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2 Chronicles 17:1--20:37

17:1
And Jehoshaphat
<03092>
his son
<01121>
reigned
<04427> (8799)
in his stead, and strengthened
<02388> (8691)
himself against Israel
<03478>_.
17:2
And he placed
<05414> (8799)
forces
<02428>
in all the fenced
<01219> (8803)
cities
<05892>
of Judah
<03063>_,
and set
<05414> (8799)
garrisons
<05333>
in the land
<0776>
of Judah
<03063>_,
and in the cities
<05892>
of Ephraim
<0669>_,
which Asa
<0609>
his father
<01>
had taken
<03920> (8804)_.
17:3
And the LORD
<03068>
was with Jehoshaphat
<03092>_,
because he walked
<01980> (8804)
in the first
<07223>
ways
<01870>
of his father
<01>
David
<01732>_,
and sought
<01875> (8804)
not unto Baalim
<01168>_;
{of...: or, of his father, and of David}
17:4
But sought
<01875> (8804)
to the [LORD] God
<0430>
of his father
<01>_,
and walked
<01980> (8804)
in his commandments
<04687>_,
and not after the doings
<04639>
of Israel
<03478>_.
17:5
Therefore the LORD
<03068>
stablished
<03559> (8686)
the kingdom
<04467>
in his hand
<03027>_;
and all Judah
<03063>
brought
<05414> (8799)
to Jehoshaphat
<03092>
presents
<04503>_;
and he had riches
<06239>
and honour
<03519>
in abundance
<07230>_.
{brought: Heb. gave}
17:6
And his heart
<03820>
was lifted up
<01361> (8799)
in the ways
<01870>
of the LORD
<03068>_:
moreover he took away
<05493> (8689)
the high places
<01116>
and groves
<0842>
out of Judah
<03063>_.
{was...: that is, was encouraged}
17:7
Also in the third
<07969>
year
<08141>
of his reign
<04427> (8800)
he sent
<07971> (8804)
to his princes
<08269>_,
[even] to Benhail
<01134>_,
and to Obadiah
<05662>_,
and to Zechariah
<02148>_,
and to Nethaneel
<05417>_,
and to Michaiah
<04322>_,
to teach
<03925> (8763)
in the cities
<05892>
of Judah
<03063>_.
17:8
And with them [he sent] Levites
<03881>_,
[even] Shemaiah
<08098>_,
and Nethaniah
<05418>_,
and Zebadiah
<02069>_,
and Asahel
<06214>_,
and Shemiramoth
<08070>_,
and Jehonathan
<03083>_,
and Adonijah
<0138>_,
and Tobijah
<02900>_,
and Tobadonijah
<02899>_,
Levites
<03881>_;
and with them Elishama
<0476>
and Jehoram
<03088>_,
priests
<03548>_.
17:9
And they taught
<03925> (8762)
in Judah
<03063>_,
and [had] the book
<05612>
of the law
<08451>
of the LORD
<03068>
with them, and went about
<05437> (8799)
throughout all the cities
<05892>
of Judah
<03063>_,
and taught
<03925> (8762)
the people
<05971>_.
17:10
And the fear
<06343>
of the LORD
<03068>
fell upon all the kingdoms
<04467>
of the lands
<0776>
that [were] round about
<05439>
Judah
<03063>_,
so that they made no war
<03898> (8738)
against Jehoshaphat
<03092>_.
{fell: Heb. was}
17:11
Also [some] of the Philistines
<06430>
brought
<0935> (8688)
Jehoshaphat
<03092>
presents
<04503>_,
and tribute
<04853>
silver
<03701>_;
and the Arabians
<06163>
brought
<0935> (8688)
him flocks
<06629>_,
seven
<07651>
thousand
<0505>
and seven
<07651>
hundred
<03967>
rams
<0352>_,
and seven
<07651>
thousand
<0505>
and seven
<07651>
hundred
<03967>
he goats
<08495>_.
17:12
And Jehoshaphat
<03092>
waxed
<01980> (8802)
great
<01432>
exceedingly
<04605>_;
and he built
<01129> (8799)
in Judah
<03063>
castles
<01003>_,
and cities
<05892>
of store
<04543>_.
{castles: or, palaces}
17:13
And he had much
<07227>
business
<04399>
in the cities
<05892>
of Judah
<03063>_:
and the men
<0582>
of war
<04421>_,
mighty men
<01368>
of valour
<02428>_,
[were] in Jerusalem
<03389>_.
17:14
And these [are] the numbers
<06486>
of them according to the house
<01004>
of their fathers
<01>_:
Of Judah
<03063>_,
the captains
<08269>
of thousands
<0505>_;
Adnah
<05734>
the chief
<08269>_,
and with him mighty men
<01368>
of valour
<02428>
three
<07969>
hundred
<03967>
thousand
<0505>_.
17:15
And next
<03027>
to him [was] Jehohanan
<03076>
the captain
<08269>_,
and with him two hundred
<03967>
and fourscore
<08084>
thousand
<0505>_.
{next...: Heb. at his hand}
17:16
And next
<03027>
him [was] Amasiah
<06007>
the son
<01121>
of Zichri
<02147>_,
who willingly offered
<05068> (8693)
himself unto the LORD
<03068>_;
and with him two hundred
<03967>
thousand
<0505>
mighty men
<01368>
of valour
<02428>_.
17:17
And of Benjamin
<01144>_;
Eliada
<0450>
a mighty man
<01368>
of valour
<02428>_,
and with him armed men
<05401> (8802)
with bow
<07198>
and shield
<04043>
two hundred
<03967>
thousand
<0505>_.
17:18
And next
<03027>
him [was] Jehozabad
<03075>_,
and with him an hundred
<03967>
and fourscore
<08084>
thousand
<0505>
ready prepared
<02502> (8803)
for the war
<06635>_.
17:19
These waited
<08334> (8764)
on the king
<04428>_,
beside [those] whom the king
<04428>
put
<05414> (8804)
in the fenced
<04013>
cities
<05892>
throughout all Judah
<03063>_.
18:1
Now Jehoshaphat
<03092>
had riches
<06239>
and honour
<03519>
in abundance
<07230>_,
and joined affinity
<02859> (8691)
with Ahab
<0256>_.
18:2
And after
<07093>
[certain] years
<08141>
he went down
<03381> (8799)
to Ahab
<0256>
to Samaria
<08111>_.
And Ahab
<0256>
killed
<02076> (8799)
sheep
<06629>
and oxen
<01241>
for him in abundance
<07230>_,
and for the people
<05971>
that [he had] with him, and persuaded
<05496> (8686)
him to go up
<05927> (8800)
[with him] to Ramothgilead
<07433> <01568>_.
{after...: Heb. at the end of years}
18:3
And Ahab
<0256>
king
<04428>
of Israel
<03478>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Jehoshaphat
<03092>
king
<04428>
of Judah
<03063>_,
Wilt thou go
<03212> (8799)
with me to Ramothgilead
<07433> <01568>_?
And he answered
<0559> (8799)
him, I [am] as thou [art], and my people
<05971>
as thy people
<05971>_;
and [we will be] with thee in the war
<04421>_.
18:4
And Jehoshaphat
<03092>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the king
<04428>
of Israel
<03478>_,
Enquire
<01875> (8798)_,
I pray thee, at the word
<01697>
of the LORD
<03068>
to day
<03117>_.
18:5
Therefore the king
<04428>
of Israel
<03478>
gathered together
<06908> (8799)
of prophets
<05030>
four
<0702>
hundred
<03967>
men
<0376>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)
unto them, Shall we go
<03212> (8799)
to Ramothgilead
<07433> <01568>
to battle
<04421>_,
or shall I forbear
<02308> (8799)_?
And they said
<0559> (8799)_,
Go up
<05927> (8798)_;
for God
<0430>
will deliver
<05414> (8799)
[it] into the king's
<04428>
hand
<03027>_.
18:6
But Jehoshaphat
<03092>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
[Is there] not here a prophet
<05030>
of the LORD
<03068>
besides, that we might enquire
<01875> (8799)
of him? {besides: Heb. yet, or, more}
18:7
And the king
<04428>
of Israel
<03478>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Jehoshaphat
<03092>_,
[There is] yet one
<0259>
man
<0376>_,
by whom we may enquire
<01875> (8800)
of the LORD
<03068>_:
but I hate
<08130> (8804)
him; for he never prophesied
<05012> (8693)
good
<02896>
unto me, but always
<03117>
evil
<07451>_:
the same [is] Micaiah
<04321>
the son
<01121>
of Imla
<03229>_.
And Jehoshaphat
<03092>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Let not the king
<04428>
say
<0559> (8799)
so.
18:8
And the king
<04428>
of Israel
<03478>
called
<07121> (8799)
for one
<0259>
[of his] officers
<05631>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Fetch quickly
<04116> (8761)
Micaiah
<04319>
the son
<01121>
of Imla
<03229>_.
{officers: or, eunuchs} {Fetch...: Heb. Hasten}
18:9
And the king
<04428>
of Israel
<03478>
and Jehoshaphat
<03092>
king
<04428>
of Judah
<03063>
sat
<03427> (8802)
either
<0376>
of them on his throne
<03678>_,
clothed
<03847> (8794)
in [their] robes
<0899>_,
and they sat
<03427> (8802)
in a void place
<01637>
at the entering in
<06607>
of the gate
<08179>
of Samaria
<08111>_;
and all the prophets
<05030>
prophesied
<05012> (8693)
before
<06440>
them. {void...: or, floor}
18:10
And Zedekiah
<06667>
the son
<01121>
of Chenaanah
<03668>
had made
<06213> (8799)
him horns
<07161>
of iron
<01270>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Thus saith
<0559> (8804)
the LORD
<03068>_,
With these thou shalt push
<05055> (8762)
Syria
<0758>
until they be consumed
<03615> (8763)_.
{they...: Heb. thou consume them}
18:11
And all the prophets
<05030>
prophesied
<05012> (8737)
so, saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Go up
<05927> (8798)
to Ramothgilead
<07433> <01568>_,
and prosper
<06743> (8685)_:
for the LORD
<03068>
shall deliver
<05414> (8804)
[it] into the hand
<03027>
of the king
<04428>_.
18:12
And the messenger
<04397>
that went
<01980> (8804)
to call
<07121> (8800)
Micaiah
<04321>
spake
<01696> (8765)
to him, saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Behold, the words
<01697>
of the prophets
<05030>
[declare] good
<02896>
to the king
<04428>
with one
<0259>
assent
<06310>_;
let thy word
<01697>
therefore, I pray thee, be like one
<0259>
of theirs, and speak
<01696> (8765)
thou good
<02896>_.
{with...: Heb. with one mouth}
18:13
And Micaiah
<04321>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
[As] the LORD
<03068>
liveth
<02416>_,
even what my God
<0430>
saith
<0559> (8799)_,
that will I speak
<01696> (8762)_.
18:14
And when he was come
<0935> (8799)
to the king
<04428>_,
the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Micaiah
<04318>_,
shall we go
<03212> (8799)
to Ramothgilead
<07433> <01568>
to battle
<04421>_,
or shall I forbear
<02308> (8799)_?
And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
Go ye up
<05927> (8798)_,
and prosper
<06743> (8685)_,
and they shall be delivered
<05414> (8735)
into your hand
<03027>_.
18:15
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
to him, How many times
<06471>
shall I adjure
<07650> (8688)
thee that thou say
<01696> (8762)
nothing but the truth
<0571>
to me in the name
<08034>
of the LORD
<03068>_?
18:16
Then he said
<0559> (8799)_,
I did see
<07200> (8804)
all Israel
<03478>
scattered
<06327> (8737)
upon the mountains
<02022>_,
as sheep
<06629>
that have no shepherd
<07462> (8802)_:
and the LORD
<03068>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
These have no master
<0113>_;
let them return
<07725> (8799)
[therefore] every man
<0376>
to his house
<01004>
in peace
<07965>_.
18:17
And the king
<04428>
of Israel
<03478>
said
<0559> (8799)
to Jehoshaphat
<03092>_,
Did I not tell
<0559> (8804)
thee [that] he would not prophesy
<05012> (8691)
good
<02896>
unto me, but evil
<07451>_?
{but evil: or, but for evil}
18:18
Again he said
<0559> (8799)_,
Therefore hear
<08085> (8798)
the word
<01697>
of the LORD
<03068>_;
I saw
<07200> (8804)
the LORD
<03068>
sitting
<03427> (8802)
upon his throne
<03678>_,
and all the host
<06635>
of heaven
<08064>
standing
<05975> (8802)
on his right hand
<03225>
and [on] his left
<08040>_.
18:19
And the LORD
<03068>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Who shall entice
<06601> (8762)
Ahab
<0256>
king
<04428>
of Israel
<03478>_,
that he may go up
<05927> (8799)
and fall
<05307> (8799)
at Ramothgilead
<07433> <01568>_?
And one spake
<0559> (8799)
saying
<0559> (8802)
after this manner
<03602>_,
and another saying
<0559> (8802)
after that manner
<03602>_.
18:20
Then there came out
<03318> (8799)
a spirit
<07307>_,
and stood
<05975> (8799)
before
<06440>
the LORD
<03068>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
I will entice
<06601> (8762)
him. And the LORD
<03068>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Wherewith?
18:21
And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
I will go out
<03318> (8799)_,
and be a lying
<08267>
spirit
<07307>
in the mouth
<06310>
of all his prophets
<05030>_.
And [the LORD] said
<0559> (8799)_,
Thou shalt entice
<06601> (8762)
[him], and thou shalt also prevail
<03201> (8799)_:
go out
<03318> (8798)_,
and do
<06213> (8798)
[even] so.
18:22
Now therefore, behold, the LORD
<03068>
hath put
<05414> (8804)
a lying
<08267>
spirit
<07307>
in the mouth
<06310>
of these thy prophets
<05030>_,
and the LORD
<03068>
hath spoken
<01696> (8765)
evil
<07451>
against thee.
18:23
Then Zedekiah
<06667>
the son
<01121>
of Chenaanah
<03668>
came near
<05066> (8799)_,
and smote
<05221> (8686)
Micaiah
<04321>
upon the cheek
<03895>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Which
<0335>
way
<01870>
went
<05674> (8804)
the Spirit
<07307>
of the LORD
<03068>
from me to speak
<01696> (8763)
unto thee?
18:24
And Micaiah
<04321>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Behold, thou shalt see
<07200> (8802)
on that day
<03117>
when thou shalt go
<0935> (8799)
into an inner
<02315>
chamber
<02315>
to hide
<02244> (8736)
thyself. {into...: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. a chamber in a chamber}
18:25
Then the king
<04428>
of Israel
<03478>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Take
<03947> (8798)
ye Micaiah
<04321>_,
and carry him back
<07725> (8685)
to Amon
<0526>
the governor
<08269>
of the city
<05892>_,
and to Joash
<03101>
the king's
<04428>
son
<01121>_;
18:26
And say
<0559> (8804)_,
Thus saith
<0559> (8804)
the king
<04428>_,
Put
<07760> (8798)
this [fellow] in the prison
<01004> <03608>_,
and feed
<0398> (8685)
him with bread
<03899>
of affliction
<03906>
and with water
<04325>
of affliction
<03906>_,
until I return
<07725> (8800)
in peace
<07965>_.
18:27
And Micaiah
<04321>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
If thou certainly
<07725> (8800)
return
<07725> (8799)
in peace
<07965>_,
[then] hath not the LORD
<03068>
spoken
<01696> (8765)
by me. And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
Hearken
<08085> (8798)_,
all ye people
<05971>_.
18:28
So the king
<04428>
of Israel
<03478>
and Jehoshaphat
<03092>
the king
<04428>
of Judah
<03063>
went up
<05927> (8799)
to Ramothgilead
<07433> <01568>_.
18:29
And the king
<04428>
of Israel
<03478>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Jehoshaphat
<03092>_,
I will disguise
<02664> (8692)
myself, and will go
<0935> (8800)
to the battle
<04421>_;
but put
<03847> (8798)
thou on thy robes
<0899>_.
So the king
<04428>
of Israel
<03478>
disguised
<02664> (8691)
himself; and they went
<0935> (8799)
to the battle
<04421>_.
18:30
Now the king
<04428>
of Syria
<0758>
had commanded
<06680> (8765)
the captains
<08269>
of the chariots
<07393>
that [were] with him, saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Fight
<03898> (8735)
ye not with small
<06996>
or great
<01419>_,
save only with the king
<04428>
of Israel
<03478>_.
18:31
And it came to pass, when the captains
<08269>
of the chariots
<07393>
saw
<07200> (8800)
Jehoshaphat
<03092>_,
that they said
<0559> (8804)_,
It [is] the king
<04428>
of Israel
<03478>_.
Therefore they compassed about
<05437> (8799)
him to fight
<03898> (8736)_:
but Jehoshaphat
<03092>
cried out
<02199> (8799)_,
and the LORD
<03068>
helped
<05826> (8804)
him; and God
<0430>
moved
<05496> (8686)
them [to depart] from him.
18:32
For it came to pass, that, when the captains
<08269>
of the chariots
<07393>
perceived
<07200> (8800)
that it was not the king
<04428>
of Israel
<03478>_,
they turned back again
<07725> (8799)
from pursuing
<0310>
him. {from...: Heb. from after him}
18:33
And a [certain] man drew
<04900> (8804)
a bow
<07198>
at a venture
<08537>_,
and smote
<05221> (8686)
the king
<04428>
of Israel
<03478>
between the joints
<01694>
of the harness
<08302>_:
therefore he said
<0559> (8799)
to his chariot
<07395>
man
<0376>_,
Turn
<02015> (8798)
thine hand
<03027>_,
that thou mayest carry me out
<03318> (8689)
of the host
<04264>_;
for I am wounded
<02470> (8717)_.
{at a venture: Heb. in his simplicity} {between...: Heb. between the joints and between the breastplate} {wounded: Heb. made sick}
18:34
And the battle
<04421>
increased
<05927> (8799)
that day
<03117>_:
howbeit the king
<04428>
of Israel
<03478>
stayed [himself] up
<05975> (8689)
in [his] chariot
<04818>
against
<05227>
the Syrians
<0758>
until the even
<06153>_:
and about the time
<06256>
of the sun
<08121>
going down
<0935> (8800)
he died
<04191> (8799)_.
19:1
And Jehoshaphat
<03092>
the king
<04428>
of Judah
<03063>
returned
<07725> (8799)
to his house
<01004>
in peace
<07965>
to Jerusalem
<03389>_.
19:2
And Jehu
<03058>
the son
<01121>
of Hanani
<02607>
the seer
<02374>
went out
<03318> (8799)
to meet
<06440>
him, and said
<0559> (8799)
to king
<04428>
Jehoshaphat
<03092>_,
Shouldest thou help
<05826> (8800)
the ungodly
<07563>_,
and love
<0157> (8799)
them that hate
<08130> (8802)
the LORD
<03068>_?
therefore
<02063>
[is] wrath
<07110>
upon thee from before
<06440>
the LORD
<03068>_.
19:3
Nevertheless
<061>
there are good
<02896>
things
<01697>
found
<04672> (8738)
in thee, in that thou hast taken away
<01197> (8765)
the groves
<0842>
out of the land
<0776>_,
and hast prepared
<03559> (8689)
thine heart
<03824>
to seek
<01875> (8800)
God
<0430>_.
19:4
And Jehoshaphat
<03092>
dwelt
<03427> (8799)
at Jerusalem
<03389>_:
and he went out
<03318> (8799)
again
<07725> (8799)
through the people
<05971>
from Beersheba
<0884>
to mount
<02022>
Ephraim
<0669>_,
and brought them back
<07725> (8686)
unto the LORD
<03068>
God
<0430>
of their fathers
<01>_.
{he went...: Heb. he returned and went out}
19:5
And he set
<05975> (8686)
judges
<08199> (8802)
in the land
<0776>
throughout all the fenced
<01219> (8803)
cities
<05892>
of Judah
<03063>_,
city
<05892>
by city
<05892>_,
19:6
And said
<0559> (8799)
to the judges
<08199> (8802)_,
Take heed
<07200> (8798)
what ye do
<06213> (8802)_:
for ye judge
<08199> (8799)
not for man
<0120>_,
but for the LORD
<03068>_,
who [is] with you in the judgment
<01697> <04941>_.
{in...: Heb. in the matter of judgment}
19:7
Wherefore now let the fear
<06343>
of the LORD
<03068>
be upon you; take heed
<08104> (8798)
and do
<06213> (8798)
[it]: for [there is] no iniquity
<05766>
with the LORD
<03068>
our God
<0430>_,
nor respect
<04856>
of persons
<06440>_,
nor taking
<04727>
of gifts
<07810>_.
19:8
Moreover in Jerusalem
<03389>
did Jehoshaphat
<03092>
set
<05975> (8689)
of the Levites
<03881>_,
and [of] the priests
<03548>_,
and of the chief
<07218>
of the fathers
<01>
of Israel
<03478>_,
for the judgment
<04941>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
and for controversies
<07379>_,
when they returned
<07725> (8799)
to Jerusalem
<03389>_.
19:9
And he charged
<06680> (8762)
them, saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Thus shall ye do
<06213> (8799)
in the fear
<03374>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
faithfully
<0530>_,
and with a perfect
<08003>
heart
<03824>_.
19:10
And what cause
<07379>
soever shall come
<0935> (8799)
to you of your brethren
<0251>
that dwell
<03427> (8802)
in their cities
<05892>_,
between blood
<01818>
and blood
<01818>_,
between law
<08451>
and commandment
<04687>_,
statutes
<02706>
and judgments
<04941>_,
ye shall even warn
<02094> (8689)
them that they trespass
<0816> (8799)
not against the LORD
<03068>_,
and [so] wrath
<07110>
come upon you, and upon your brethren
<0251>_:
this
<03541>
do
<06213> (8799)_,
and ye shall not trespass
<0816> (8799)_.
19:11
And, behold, Amariah
<0568>
the chief
<07218>
priest
<03548>
[is] over you in all matters
<01697>
of the LORD
<03068>_;
and Zebadiah
<02069>
the son
<01121>
of Ishmael
<03458>_,
the ruler
<05057>
of the house
<01004>
of Judah
<03063>_,
for all the king's
<04428>
matters
<01697>_:
also the Levites
<03881>
[shall be] officers
<07860> (8802)
before
<06440>
you. Deal
<06213> (8798)
courageously
<02388> (8798)_,
and the LORD
<03068>
shall be with the good
<02896>_.
{Deal...: Heb. Take courage and do}
20:1
It came to pass after this
<0310>
also, [that] the children
<01121>
of Moab
<04124>_,
and the children
<01121>
of Ammon
<05983>_,
and with them [other] beside the Ammonites
<05984>_,
came
<0935> (8804)
against Jehoshaphat
<03092>
to battle
<04421>_.
20:2
Then there came
<0935> (8799)
some that told
<05046> (8686)
Jehoshaphat
<03092>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
There cometh
<0935> (8802)
a great
<07227>
multitude
<01995>
against thee from beyond
<05676>
the sea
<03220>
on this side Syria
<0758>_;
and, behold, they [be] in Hazazontamar
<02688>_,
which [is] Engedi
<05872>_.
20:3
And Jehoshaphat
<03092>
feared
<03372> (8799)_,
and set
<05414> (8799)
himself
<06440>
to seek
<01875> (8800)
the LORD
<03068>_,
and proclaimed
<07121> (8799)
a fast
<06685>
throughout
<05921>
all Judah
<03063>_.
{himself: Heb. his face}
20:4
And Judah
<03063>
gathered themselves together
<06908> (8735)_,
to ask
<01245> (8763)
[help] of the LORD
<03068>_:
even out of all the cities
<05892>
of Judah
<03063>
they came
<0935> (8804)
to seek
<01245> (8763)
the LORD
<03068>_.
20:5
And Jehoshaphat
<03092>
stood
<05975> (8799)
in the congregation
<06951>
of Judah
<03063>
and Jerusalem
<03389>_,
in the house
<01004>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
before
<06440>
the new
<02319>
court
<02691>_,
20:6
And said
<0559> (8799)_,
O LORD
<03068>
God
<0430>
of our fathers
<01>_,
[art] not thou God
<0430>
in heaven
<08064>_?
and rulest
<04910> (8802)
[not] thou over all the kingdoms
<04467>
of the heathen
<01471>_?
and in thine hand
<03027>
[is there not] power
<03581>
and might
<01369>_,
so that none is able to withstand
<03320> (8692)
thee?
20:7
[Art] not thou our God
<0430>_,
[who] didst drive out
<03423> (8689)
the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)
of this land
<0776>
before
<06440>
thy people
<05971>
Israel
<03478>_,
and gavest
<05414> (8799)
it to the seed
<02233>
of Abraham
<085>
thy friend
<0157> (8802)
for ever
<05769>_?
{who: Heb. thou}
20:8
And they dwelt
<03427> (8799)
therein, and have built
<01129> (8799)
thee a sanctuary
<04720>
therein for thy name
<08034>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
20:9
If, [when] evil
<07451>
cometh
<0935> (8799)
upon us, [as] the sword
<02719>_,
judgment
<08196>_,
or pestilence
<01698>_,
or famine
<07458>_,
we stand
<05975> (8799)
before
<06440>
this house
<01004>_,
and in thy presence
<06440>_,
(for thy name
<08034>
[is] in this house
<01004>,)
and cry
<02199> (8799)
unto thee in our affliction
<06869>_,
then thou wilt hear
<08085> (8799)
and help
<03467> (8686)_.
20:10
And now, behold, the children
<01121>
of Ammon
<05983>
and Moab
<04124>
and mount
<02022>
Seir
<08165>_,
whom thou wouldest not let
<05414> (8804)
Israel
<03478>
invade
<0935> (8800)_,
when they came out
<0935> (8800)
of the land
<0776>
of Egypt
<04714>_,
but they turned
<05493> (8804)
from them, and destroyed
<08045> (8689)
them not;
20:11
Behold, [I say, how] they reward
<01580> (8802)
us, to come
<0935> (8800)
to cast us out
<01644> (8763)
of thy possession
<03425>_,
which thou hast given us to inherit
<03423> (8689)_.
20:12
O our God
<0430>_,
wilt thou not judge
<08199> (8799)
them? for we have no might
<03581>
against
<06440>
this great
<07227>
company
<01995>
that cometh
<0935> (8802)
against us; neither know
<03045> (8799)
we
<0587>
what to do
<06213> (8799)_:
but our eyes
<05869>
[are] upon thee.
20:13
And all Judah
<03063>
stood
<05975> (8802)
before
<06440>
the LORD
<03068>_,
with
<01571>
their little ones
<02945>_,
their wives
<0802>_,
and their children
<01121>_.
20:14
Then upon Jahaziel
<03166>
the son
<01121>
of Zechariah
<02148>_,
the son
<01121>
of Benaiah
<01141>_,
the son
<01121>
of Jeiel
<03273>_,
the son
<01121>
of Mattaniah
<04983>_,
a Levite
<03881>
of the sons
<01121>
of Asaph
<0623>_,
came the Spirit
<07307>
of the LORD
<03068>
in the midst
<08432>
of the congregation
<06951>_;
20:15
And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
Hearken
<07181> (8685)
ye, all Judah
<03063>_,
and ye inhabitants
<03427> (8802)
of Jerusalem
<03389>_,
and thou king
<04428>
Jehoshaphat
<03092>_,
Thus saith
<0559> (8804)
the LORD
<03068>
unto you, Be not afraid
<03372> (8799)
nor dismayed
<02865> (8735)
by reason
<06440>
of this great
<07227>
multitude
<01995>_;
for the battle
<04421>
[is] not yours, but God's
<0430>_.
20:16
To morrow
<04279>
go ye down
<03381> (8798)
against them: behold, they come up
<05927> (8802)
by the cliff
<04608>
of Ziz
<06732>_;
and ye shall find
<04672> (8804)
them at the end
<05490>
of the brook
<05158>_,
before
<06440>
the wilderness
<04057>
of Jeruel
<03385>_.
{cliff: Heb. ascent} {brook: or, valley}
20:17
Ye shall not [need] to fight
<03898> (8736)
in this
<02063>
[battle]: set
<03320> (8690)
yourselves, stand
<05975> (8798)
ye [still], and see
<07200> (8798)
the salvation
<03444>
of the LORD
<03068>
with you, O Judah
<03063>
and Jerusalem
<03389>_:
fear
<03372> (8799)
not, nor be dismayed
<02865> (8735)_;
to morrow
<04279>
go out
<03318> (8798)
against
<06440>
them: for the LORD
<03068>
[will be] with you.
20:18
And Jehoshaphat
<03092>
bowed
<06915> (8799)
his head with [his] face
<0639>
to the ground
<0776>_:
and all Judah
<03063>
and the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)
of Jerusalem
<03389>
fell
<05307> (8804)
before
<06440>
the LORD
<03068>_,
worshipping
<07812> (8692)
the LORD
<03068>_.
20:19
And the Levites
<03881>_,
of the children
<01121>
of the Kohathites
<06956>_,
and of the children
<01121>
of the Korhites
<07145>_,
stood up
<06965> (8799)
to praise
<01984> (8763)
the LORD
<03068>
God
<0430>
of Israel
<03478>
with a loud
<01419>
voice
<06963>
on high
<04605>_.
20:20
And they rose early
<07925> (8686)
in the morning
<01242>_,
and went forth
<03318> (8799)
into the wilderness
<04057>
of Tekoa
<08620>_:
and as they went forth
<03318> (8800)_,
Jehoshaphat
<03092>
stood
<05975> (8804)
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Hear
<08085> (8798)
me, O Judah
<03063>_,
and ye inhabitants
<03427> (8802)
of Jerusalem
<03389>_;
Believe
<0539> (8685)
in the LORD
<03068>
your God
<0430>_,
so shall ye be established
<0539> (8735)_;
believe
<0539> (8685)
his prophets
<05030>_,
so shall ye prosper
<06743> (8685)_.
20:21
And when he had consulted
<03289> (8735)
with the people
<05971>_,
he appointed
<05975> (8686)
singers
<07891> (8789)
unto the LORD
<03068>_,
and that should praise
<01984> (8764)
the beauty
<01927>
of holiness
<06944>_,
as they went out
<03318> (8800)
before
<06440>
the army
<02502> (8803)_,
and to say
<0559> (8802)_,
Praise
<03034> (8685)
the LORD
<03068>_;
for his mercy
<02617>
[endureth] for ever
<05769>_.
{that...: Heb. praisers}
20:22
And when
<06256>
they began
<02490> (8689)
to sing
<07440>
and to praise
<08416>_,
the LORD
<03068>
set
<05414> (8804)
ambushments
<0693> (8764)
against the children
<01121>
of Ammon
<05983>_,
Moab
<04124>_,
and mount
<02022>
Seir
<08165>_,
which were come
<0935> (8802)
against Judah
<03063>_;
and they were smitten
<05062> (8735)_.
{And when...: Heb. And in the time that they, etc} {to sing...: Heb. in singing and praise} {they were...: or, they smote one another}
20:23
For the children
<01121>
of Ammon
<05983>
and Moab
<04124>
stood up
<05975> (8799)
against the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)
of mount
<02022>
Seir
<08165>_,
utterly to slay
<02763> (8687)
and destroy
<08045> (8687)
[them]: and when they had made an end
<03615> (8763)
of the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)
of Seir
<08165>_,
every one
<0376>
helped
<05826> (8804)
to destroy
<04889>
another
<07453>_.
{to destroy: Heb. for the destruction}
20:24
And when Judah
<03063>
came
<0935> (8804)
toward the watch tower
<04707> (8677) <04708>
in the wilderness
<04057>_,
they looked
<06437> (8799)
unto the multitude
<01995>_,
and, behold, they [were] dead bodies
<06297>
fallen
<05307> (8802)
to the earth
<0776>_,
and none escaped
<06413>_.
{none...: Heb. there was not an escaping}
20:25
And when Jehoshaphat
<03092>
and his people
<05971>
came
<0935> (8799)
to take away
<0962> (8800)
the spoil
<07998>
of them, they found
<04672> (8799)
among them in abundance
<07230>
both riches
<07399>
with the dead bodies
<06297>_,
and precious
<02532>
jewels
<03627>_,
which they stripped off
<05337> (8762)
for themselves, more than
<0369>
they could carry away
<04853>_:
and they were three
<07969>
days
<03117>
in gathering
<0962> (8802)
of the spoil
<07998>_,
it was so much
<07227>_.
20:26
And on the fourth
<07243>
day
<03117>
they assembled
<06950> (8738)
themselves in the valley
<06010>
of Berachah
<01294>_;
for there they blessed
<01288> (8765)
the LORD
<03068>_:
therefore the name
<08034>
of the same place
<04725>
was called
<07121> (8804)_,
The valley
<06010>
of Berachah
<01294>_,
unto this day
<03117>_.
{Berachah: that is, blessing}
20:27
Then they returned
<07725> (8799)_,
every man
<0376>
of Judah
<03063>
and Jerusalem
<03389>_,
and Jehoshaphat
<03092>
in the forefront
<07218>
of them, to go again
<07725> (8800)
to Jerusalem
<03389>
with joy
<08057>_;
for the LORD
<03068>
had made them to rejoice
<08055> (8765)
over their enemies
<0341> (8802)_.
{forefront: Heb. head}
20:28
And they came
<0935> (8799)
to Jerusalem
<03389>
with psalteries
<05035>
and harps
<03658>
and trumpets
<02689>
unto the house
<01004>
of the LORD
<03068>_.
20:29
And the fear
<06343>
of God
<0430>
was on all the kingdoms
<04467>
of [those] countries
<0776>_,
when they had heard
<08085> (8800)
that the LORD
<03068>
fought
<03898> (8738)
against the enemies
<0341> (8802)
of Israel
<03478>_.
20:30
So the realm
<04438>
of Jehoshaphat
<03092>
was quiet
<08252> (8799)_:
for his God
<0430>
gave him rest
<05117> (8799)
round about
<05439>_.
20:31
And Jehoshaphat
<03092>
reigned
<04427> (8799)
over Judah
<03063>_:
[he was] thirty
<07970>
and five
<02568>
years
<08141>
old
<01121>
when he began to reign
<04427> (8800)_,
and he reigned
<04427> (8804)
twenty
<06242>
and five
<02568>
years
<08141>
in Jerusalem
<03389>_.
And his mother's
<0517>
name
<08034>
[was] Azubah
<05806>
the daughter
<01323>
of Shilhi
<07977>_.
20:32
And he walked
<03212> (8799)
in the way
<01870>
of Asa
<0609>
his father
<01>_,
and departed
<05493> (8804)
not from it, doing
<06213> (8800)
[that which was] right
<03477>
in the sight
<05869>
of the LORD
<03068>_.
20:33
Howbeit the high places
<01116>
were not taken away
<05493> (8804)_:
for as yet the people
<05971>
had not prepared
<03559> (8689)
their hearts
<03824>
unto the God
<0430>
of their fathers
<01>_.
20:34
Now the rest
<03499>
of the acts
<01697>
of Jehoshaphat
<03092>_,
first
<07223>
and last
<0314>_,
behold, they [are] written
<03789> (8803)
in the book
<01697>
of Jehu
<03058>
the son
<01121>
of Hanani
<02607>_,
who [is] mentioned
<05927> (8717)
in the book
<05612>
of the kings
<04428>
of Israel
<03478>_.
{book of Jehu: Heb. words, etc} {is mentioned: Heb. was made to ascend}
20:35
And after
<0310>
this did Jehoshaphat
<03092>
king
<04428>
of Judah
<03063>
join
<02266> (8694)
himself with Ahaziah
<0274>
king
<04428>
of Israel
<03478>_,
who did
<06213> (8800)
very wickedly
<07561> (8689)_:
20:36
And he joined
<02266> (8762)
himself with him to make
<06213> (8800)
ships
<0591>
to go
<03212> (8800)
to Tarshish
<08659>_:
and they made
<06213> (8799)
the ships
<0591>
in Eziongeber
<06100>_.
20:37
Then Eliezer
<0461>
the son
<01121>
of Dodavah
<01735>
of Mareshah
<04762>
prophesied
<05012> (8691)
against Jehoshaphat
<03092>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Because thou hast joined
<02266> (8692)
thyself with Ahaziah
<0274>_,
the LORD
<03068>
hath broken
<06555> (8804)
thy works
<04639>_.
And the ships
<0591>
were broken
<07665> (8735)_,
that they were not able
<06113> (8804)
to go
<03212> (8800)
to Tarshish
<08659>_.
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