24 When the men of Judah came to the place that overlooks the desert and looked toward the vast army, they saw only dead bodies lying on the ground no one had escaped. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another. 23 The men of Ammon and Moab rose up against the men from Mount Seir to destroy and annihilate them. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, 'Listen to me, Judah and people of Jerusalem! Have faith in the LORD your God and you will be upheld have faith in his prophets and you will be successful.' 21 After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the LORD and to praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying: 'Give thanks to the LORD, for his love endures forever.' 22 As they began to sing and praise, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated. 20 Early in the morning they left for the Desert of Tekoa. 19 Then some Levites from the Kohathites and Korahites stood up and praised the LORD, the God of Israel, with very loud voice. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the LORD will be with you.'' 18 Jehoshaphat bowed with his face to the ground, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down in worship before the LORD. Take up your positions stand firm and see the deliverance the LORD will give you, O Judah and Jerusalem. 17 You will not have to fight this battle. They will be climbing up by the Pass of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the gorge in the Desert of Jeruel.

15 He said: 'Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the LORD says to you: `Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. 14 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite and descendant of Asaph, as he stood in the assembly. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you.' 13 All the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, stood there before the LORD. 12 O our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. 11 See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession you gave us as an inheritance. 7 O our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend? 8 They have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuary for your Name, saying, 9 `If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.' 10 'But now here are men from Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, whose territory you would not allow Israel to invade when they came from Egypt so they turned away from them and did not destroy them.

Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you. 5 Then Jehoshaphat stood up in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem at the temple of the LORD in the front of the new courtyard 6 and said: 'O LORD, God of our fathers, are you not the God who is in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. 4 The people of Judah came together to seek help from the LORD indeed, they came from every town in Judah to seek him. 3 Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the LORD, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah. It is already in Hazazon Tamar' (that is, En Gedi). 2 Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, 'A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from the other side of the Sea. Bible Gateway 2 Chronicles 20 :: NIV 2 Chronicles 20 1 After this, the Moabites and Ammonites with some of the Meunites came to make war on Jehoshaphat.

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