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Jehoshaphat's Deliverance through Prayer and Praise

2 Chronicles 20:1-30

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Chapter 20
1 And it came about that children of Moab and the children of Ammon came against Jehoshaphat for war, and with them some from the Meunites. 2 Some people came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, "A great multitude has come against you from beyond the Sea, from Aram. And look, they are at Hazazon Tamar, which is Ein Gedi." 3 He was afraid, and Jehoshaphat set his face to seek the LORD, and he called a fast over all Judah. 4 And the people of Judah gathered to seek the LORD; also from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD. 5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of the LORD, before the new courtyard. 6 And he said, "LORD God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven, who rules over all the kingdoms of the nations? In your hand are strength and might, and there is no one who can stand against you." 7 Are you not our God who dispossessed the inhabitants of this land from before your people Israel and gave it to the seed of Abraham your beloved forever? 8 And they dwelt in it and built you a sanctuary in it for your name, saying: 9 If calamity comes upon us—sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine—we will stand before this house and before you, for your name is in this house, and we will cry out to you from our distress, and you will hear and save. 10 And now behold, the sons of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you did not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt—for they turned aside from them and did not destroy them. 11 And behold, they are coming against us to drive us out from your inheritance which you caused us to inherit. 12 Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power before this great multitude that is coming against us, and we do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you. 13 And all Judah were standing before the LORD, with their dependents, their wives, and their sons. 14 And Jeiel son of Zechariah son of Benaiah son of Jeiel son of Mattaniah the Levite from the sons of Asaph—upon him was the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the assembly. 15 And he said, "Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says the LORD to you: You—do not fear and do not be dismayed before this great multitude, for the warfare is not yours but God's." 16 Tomorrow go down upon them; there they are going up in the ascent of the Holy diadem/crown, and you will find them at the end of the symbolic river of life, Face of the Wilderness Berachiah. 17 It is not for you to fight in this; station yourselves, stand, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not fear and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out before them, and the LORD will be with you. 18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD to prostrate themselves to the LORD. 19 And the Levites arose, from the sons of the Kohathites and from the sons of the Korahites, to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high. 20 And they rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa. And as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be secure; believe in his prophets, and you will prosper.” 21 And he consulted with the people and appointed singers to the LORD to praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out before the army. And they said, "Give thanks to the LORD, for his steadfast love endures forever." 22 And when they began to sing and praise, the LORD set ambushers against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah, and they were struck down. 23 And the sons of Ammon and Moab stood against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to devote them to destruction and to destroy them. And when they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped each man against his neighbor to destroy. 24 And Judah came to the lookout toward the wilderness. And they turned to the multitude, and there were carcasses fallen to the earth, and no escape. 25 And Jehoshaphat and his people came to plunder their spoil, and they found among them livestock and carcasses and desirable utensils in abundance. And they carried off for themselves more than they could carry, and they were three days plundering the spoil, for it was much. 26 And on the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Blessing, for there they blessed the LORD; therefore they called the name of that place Valley of Blessing until this day. 27 Then every man of Judah and Jerusalem returned to Jerusalem with joy, with Jehoshaphat at their head, for the LORD had made them glad because of their enemies. 28 And they came to Jerusalem with harps, lyres, and trumpets to the house of the LORD. 29 And the fear of God fell on all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that the LORD had fought against the enemies of Israel. 30 And the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was secure, and his God gave him rest all around.