beyond the sea ,
from
Aram,
and
lo,
they `
are '
in Hazezon
-Tamar --
it
`
is '
En-Gedi. '
Jehoshaphat was
alarmed
and set
his face to seek the
LORD.
And he
proclaimed
a fast throughout
Judah .
And
Jehoshaphat feareth,
and setteth
his face to seek to
Jehovah,
and proclaimeth
a fast over
all
Judah ;
So
the
people
of
Judah gathered to seek
the
LORD,
and
indeed
, they
came
from all the cities of Judah to seek Him
.
and
Judah is
gathered to inquire
of
Jehovah;
also
, from all the cities of Judah they
have
come
in
to seek Jehovah
.
Then
Jehoshaphat stood
in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of the LORD
in
front of the new courtyard
And
Jehoshaphat standeth
in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem ,
in the house of Jehovah,
at
the front of the new court,
and said
, “
O LORD
, God of our fathers, are
You
not the
God who
is
in heaven
, and
do
You
not
rule
over all the
kingdoms of the nations ?
Power
and might
are
in Your
hand, and no
one
can
stand
against
You
.
and saith
, `
O Jehovah
, God of our fathers, art
not Thou
--
God in the
heavens?
yea
, Thou
art
ruling
over all kingdoms of the nations ,
and in Thy
hand `is'
power
and
might
, and there
is
none
with
Thee
to
station
himself
.
Our God ,
did
You
not
drive
out
the inhabitants of this land before Your
people Israel and give it forever
to the descendants
of Abraham Your
friend ?
`Art
not
Thou
our God ?
Thou
hast
dispossessed
the inhabitants of this land from
before Thy
people Israel ,
and dost
give it to the seed
of Abraham Thy
friend to
the
age,
They have
lived
in the
land
and have
built
in it a sanctuary for Your
Name, saying,
and
they dwell
in it,
and build
to
Thee
in it a sanctuary for Thy
name, saying,
‘
If disaster
comes
upon us —whether
sword or
judgment, plague
or
famine —
we will
stand before this temple
and before You
, for Your
Name is in this temple.
We
will
cry out to
You
in
our distress, and You
will
hear us
and save us
. ’
If evil
doth
come
upon us --
sword ,
judgment, and
pestilence,
and
famine --
we stand before this house,
and before Thee
, for Thy
name `
is '
in this house,
and
cry unto
Thee
out of
our distress, and Thou
dost
hear and save.
And now, here
are
the
men
of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You
did
not let
Israel invade
when
they
came
out of the land of Egypt ;
but
Israel
turned away
from them and did
not
destroy
them .
`
And now, lo,
sons
of Ammon, and
Moab, and mount Seir, whom Thou
didst
not grant
to
Israel to
go
in
against
in
their
coming
out of the land of Egypt ,
for
they
turned aside
from off
them and destroyed
them not,
See
how
they are repaying
us by
coming
to drive us out of the
possession that You
gave
us as
an
inheritance
.
and
lo,
they are recompensing
to
us --
to come
in
to
drive us out of Thy
possession ,
that Thou
hast
caused
us to
possess
.
Our God, will
You
not judge
them? For we
are
powerless
before this vast
army
that comes
against us .
We do
not
know what to
do, but our eyes are
upon
You
. ”
`O
our God, dost
Thou
not execute
judgment
upon
them? for there
is
no
power
in
us
before this great
multitude
that hath
come
against us ,
and
we know not
what we
do, but on
Thee
`are'
our eyes. '
Meanwhile
all the
men
of
Judah, with
their wives and
children
and
little
ones
, were
standing
before
the
LORD
.
And
all Judah are
standing
before
Jehovah
, also
their infants,
their
wives, and
their
sons
.
Then
the
Spirit
of
the
LORD
came
upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the
son of Benaiah, the
son of Jeiel, the
son of Mattaniah, a
Levite from
Asaph’s
descendants
, as
he
stood
in the midst of the assembly .
And
upon Jahaziel ,
son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, the
Levite, of
the
sons
of
Asaph,
hath
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
been,
in the midst of the assembly ,
And he said
, “Listen
, all you
people
of
Judah and Jerusalem !
Listen
, King Jehoshaphat !
This
is
what
the
LORD
says:
‘Do
not be
afraid or
discouraged
because
of this vast
army
, for the
battle
does
not belong
to
you, but to
God.
and he saith
, `Attend
, all Judah ,
and ye
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem, and
O
king Jehoshaphat ,
Thus
said
Jehovah
to
you,
Ye
fear
not ,
nor
are
afraid of the
face
of
this great
multitude
, for not for
you `is'
the
battle
, but for
God.
Tomorrow
you
are
to march
down against them .
You
will
see
them
coming up the Ascent of Ziz, and you
will
find
them at
the end of the valley facing
the Wilderness of Jeruel.
To -morrow,
go
ye
down against them ,
lo,
they
are
coming up by
the ascent of Ziz, and ye
have
found
them in
the end of the valley ,
the front
of
the
wilderness of Jeruel.
You
need
not fight this battle.
Take
up
your
positions
, stand firm
, and see the salvation of the
LORD
on
your
behalf
, O Judah and Jerusalem .
Do
not
be afraid or
discouraged.
Go out and
face
them tomorrow
, for
the
LORD
is with you. ’”
Not for
you
to
fight in
this ;
station
yourselves
, stand, and see the salvation of Jehovah
with
you
, O Judah and Jerusalem --
be not
afraid nor
fear
ye
--
to-morrow
go out before
them, and
Jehovah
`
is '
with you. '
Then
Jehoshaphat bowed
facedown,
and all the
people
of
Judah and Jerusalem fell
down
before the
LORD
to worship
Him
.
And
Jehoshaphat boweth
--
face
to
the
earth
--
and all Judah and the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem have
fallen
before Jehovah,
to bow
themselves
to
Jehovah
.
And the Levites from
the Kohathites and Korahites
stood
up
to praise the
LORD
, the
God of Israel, shouting
in
a very
loud voice.
And the Levites ,
of
the sons
of
the
Kohathites ,
and of
the
sons
of
the
Korhites,
rise
to give
praise to
Jehovah
, God of Israel, with
a loud voice on
high
.
Early in the morning they
got
up
and left
for
the Wilderness of Tekoa .
As
they
set
out
, Jehoshaphat stood up
and said
, “
Hear me, O people
of
Judah and Jerusalem .
Believe
in the
LORD
your God, and you
will
be upheld
; believe
in His prophets, and you
will
succeed
. ”
And
they
rise
early in the morning ,
and go
out
to
the wilderness of Tekoa, and
in
their
going
out
Jehoshaphat hath
stood and saith
, `
Hear me, O Judah ,
and inhabitants
of
Jerusalem ,
remain
stedfast
in Jehovah
your God, and be stedfast
; remain
stedfast
in His prophets, and prosper
. '
Then
Jehoshaphat
consulted
with the people and appointed
those
who
would
sing
to the
LORD
and praise the splendor
of His
holiness .
As
they
went
out before the army
, they
were
singing:
“
Give thanks to the
LORD
, for His loving
devotion
endures
forever
. ”
And
he
taketh
counsel
with the people ,
and appointeth
singers
to Jehovah,
and those
giving
praise to
the honour
of holiness ,
in
the
going
out before the armed
`men'
, and
saying,
`
Give ye
thanks to Jehovah
, for to
the
age
`is'
His kindness
. '
The moment
they began
their
shouts
and praises
, the
LORD
set
ambushes
against the men
of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had
come
against
Judah, and they were
defeated.
And
at
the time
they have
begun
with
singing
and praise
, Jehovah
hath
put
ambushments
against the sons
of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir ,
who are
coming
in
to
Judah, and they are
smitten,
The
Ammonites
and Moabites
rose
up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting
them
to destruction.
And when
they
had
made
an
end
to the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one
another
.
and the
sons
of
Ammon
stand
up ,
and
Moab,
against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to devote
and to destroy,
and
at
their
finishing
with
the inhabitants of Seir, they helped ,
a
man
against
his
neighbour,
to destroy.
When
the
men
of
Judah came
to a
place
overlooking
the wilderness, they looked
for
the vast
army
, but
there
were
only
corpses
lying
on
the ground;
no
one
had
escaped .
And
Judah hath
come
in
unto
the
watch-tower,
to the wilderness, and
they look
unto
the multitude
, and
lo,
they
`are'
carcases
fallen
to
the earth,
and
there
is
none
escaped ,
Then
Jehoshaphat and his people went
to carry
off
the
plunder
, and they found
on
the
bodies
an
abundance of
goods and valuables
—more
than
they could
carry
away.
They were
gathering
the
plunder
for
three days because
there
was
so
much
.
and
Jehoshaphat cometh
in,
and his people ,
to seize
their
spoil
, and they find
among
them,
in
abundance ,
both
goods and carcases,
and
desirable
vessels,
and
they take
spoil
to
themselves
without
prohibition,
and
they are
three days seizing
the
spoil,
for
it
`is'
abundant
.
On the fourth day they assembled in
the Valley of Beracah
, where
they blessed the
LORD.
Therefore that
place
is
called the Valley of Beracah
to
this day.
And
on the fourth day they have
been
assembled at
the valley of Blessing
, for
there
they blessed Jehovah:
therefore they
have
called the name
of
that
place,
`
Valley of Blessing,'
unto
this day.
Then
all
the
men
of Judah and Jerusalem, with
Jehoshaphat at their head, returned
joyfully
to Jerusalem, for the
LORD
had
made them rejoice over their enemies.
And
they
turn
back,
every
man
of Judah and Jerusalem, and
Jehoshaphat at their head, to go
back
unto
Jerusalem with
joy
, for Jehovah
hath
made them rejoice over their enemies.
So
they entered
Jerusalem and went
into
the
house
of
the
LORD
with harps, lyres,
and trumpets.
And
they come
in
to
Jerusalem with
psalteries,
and with harps, and with
trumpets ,
unto
the
house
of
Jehovah
.
And the
fear of God came
upon
all the
kingdoms of the lands when
they
heard
that the
LORD
had
fought against
the enemies of Israel .
And there
is
a
fear of God on
all kingdoms of the lands in
their
hearing
that Jehovah
hath
fought with
the enemies of Israel ,
Then
Jehoshaphat’s
kingdom was
at
peace
, for
his God had
given
him
rest on
every
side
.
and
the
kingdom of
Jehoshaphat
is
quiet
, and
his God giveth
rest to
him
round
about
.
So
Jehoshaphat reigned
over Judah .
He
was
thirty -
five years old
when
he
became
king
, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five
years.
His
mother’s
name was
Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
And
Jehoshaphat reigneth
over Judah ,
a
son
of
thirty and
five years in
his
reigning
, and twenty
and
five
years
he hath
reigned in Jerusalem ,
and
the
name of
his
mother
`is'
Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
And Jehoshaphat
walked
in the way of his father Asa and did
not turn
away
from it ;
he
did
what
was
right in the eyes of the
LORD
.
And he
walketh
in the way of his father Asa ,
and hath
not turned
aside
from it ,
to
do
that
which
is
right in the eyes of Jehovah
.
The high places ,
however,
were
not removed;
the people had
not yet
set
their hearts
on
the God of their fathers.
Only,
the high places have
not turned
aside,
and
still
the people have
not prepared
their heart
for
the God of their fathers.
As
for
the rest of the acts
of Jehoshaphat, from
beginning
to
end
, they are indeed
written in
the Chronicles
of Jehu son of Hanani, which
are
recorded
in
the Book of the Kings of Israel.
And
the rest of the matters
of Jehoshaphat, the
first
and
the
last
, lo,
they are written among
the matters
of Jehu son of Hanani, who
hath
been
mentioned
on
the book of the kings of Israel.
Later,
Jehoshaphat king of Judah made
an
alliance
with Ahaziah king of Israel, who
acted
wickedly .
And
after
this
hath
Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined
himself
with Ahaziah king of Israel, (he
did
wickedly in
`so'
doing),
They
agreed
to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these
were
built
in Ezion-geber .
and
he
joineth
him
with
himself
to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they
make
ships
in Ezion-Geber ,
Then
Eliezer son of Dodavahu
of Mareshah prophesied
against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because
you
have
allied
yourself
with Ahaziah, the
LORD
has
destroyed
your
works .”
So
the ships were
wrecked
and were
unable
to
sail
to Tarshish.
and
prophesy
doth
Eliezer son of Dodavah,
of Mareshah ,
against Jehoshaphat, saying, `For
thy
joining
thyself
with Ahaziah, Jehovah
hath
broken
up
thy
works ;'
and
the ships are
broken,
and have
not
retained
`power'
to go
unto
Tarshish.
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