After this, the children of Moab, the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Meunites 1, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. 2Ch 19:112Ch 32:1Isa 16:6Isa 8:9-10Psa 83:5-8Rev 3:191Ch 4:412Ch 19:2 Then some came who told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea from Syria. Behold, they are in Hazazon Tamar” (that is, En Gedi). Gen 14:71Sa 23:29Gen 14:3Jos 15:62Jos 3:16Num 34:12Sng 1:14 Jehoshaphat was alarmed, and set himself to seek the LORD. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. Dan 9:31Sa 7:62Ch 19:3Est 4:16Jer 36:9Jol 1:14Jol 2:12-18Jon 3:5-9 Judah gathered themselves together to seek help from the LORD. They came out of all the cities of Judah to seek the LORD. Psa 50:15Psa 60:10-12Psa 34:5-6Psa 69:352Ch 19:5
Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the LORD’s house, before the new court; 2Ch 34:312Ch 6:12-132Ki 19:15-19 and he said, “LORD, the God of our fathers, aren’t you God in heaven? Aren’t you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so that no one is able to withstand you. 1Ch 29:11-12Deu 4:39Dan 4:17Psa 47:81Ki 8:23Act 11:17Dan 4:25Isa 57:15-16 Didn’t you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it to the offspring 2 of Abraham your friend forever? Isa 41:8Jas 2:23Gen 12:7Psa 44:2Gen 13:15Jos 24:3Neh 9:81Ch 17:21-24 They lived in it, and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name, saying, 2Ch 2:42Ch 6:10 ‘If evil comes on us—the sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine—we will stand before this house, and before you (for your name is in this house), and cry to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.’ 2Ch 6:28-301Ki 8:332Ch 6:20Exo 20:241Ki 8:37Mat 18:20Exo 23:21 Now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned away from them, and didn’t destroy them; Deu 2:19Deu 2:4-5Deu 2:92Ch 20:1Jdg 11:15-18Num 20:17-212Ch 20:22 behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit. Psa 83:3-12Gen 44:4Jdg 11:23-24Jer 18:20Pro 17:13Psa 35:12Psa 7:4 Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that comes against us. We don’t know what to do, but our eyes are on you.” Psa 121:1-2Psa 25:15Psa 141:8Psa 123:1-2Deu 32:362Co 1:8-9Psa 9:19Psa 43:1
All Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. Ezr 10:1Act 21:5Deu 29:10Jon 3:5
Then the LORD’s Spirit came on Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, in the middle of the assembly; 2Ch 15:12Ch 24:20Act 10:31Act 10:4Dan 9:20-21Isa 58:9Isa 65:24Num 11:25-26 and he said, “Listen, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat. The LORD says to you, ‘Don’t be afraid, and don’t be dismayed because of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s. 2Ch 32:7-8Deu 31:6Exo 14:13-141Sa 17:47Deu 1:29-30Deu 31:8Isa 41:10-16Deu 20:4 Tomorrow, go down against them. Behold, they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel. You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you.’” Exo 14:13-142Ch 15:2Isa 41:10Psa 46:10-11Mat 28:202Ch 32:8Lam 3:26Num 14:9
Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the LORD, worshiping the LORD. Exo 4:312Ch 7:3Gen 24:26Job 1:20Psa 95:6 The Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites, stood up to praise the LORD, the God of Israel, with an exceedingly loud voice. 1Ch 15:16-221Ch 16:421Ch 16:51Ch 23:51Ch 25:1-72Ch 5:13Ezr 3:12-13Neh 12:42-43
They rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. As they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the LORD your God, so you will be established! Believe his prophets, so you will prosper.” Rom 8:31Jhn 11:40Jhn 14:1Heb 11:6Luk 16:31Isa 26:3Jhn 13:20Jhn 5:46-47
When he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to the LORD and give praise in holy array as they go out before the army, and say, “Give thanks to the LORD, for his loving kindness endures forever.” Psa 107:1Psa 106:12Ch 5:131Ch 16:341Ch 16:29Ezr 3:10-11Psa 29:2Jer 33:11 When they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushers against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were struck. 1Sa 14:20Ezk 38:212Ki 6:17Isa 19:2Jdg 7:22Psa 35:5-62Ch 13:132Ch 20:10 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. When they had finished the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to destroy each other. Jdg 7:221Sa 14:20Ezk 35:2-3Gen 36:8-9Jos 24:4Deu 2:5Gen 14:6
When Judah came to the place overlooking the wilderness, they looked at the multitude; and behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none who escaped. Isa 37:361Ch 5:22Exo 14:30Ezr 9:14Jer 33:5Psa 110:6 When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their plunder, they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies with precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away. They took plunder for three days, it was so much. 1Sa 30:19-202Ki 7:9-16Num 31:15Ezk 39:8-9Pro 3:15Psa 68:12Exo 12:35-36Exo 3:22 On the fourth day, they assembled themselves in Beracah 3 Valley, for there they blessed the LORD. Therefore the name of that place was called “Beracah Valley” to this day. Exo 17:152Ch 5:9Gen 32:20Isa 62:4Luk 1:68Psa 107:21-221Sa 7:122Sa 22:1 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat in front of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. Neh 12:431Sa 2:12Sa 6:14-15Heb 6:20Isa 35:10Isa 51:11Mic 2:13Psa 20:5 They came to Jerusalem with stringed instruments, harps, and trumpets to the LORD’s house. Rev 14:2-31Ch 13:81Ch 23:51Ch 25:62Sa 6:5Psa 149:3Psa 150:3-5Psa 57:8 The fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries when they heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel. 2Ch 17:102Ki 7:6Exo 23:272Ch 14:14Gen 35:5Exo 15:14-16Jos 2:9-11Jos 5:1 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around. 2Ch 15:152Ch 14:6-72Sa 7:1Jhn 14:27Job 34:29Jos 23:1Pro 16:7
So Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he began to reign. He reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 1Ki 22:41-44 He walked in the way of Asa his father, and didn’t turn away from it, doing that which was right in the LORD’s eyes. 1Ki 15:112Ch 14:11-132Ch 14:2-52Ch 16:7-122Ch 17:3-6Psa 18:21Psa 36:3 However the high places were not taken away, and the people had still not set their hearts on the God of their fathers. 2Ch 17:62Ch 19:32Ch 12:141Sa 7:32Ch 14:32Ch 30:19Deu 29:4
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is included in the book of the kings of Israel. 1Ki 16:12Ch 19:21Ki 16:72Ch 12:152Ch 13:222Ch 16:11
After this, Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. The same did very wickedly. 1Ki 22:48-492Ki 1:2-16 He joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish. They made the ships in Ezion Geber. 1Ki 10:221Ki 9:262Ch 9:21 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” The ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish. Pro 13:202Ch 19:22Ch 9:21Jos 7:11-121Ki 22:482Ch 16:9Heb 12:6Pro 9:6