II Chronicles 20 · דברי הימים ב

And it came to pass after this, that the children of Mo᾽av, and the children of ῾Ammon, and with them some of the Me῾unim, came against Yehoshafat to battle.

Then there came some that told Yehoshafat, saying, There comes a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea from Aram; and, behold, they are in Ḥażeżon-tamar, which is ῾En-gedi.

And Yehoshafat was afraid, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Yehuda.

And Yehuda gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord: even out of all the cities of Yehuda they came to seek the Lord.

And Yehoshafat stood in the congregation of Yehuda and Yerushalayim, in the house of the Lord, before the new court,

And said, O Lord God of our fathers, are not Thou God in heaven? and dost Thou not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in Thy hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand Thee?

Are Thou not our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before Thy people Yisra᾽el, and didst give it to the seed of Avraham Thy friend for ever?

And they dwelt in it, and have built Thee a sanctuary there for Thy name, saying,

If, when evil come upon us, sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in Thy presence, (for Thy name is in this house,) and cry to Thee in our affliction, then Thou wilt hear and help.

And now, behold, the children of ῾Ammon and Mo᾽av and mount Se῾ir, whom Thou wouldst not let Yisra᾽el invade, when they came out of the land of Miżrayim, but they turned from them, and did not destroy them;

behold, they rewarded us, by coming to cast us out of Thy possession, which Thou hast given us to inherit.

O our God, wilt Thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that comes against us; nor do we know what to do: but our eyes are upon Thee.

And all Yehuda stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

Then upon Yaĥazi᾽el the son of Zekharyahu, the son of Benaya, the son of Ye῾i᾽el, the son of Mattanya, a Levite of the sons of Asaf, came the spirit of the Lord in the midst of the congregation;

and he said, Hearken, all Yehuda, and you inhabitants of Yerushalayim, and thou king Yehoshafat, Thus says the Lord to you, Do not be afraid or dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

To morrow go down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Żiż; and you shall find them at the end of the wadi, before the wilderness of Yeru᾽el.

You shall not need to fight in this battle: take up your positions, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Yehuda and Yerushalayim: do not fear, or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you.

And Yehoshafat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Yehuda and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim fell before the Lord, prostrating themselves before the Lord.

And the Levites, of the children of the Qehatim, and of the children of the Qorĥim, stood up to praise the Lord God of Yisra᾽el with a loud voice on high.

And they rose early in the morning, and went out into the wilderness of Teqo῾a: and as they went out, Yehoshafat stood and said, Hear me, O Yehuda, and you inhabitants of Yerushalayim; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall you be established; believe in his prophets, so shall you prosper.

And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers to the Lord, who should praise in the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and who should say, Give thanks to the Lord; for his steadfast love endures for ever.

And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set an ambush against the children of ῾Ammon, Mo᾽av, and mount Se῾ir, who were come against Yehuda; and they were routed.

For the children of ῾Ammon and Mo᾽av rose against the inhabitants of mount Se῾ir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Se῾ir, they all helped to destroy one another.

And when Yehuda came to the watchtower in the wilderness, they looked upon the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none had escaped.

And when Yehoshafat and his people came to take away their spoil, they found among them abundance of 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 the spoil, it was so much.

And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berakha; (for there they blessed the Lord: therefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Berakha, unto this day.)

Then they returned, every man of Yehuda and Yerushalayim, and Yehoshafat at their head, to go back to Yerushalayim with joy; for the Lord had made them rejoice over their enemies.

And they came to Yerushalayim with lutes and lyres and trumpets to the house of the Lord.

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 Yisra᾽el.

So the realm of Yehoshafat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.

And Yehoshafat reigned over Yehuda: he was thirty five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty five years in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name was Azuva the daughter of Shilĥi.

And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and did not depart from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord.

But the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not directed their hearts to the God of their fathers.

Now the rest of the acts of Yehoshafat, first and last, behold, they are written in the records of Yehu the son of Ḥanani, which are inserted in the book of the kings of Yisra᾽el.

And after this Yehoshafat king of Yehuda joined himself with Aĥazya king of Yisra᾽el, who did very wickedly:

and he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in ῾Eżyon-gever.

Then Eli῾ezer the son of Dodavahu of Maresha prophesied against Yehoshafat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Aĥazyahu, the Lord will destroy what thou hast done. And the ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.