The Lord Delivers Judah
24
When Judah came to the watchtower of the wilderness, they looked toward the horde, and behold, there were dead bodies lying on the ground; none had escaped.
25
When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their spoil, they found among them, in great numbers, goods, clothing, and precious things, which they took for themselves until they could carry no more. They were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much.
26
On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, for there they blessed the Lord. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of Beracah to this day.
27
Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem with joy, s for the Lord had made them rejoice over their enemies.
28
They came to Jerusalem with harps and lyres and trumpets, to the house of the Lord.
29
t And the fear of God came on all the kingdoms of the countries when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel.
30
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, u for his God gave him rest all around.
31
v Thus Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
32
He walked in the way of Asa his father and did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the Lord.
33
w The high places, however, were not taken away; x the people had not yet set their hearts upon the God of their fathers.
34
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from first to last, are written in the chronicles of y Jehu the son of Hanani, z which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.
-
Cross References
Nehemiah 12:43
And they offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and children also rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard far away.
-
Cross References
2 Chronicles 14:14
And they attacked all the cities around Gerar, for the fear of the Lord was upon them. They plundered all the cities, for there was much plunder in them.
2 Chronicles 17:10
And the fear of the Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, and they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
-
Cross References
2 Chronicles 14:6 - 7
He built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest. He had no war in those years, for the Lord gave him peace.
2 Chronicles 15:15
And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the Lord gave them rest all around.
-
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:31 - 33
Thus Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
1 Kings 22:41 - 43
Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
-
Cross References
2 Chronicles 17:6
His heart was courageous in the ways of the Lord. And furthermore, he took the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.
-
Cross References
2 Chronicles 12:14
And he did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.
-
Cross References
2 Chronicles 19:2
But Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, "Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord ? Because of this, wrath has gone out against you from the Lord.
-
Cross References
1 Kings 16:1
And the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying.
1 Kings 16:7
Moreover, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and also because he destroyed it.
English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.