Jeroboam defeated by Abijah. 2 CHRONICLES, XV. 4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Ze- | maraim," which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; 5 Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant" of salt? 6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord. 7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them. B. C. 957. a Jos. 18. 22. Bor, com- 8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multi-y tude, and there are with you golden calves, which' Jeroboam made you for gods. 9 Have ye not castm out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to Sconsecratem himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods. chap. 12.15. 25a.7.12..16 Nu. 18. 19. elKi.15.8,&c 1 Ki. 11. 26. 12. 20. Ju. 9. 4. chap. 15.17. 1 Ki. 11. 7. chap. 10. 16. statues. Ho. 8. 5, 6. sun images. n Jos. 23. 1. Asa defeats the Ethiopians. 21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. 22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo." CHAPTER XIV. SO Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. 2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God: 3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the Yimages, and cut down the groves; 4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. 5 Also he took away, out of all the cities of Judah, the high places and the images; and the kingdom was quiet before him. 6 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because" the LORD had given him rest. 7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls and towers, gates and bars, while 10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, Ps. 105.3, 4. the land is yet before us; because we have are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business: 11 And they burn unto the LORD, every morning and every evening, burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the showbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn" every evening for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him. 12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain," and his priests with sounding trumpets" to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper. 13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. 14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. 15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered them into their hand. 17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. 18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers. 19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him; Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof. recover 20 Neither did Jeroboam h strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck' him, and he died. Je. 29. 13. chap. 16. 8. t Is. 8. 10. " Jos.5.14,15. Jos. 15. 44. Je. 50. 24. y chap. 13.14. 1 Sa. 14. 6. 1 Sa. 17. 45. Pr. 18. 10. nor, mortal с man. chap. 13.15. c chap. 14.12. d Ge. 20. 1. e broken. sought the LORD our God, we have 9 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian, with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah." 10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah, at Mareshah. 11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with with them that have no power: help us, thee to help, whether with many, or O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee. 12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. 13 And Asa, and the people that were with him, pursued them unto Gerard and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for chap.17.10. they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil. Ge. 35. 5. Jos. 2.9, 24. Is. 31.9. Ps. 22. 5. 14 And they smote all the cities round 1 Ch. 5. 20. about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much chap. 20.14. spoil in them. Da. 3. 28. Na. 1. 7. 24.20. Nu. 24. 2. Ju. 3. 10. Ps.18.37,38. il Sa. 25. 38. before. 15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem. CHAPTER XV. AND the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: 2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Asa reforms his kingdom. 2 CHRONICLES, XVI. Judah and Benjamin: The LORD is with you, while ye be with him and if ye seek him, he will be found of you: but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. 3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. 4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. 5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to himd that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries. 6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did' vex them with all adversity. 7 Be ye strong, therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded. 8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD. 9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers" with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon; for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. 10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen, and seven thousand sheep. v B. C. 941. a Ja. 4. 8. b ver. 4, 15. ch.33.12,13. C 1 Ch. 28. 9. Mat. 7.7,8. Darmesek. Je.29.12,13. c chap. 24.20. He. 10. 38. Ho. 3. 4. e Le. 10. 11. Mal. 2. 7. / De. 4. 29. Ps. 106. 44. Y armies which were his. g Ju. 5. 6. 1 Sa. 13. 6. & beaten in pieces. Mat. 24. 7. i Am. 3. 6. 0 Jos. 1.7, 9. 1 Ch. 28. 20. chap. 19. 2. 1 Ki. 16. 1. abomina tions. Ps. 146.3, 6. Is. 31. 1. chap. 13.19. n in abundance. P chap.11.16. q Job 34. 21. Pr. 5. 21. 15. 3. Je. 16. 17. 32. 19. Zec. 4. 10. 12 And they entered into a covenant" to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 13 That w whosoever would not seekor, the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. 14 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. 15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; * and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about. 16 And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. 17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. 18 And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. 19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa. CHAPTER XVI. IN e the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the strongly to hold with them. Kin that day. 1 Ki. 15. 32. 8 ch.14.13,15. t chap. 18.26. Je. 20. 2. His league with Ben-hadad. LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at & Damascus, saying, 3 There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. 4 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of y his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali. 5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease. 6 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. 7 And at that time Hanani' the seer him, Because thou hast relied on the came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand. 8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen ? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand. 9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars." 10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time. 11 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 12 And Asa, in the thirty and ninth year of his reign, was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians. 13 And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. 14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art; and they made a very great burning for him. CHAPTER XVII. a AND Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. 2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. 3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways P of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; 4 But sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doingsd of Israel. 5 Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance. Jehoshaphat's alliance with Ahab. 2 CHRONICLES, XVIII. 6 And his heart was lifted up in the "ways of the LORD: moreover, he took away the high places and groves out of Judah. 7 Also, in the third year of his reign, he sent to his princes, even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah. 8 And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites; and with them Eli-shama and Jehoram, priests. B. C. 914. Bi. e. was y yet, or, more. chap. 15.3. d Ps. 34. 21. 55. 3. 69. 14. Pr. 29. 10. Am. 5. 10. Lu. 6. 22. e chap. 35.3. Ne. 8. 7. fellor, eunuchs. they 9 And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people. 10 And the fear of the LORD upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that made no war against Jehoshaphat. 11 Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver: and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats. 12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store. 13 And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem. 0 was. Pr. 16. 7. Je.28.10,11. k verse 5. sume them. 1 Ch.27.25.. 14 And these are the numbers of them, according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; μ mouth. Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand. 15 And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand. 16 And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour. 17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield, two hundred thousand. m Is. 30. 10. Mi. 2. 6. 24. 13. v at his hand. 2 Co. 8. 5. P Je. 23. 1, 2. q 2 Sa. 2. 7. 2 Ki. 10. 3. 18 And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thou-for evil. sand ready prepared for the war. 19 These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah. CHAPTER XVIII. Now u 2 And Pafter certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria; and Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth-gilead. 3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat_king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war. 4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day. 5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand. r verse 2. น 8 Is. 6. 1, &c. &c. Ge. 32. 2. Ps. 103.21. chap. 17.5. v 2 Ki. 8. 18. 2 Co. 6. 14. &c. Micaiah's prophecy. 6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD y besides, that we might inquire of him? 7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hated him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. 8 And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. 9 And the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. 10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed. 11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent: let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of their's, and speak thou good. 13 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even" what my God saith, that will I speak. 14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand. 15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee, that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD? 16 Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return, therefore, every man to his house in peace. 17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, " but evil? П 18 Again he said, Therefore, hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand, and on his left. 19 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spake, saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner. 20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? 21 And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so. 22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath puta a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets; and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee. 23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanalı came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? Ahab mortally wounded. 2 CHRONICLES, XIX. 24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go Binto any inner chamber to hide thyself. 25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; a De. 17.8, 9. chamber to ya chamber ber, 1 Ki. 20, 30. 26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace. 62 Sa. 23. 3. 27 And Micaiah said, Ifd thou cer- c chap. 16.10. tainly return in peace, then hath not d Am. 9. 10. the LORD spoken by me. And he said, e Nu. 16. 29. Hearken, all ye people. Eze. 3. 18. 28 So the king of Israel, and Jehosha-12.50 phat the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead. 29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went to the battle. 30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel. 31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel: therefore they compassed about him to fight but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped' him; and God moved them to depart from him. 32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from ? pursuing him. 33 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am A wounded. እ 34 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed him Ch.26.30. i ch.35.22,23. & Take cou Ec. 2. Jehoshaphat's piety. 8 Moreover, in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites," and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem. 9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. 10 And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass. 11 And, behold, Amariah, the chief priest. is over you in all matters of the LORD; rage and do. and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good. CHAPTER XX. chap 562 m Ge. 14. 7. o chap. 19.3. after. O in his sim- 2 Sa. 15. 11. and be tween the plate. IT 2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea, on this side Syria: and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar," which is En-gedi." 3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set Shimself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast? throughout all Judah. 4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD; even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD. 5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the conr Da.4.17,25. gregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court, 6 And said, O LORD God of our fa μ thou. & Ps. 44. 2. self up in his chariot against the Syrians chap. 16.7. thers, art not thou God in heaven?" and until the even; and about the time of the sun going down he died. CHAPTER XIX. AND Jehoshaphat the king of Judah re- 3 Nevertheless, there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God. 4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people, from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers. 5 And he set judges in the land, through-matter of out all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city, 6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment. 7 Wherefore now, let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. 8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, 9 If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence," (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our afflic tion, then thou wilt hear and help. 10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not; 11 Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. 12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh_ against neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. us; 13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. a 14 Then upon Jahaziel, the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; 15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat; Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not your's, but God's. 16 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the y brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. 17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle; set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor beh dismayed; tomorrow go out against them; fork the LORD will be with you. B. C. 896. a Is. 65. 24. C Jehoram's wicked reign. 28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets, unto the house of the LORD. 29 And the fear of God was on all the chap.17.10. kingdoms of those countries, when they chap.15.1,2 had heard that the LORD fought against 30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; ford his God gave him rest round about. 24.20. Nu.11.25,26 24. 2. a chap. 15.15. Job 34. 29. e ch. 32.7,8. 31. 6, 8. Is. 43. 1, 2. f1 Ki. 22. 41, &c. Bascent. Yor, valley. g Is. 30. 7, 15. chap. 17.6. i chap.12.14. 19.3. De. 29. 4. 18 And Jehoshaphat bowed' his head, with his face to the ground: and all Judah Nu. 14. 9. and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fellm before the LORD, worshipping the LORD. 19 And the Levites of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise" the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high. Ro. 8. 31. 1 Ex. 4. 31. mJob 1. 20. Ps. 95. 6. words. n Ne.12.42,43 20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehosha-Ps. phat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Be lieve in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. 21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty" of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever. 22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. 23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another. 49. the enemies of Israel. 31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD. 33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away; for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God i of their fathers. 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu, the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel. 35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly. 36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-gaber. 37 Then Eliezer, the son of Dodavalı of Mareshah, prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Becauser thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were r Jos.7.11,12. broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.t 9 Is. 7. 9. He. 11. 6. Pr. 13. 20. schap. 5. 13. tchap. 9.21. npraisers. 24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they look-u ed unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped. in singing and praise. λor, smote one another. Ju. 7. 22. 1 Sa. 14. 20. 2Ki.8.16,&c struction. 1 Ch. 5. 22. 25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, there was they found among them in abundance, both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much. 26 And on the fourth day, they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachaḥ, unto this day. 27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; fore the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. not an candle. d2 Sa.7.12,13 1 Ki. 11. 36. 2 Ki. 8. 19. head. CHAPTER XXI. Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fa thers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. 2 And he had brethren, the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. 3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram,* because he was the firstborn. 4 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel. 5 Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD. 7 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a plight to him and to his sons for ever. 8 In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king. 9 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the |
