2 Chronicles 20:6-27

2 Chronicles 20:6-27

[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  [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?  [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 affliction,  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,  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 us; neither know  we  what to do:  but our eyes  are upon thee. [13] And all Judah  stood  before  the LORD,  with  their little ones,  their wives,  and their children.  [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 yours, 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 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 be dismayed;  to morrow  go out  against  them: for the LORD  will be with you. [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.  [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.  [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;  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.  [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.  [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,  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 Berachah,  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;  had made them to rejoice  over their enemies.