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CHAPTER 20
2 Chronicles 20:1
1 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the
children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against
Jehoshaphat to battle.
2 Chronicles 20:2
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 Hazazontamar, which is Engedi. 2 Chronicles 20:3
3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed
a fast throughout all Judah.
2 Chronicles 20:4
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. 2 Chronicles 20:5
5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the
house of the LORD, before the new court, 2 Chronicles 20:6
6 And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and
rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is
there not power and might,  so that none is able to withstand  thee? 2
Chronicles 20:7
7 Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land
before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend
for ever?
2 Chronicles 20:8
8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy
name, saying,
2 Chronicles 20:9
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 affliction,  then thou wilt hear
and help.
2 Chronicles 20:10
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; 2 Chronicles
20:11
11 Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy
possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. 2 Chronicles 20:12
12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this
great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our
eyes are upon thee.
2 Chronicles 20:13
13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their
wives, and their children.
2 Chronicles 20:14
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; 2 Chronicles 20:15
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 yours,
but God's.
2 Chronicles 20:16
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 brook, before the wilderness
of Jeruel.
2 Chronicles 20:17
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 be dismayed; to morrow  go out  against  them: for the LORD
will be with you.
2 Chronicles 20:18
18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all
Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping
the LORD. 2 Chronicles 20:19
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.
2 Chronicles 20:20
20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness
of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O
Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem;  Believe  in the LORD  your God, 
so shall ye be established;  believe  his prophets,  so shall ye prosper. 2
Chronicles 20:21
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. 2 Chronicles 20:22
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. 2 Chronicles 20:23
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. 2
Chronicles 20:24
24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they
looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the
earth, and none escaped.
2 Chronicles 20:25
25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them,
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.
2 Chronicles 20:26
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 Berachah, unto this day. 2 Chronicles 20:27
27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in
the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had
made them to rejoice over their enemies. 2 Chronicles 20:28
28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto
the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 20:29
29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when
they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel. 2
Chronicles 20:30
30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
2 Chronicles 20:31
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. 2 Chronicles
20:32
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. 2 Chronicles 20:33
33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had
not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. 2 Chronicles 20:34
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.
2 Chronicles 20:35
35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah
king of Israel, who did very wickedly: 2 Chronicles 20:36
36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they
made the ships in Eziongeber.
2 Chronicles 20:37
37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against
Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the
LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships  were broken,  that they were not
able to go  to Tarshish.
CHAPTER 21
2 Chronicles 21:1
1 Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. 2
Chronicles 21:2
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.
2 Chronicles 21:3
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. 2 Chronicles 21:4
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.
2 Chronicles 21:5
5 Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 21:6
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.
2 Chronicles 21:7
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 light to
him and to his sons for ever.
2 Chronicles 21:8
8 In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and
made themselves a king.
2 Chronicles 21:9
9 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him:
and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and
the captains of the chariots.
2 Chronicles 21:10
10 So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The
same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had
forsaken the LORD God of his fathers. 2 Chronicles 21:11
11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the
inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah
thereto. 2 Chronicles 21:12
12 And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus
saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the
ways of Jehoshaphat  thy father,  nor in the ways  of Asa  king  of Judah,
2 Chronicles 21:13
13 But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of
the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren  of thy father's 
house, which were better  than thyself:
2 Chronicles 21:14
14 Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy
children, and thy wives, and all thy goods: 2 Chronicles 21:15
15 And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy
bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day. 2 Chronicles 21:16
16 Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the
Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians: 2
Chronicles 21:17
17 And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the
substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his
wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz,  the youngest
of his sons.
2 Chronicles 21:18
18 And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
2 Chronicles 21:19
19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two
years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore
diseases. And his people  made  no burning  for him, like the burning  of
his fathers. 2 Chronicles 21:20
20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned
in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they
buried him in the city of David,  but not in the sepulchres  of the kings.
CHAPTER 22
2 Chronicles 22:1
1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in
his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had
slain all the eldest.  So Ahaziah  the son  of Jehoram  king  of Judah 
reigned. 2 Chronicles 22:2
2 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he
reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah  the
daughter  of Omri.
2 Chronicles 22:3
3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his
counsellor to do wickedly.
2 Chronicles 22:4
4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab:
for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his
destruction. 2 Chronicles 22:5
5 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab
king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead:  and
the Syrians  smote  Joram.
2 Chronicles 22:6
6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were
given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah
the son of Jehoram  king  of Judah  went down  to see  Jehoram  the son  of
Ahab  at Jezreel,  because he was sick. 2 Chronicles 22:7
7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he
was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the
LORD had anointed  to cut off  the house  of Ahab. 2 Chronicles 22:8
8 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the
house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren
of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew  them. 2 Chronicles 22:9
9 And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,)
and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him:
Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought  the LORD 
with all his heart.  So the house  of Ahaziah  had no power  to keep  still
the kingdom.
2 Chronicles 22:10
10 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she
arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. 2 Chronicles
22:11
11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of
Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put
him and his nurse  in a bedchamber.  So Jehoshabeath,  the daughter  of
king Jehoram,  the wife  of Jehoiada  the priest,  (for she was the sister 
of Ahaziah,)  hid  him from  Athaliah,  so that she slew  him not. 2
Chronicles 22:12
12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah
reigned over the land.


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