1After these things, the sons of Moab, and the sons of Ammon, and with them some from the Ammonites, gathered together so that they might fight against him.stylus2 Chronicles 19:11, Isaiah 16:6, Psalms 83:5, Psalms 83:8, Isaiah 8:92And messengers arrived and reported to Jehoshaphat, saying: “A great multitude has arrived against you, from those places that are across the sea, and from Syria. And behold, they are standing together at Hazazon-tamar, which is Engedi.”stylusGenesis 14:7, Genesis 14:7, 1 Samuel 23:29, 1 Samuel 23:29, Numbers 34:123Then Jehoshaphat, being terrified with fear, gave himself entirely to petitioning the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all of Judah.stylusDaniel 9:3, 2 Chronicles 19:3, Daniel 9:3, 2 Chronicles 19:3, 1 Samuel 7:64And Judah gathered together to pray to the Lord. Moreover, everyone from their cities came to beseech him.stylusPsalms 50:15, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 60:10, Psalms 60:12, Psalms 60:105And when Jehoshaphat had stood up in the midst of the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new atrium,stylus2 Kings 19:15, 2 Kings 19:19, 2 Chronicles 34:31, 2 Chronicles 6:12, 2 Chronicles 6:136he said: “O Lord, God of our fathers, you are God in heaven, and you rule over all the kingdoms of the Gentiles. In your hand is strength and power, and no one is able to withstand you.stylusDeuteronomy 4:39, 1 Chronicles 29:11, 1 Chronicles 29:12, Deuteronomy 4:39, 1 Chronicles 29:117Did not you, our God, put to death all the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel? And you gave it to the offspring of your friend Abraham, for all time.stylusJames 2:23, Isaiah 41:8, James 2:23, Isaiah 41:8, Psalms 44:28And they lived in it. And they built a Sanctuary to your name in it, saying:stylus2 Chronicles 2:4, 2 Chronicles 6:10, 2 Chronicles 2:4, 2 Chronicles 6:109‘If evils will have fallen upon us, the sword of judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand in your sight before this house, in which your name is invoked, and we will cry out to you in our tribulations. And you will heed us and accomplish our salvation.’stylus2 Chronicles 6:28, 2 Chronicles 6:30, 2 Chronicles 6:28, 2 Chronicles 6:30, 2 Chronicles 6:2010Now therefore, behold the sons of Ammon, and of Moab, and mount Seir, through whose lands you did not permit Israel to cross when they were departing from Egypt. Instead, they turned aside from them, and they did not put them to death.stylusDeuteronomy 2:19, Deuteronomy 2:4, Deuteronomy 2:5, Deuteronomy 2:19, Deuteronomy 2:411They are doing the contrary, and they are striving to cast us from the possession which you delivered to us.stylusPsalms 83:3, Psalms 83:12, Psalms 83:3, Psalms 83:12, Psalms 7:412Therefore, will you, our God, not judge them? Certainly, in us there is not enough strength so that we would be able to withstand this multitude, which rushes against us. But although we do not know what we ought to do, we have this alone remaining, that we direct our eyes to you.”stylusPsalms 121:1, Psalms 121:2, Psalms 121:1, Psalms 121:2, Psalms 25:1513Truly, all of Judah was standing before the Lord with their little ones and wives and children.stylusJonah 3:5, Ezra 10:1, Acts 21:5, Deuteronomy 29:10, Jonah 3:514But there was Jahaziel, the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite from the sons of Asaph, upon whom the Spirit of the Lord went, in the midst of the crowd.stylus2 Chronicles 15:1, 2 Chronicles 15:1, 2 Chronicles 24:20, 2 Chronicles 24:20, Daniel 9:2015And he said: “Pay attention, all of Judah, and you who live in Jerusalem, and you, king Jehoshaphat. Thus says the Lord to you: Do not be afraid. Neither should you be dismayed by this multitude. For the fight is not yours, but God’s.stylus2 Chronicles 32:7, 2 Chronicles 32:8, 2 Chronicles 32:7, 2 Chronicles 32:8, Deuteronomy 31:616Tomorrow, you shall descend against them. For they will ascend along the incline named Ziz, and will find them at the summit of the torrent, which is opposite the wilderness of Jeruel.stylus17It will not be you who will fight. Instead, only stand with confidence, and you will see the help of the Lord over you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid. Neither should you be dismayed. Tomorrow you shall go forth against them, and the Lord will be with you.”stylusExodus 14:13, Exodus 14:14, Exodus 14:13, Exodus 14:14, 2 Chronicles 15:218Then Jehoshaphat, and Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell prone on the ground before the Lord, and they adored him.stylusExodus 4:31, Exodus 4:31, 2 Chronicles 7:3, 2 Chronicles 7:3, Genesis 24:2619And the Levites from the sons of Kohath, and from the sons of Korah, were praising the Lord, the God of Israel, with a great voice, on high.stylus1 Chronicles 23:5, 1 Chronicles 16:5, 1 Chronicles 15:16, 1 Chronicles 15:22, 1 Chronicles 16:4220And when they had risen up in the morning, they went out through the desert of Tekoa. And as they were setting out, Jehoshaphat, standing in their midst, said: “Listen to me, men of Judah and all inhabitants of Jerusalem. Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be secure. Believe in his prophets, and everything will come to prosperity.”stylusJohn 14:1, John 14:1, John 11:40, Hebrews 11:6, John 11:4021And he gave counsel to the people. And he appointed the singing men of the Lord, so that they would praise him by their companies, and so that they would go before the army, and with one voice say: “Confess to the Lord. For his mercy is eternal.”stylusPsalms 107:1, Psalms 107:1, Psalms 106:1, Psalms 106:1, 2 Chronicles 5:1322And when they had begun to sing praises, the Lord turned their ambushes upon themselves, that is, those of the sons of Ammon, and of Moab, and of mount Seir, who had gone forth so that they might fight against Judah. And they were struck down.stylus1 Samuel 14:20, Ezekiel 38:21, 1 Samuel 14:20, Ezekiel 38:21, Isaiah 19:223For the sons of Ammon and of Moab rose up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, so that they might slay and destroy them. And when they had perpetrated this work, now also turning upon themselves, they cut one another with wounds.stylus1 Samuel 14:20, 1 Samuel 14:20, Judges 7:22, Judges 7:22, Genesis 36:824Then, when Judah had gone to the high point that looks out toward the desert, they saw, from far away, the entire wide region filled with dead bodies. Neither was there anyone who was left alive and had been able to escape death.stylusExodus 14:30, Psalms 110:6, 1 Chronicles 5:22, Isaiah 37:36, Jeremiah 33:525Therefore, Jehoshaphat went, and all the people with him, in order to take away the spoils of the dead. And they found, among the dead bodies, diverse equipment, and also garments, and very precious vessels. And they despoiled these, to such an extent that they were unable to carry everything. Neither could they, over three days, take away the spoils because of the magnitude of the plunder.stylus1 Samuel 30:19, 1 Samuel 30:20, 1 Samuel 30:19, 1 Samuel 30:20, Numbers 31:1526Then, on the fourth day, they were gathered together in the Valley of Blessing. For they had blessed the Lord there, and therefore they called that place the Valley of Blessing, even to the present day.stylusPsalms 103:1, Psalms 103:2, Exodus 17:15, Isaiah 62:4, Psalms 107:2127And every man of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, returned, with Jehoshaphat before them, to Jerusalem, with great rejoicing. For the Lord had granted to them gladness concerning their enemies.stylusNehemiah 12:43, Nehemiah 12:43, Psalms 30:1, Revelation 18:20, Psalms 20:528And they entered into Jerusalem with psalteries, and harps, and trumpets, into the house of the Lord.stylusRevelation 14:2, Revelation 14:3, Revelation 14:2, Revelation 14:3, Psalms 92:329Then the fear of the Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands, when they had heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel.stylus2 Chronicles 17:10, 2 Chronicles 17:10, Exodus 23:27, 2 Kings 7:6, Exodus 23:2730And the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet. And God granted to him peace on all sides.stylus2 Chronicles 15:15, 2 Chronicles 15:15, 2 Chronicles 14:6, 2 Chronicles 14:7, 2 Chronicles 14:631And so Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. And he was thirty-five years old when he had begun to reign. Then he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.stylus1 Kings 22:41, 1 Kings 22:44, 1 Kings 22:41, 1 Kings 22:4432And he walked in the way of his father, Asa, and he did not decline from it, doing the things that were pleasing before the Lord.stylusPsalms 18:21, 2 Chronicles 14:2, 2 Chronicles 14:5, Psalms 36:3, 2 Chronicles 14:1133Yet truly, he did not take away the high places, and the people still had not directed their heart to the Lord, the God of their fathers.stylus2 Chronicles 17:6, 2 Chronicles 17:6, 2 Chronicles 19:3, 2 Chronicles 19:3, 2 Chronicles 12:1434But the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, the first and the last, have been written in the words of Jehu, the son of Hanani, which he digested into the books of the kings of Israel.stylus1 Kings 16:1, 2 Chronicles 19:2, 1 Kings 16:1, 2 Chronicles 19:2, 1 Kings 16:735After these things, Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, formed a friendship with Ahaziah, the king of Israel, whose works were very impious.stylus1 Kings 22:48, 1 Kings 22:49, 1 Kings 22:48, 1 Kings 22:49, 2 Kings 1:236And he was a partner in the making of ships, which would go to Tarshish. And they made the fleet at Eziongeber.stylus1 Kings 9:26, 1 Kings 10:22, 2 Chronicles 9:21, 1 Kings 9:26, 1 Kings 10:2237Then Eliezer, the son of Dodavahu, from Mareshah, prophesied to Jehoshaphat, saying: “Because you have made a pact with Ahaziah, the Lord has struck your works, and the ships have been broken, and they have not been able to go to Tarshish.”stylusProverbs 13:20, Proverbs 13:20, 2 Chronicles 9:21, 2 Chronicles 19:2, 2 Chronicles 9:21