1	It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came# against Jehoshaphat to battle.
			2	Then there came# some that told# Jehoshaphat, saying# , There cometh# a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.
			3	And Jehoshaphat feared# , and set# himself to seek# the LORD, and proclaimed# a fast throughout all Judah. [himself: Heb. his face]
			4	And Judah gathered themselves together# , to ask# help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came# 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, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest# not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand# thee?
			7	Art not thou our God, who didst drive out# the inhabitants# of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest# it to the seed of Abraham thy friend# for ever? [who: Heb. thou]
			8	And they dwelt# therein, and have built# thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying# ,
			9	If, when evil cometh# upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand# before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry# unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear# and help# .
			10	And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let# Israel invade# , when they came out# of the land of Egypt, but they turned# from them, and destroyed# them not;
			11	Behold, I say, how they reward# us, to come# to cast us out# of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit# .
			12	O our God, wilt thou not judge# them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh# against us; neither know# we what to do# : but our eyes are upon thee.
			13	And all Judah stood# before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
			14	Then 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, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
			15	And he said# , Hearken# ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants# of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith# the LORD unto you, Be not afraid# nor dismayed# by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
			16	To morrow go ye down# against them: behold, they come up# by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find# them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. [cliff: Heb. ascent] [brook: or, valley]
			17	Ye shall not need to fight# in this battle : set# yourselves, stand# ye still , 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 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 loud voice on high.
			20	And they rose early# in the morning, and went forth# into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth# , Jehoshaphat stood# and said# , Hear# me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants# of Jerusalem; Believe# in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established# ; believe# his prophets, so shall ye prosper# .
			21	And when he had consulted# with the people, he appointed# singers# unto the LORD, and that should praise# the beauty of holiness, as they went out# before the army# , and to say# , Praise# the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever. [that...: Heb. praisers]
			22	And when they 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 smitten# . [And when...: Heb. And in the time that they, etc] [to sing...: Heb. in singing and praise] [they were...: or, they smote one another]
			23	For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up# against the inhabitants# of mount Seir, utterly to slay# and destroy# them : and when they had made an end# of the inhabitants# of Seir, every one helped# to destroy another. [to destroy: Heb. for the destruction]
			24	And when Judah came# toward the watch tower# # in the wilderness, they looked# unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen# to the earth, and none escaped. [none...: Heb. there was not an escaping]
			25	And when Jehoshaphat and his people came# to take away# the spoil of them, they found# among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, 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 much.
			26	And on the fourth day they assembled# themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed# the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called# , The valley of Berachah, unto this day. [Berachah: that is, blessing]
			27	Then they returned# , every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again# to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice# over their enemies# . [forefront: Heb. head]
			28	And they came# to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
			29	And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard# that the LORD fought# against the enemies# of Israel.
			30	So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet# : for his God gave him rest# round about.
			31	And Jehoshaphat 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.
			32	And he walked# in the way of Asa his father, and departed# not from it, doing# that which was right in the sight of the LORD.
			33	Howbeit the high places were not taken away# : for as yet the people had not prepared# their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
			34	Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written# in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned# in the book of the kings of Israel. [book of Jehu: Heb. words, etc] [is mentioned: Heb. was made to ascend]
			35	And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join# himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did# very wickedly# :
			36	And he joined# himself with him to make# ships to go# to Tarshish: and they made# the ships in Eziongeber.
			37	Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied# against Jehoshaphat, saying# , Because thou hast joined# thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken# thy works. And the ships were broken# , that they were not able# to go# to Tarshish.