2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 20
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2 Chronicles 20 — Scripture text (King James Version)
It came to pass after this also, that the children of , and the children of , and with them other beside the , came against to battle. Then there came some that told , saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea this side ; and, behold, they be -, which is En-gedi. And feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all . And gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of they came to seek the LORD. And stood in the congregation of and , in the house of the LORD, before the new court, 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? Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people , and gavest it to the seed of thy friend for ever? And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, If, when evil cometh upon us, as the , 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. And now, behold, the children of and and mount , whom thou wouldest not let invade, when they came out of the land of , but they turned from them, and destroyed them not; Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come 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 cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. And all stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. Then upon the son of , the son of , the son of , the son of , a of the sons of , came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; And he said, Hearken ye, all , and ye inhabitants of , and thou king , 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. To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of ; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of . Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the of the LORD with you, O and : fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you. And bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all and the inhabitants of fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD. And the , of the children of the , and of the children of the , stood up to praise the LORD God of with a loud voice high. And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of : and as they went forth, stood and said, Hear me, O , and ye inhabitants of ; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. 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 endureth for ever. And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of , , and mount , which were come against ; and they were smitten. For the children of and stood up against the inhabitants of mount , utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of , every one helped to destroy another. And when 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. And when 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. And the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of ; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of , unto this day. Then they returned, every man of and , and in the forefront of them, to go again to with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. And they came to with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD. And the fear of God was all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of . So the realm of was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about. And reigned over : he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in . And his mother’s name was the daughter of . And he walked in the way of his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD. Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. Now the rest of the acts of , first and last, behold, they are of the son of , who is mentioned in the book of the kings of . And after this did king of join himself with king of , who did very wickedly: And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to : and they made the ships in -gaber. Then the son of prophesied against , saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with , the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to .