Jehoshaphat Defeats Moab and Ammon

20 After this, the Moabites^(A) and Ammonites with some of the Meunites^[a](B) came to wage war against Jehoshaphat.

² Some people came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army^(C) is coming against you from Edom,^[b] from the other side of the Dead Sea. It is already in Hazezon Tamar^(D)” (that is, En Gedi).^{(E) 3} Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast^(F) for all Judah. ⁴ The people of Judah^(G) came together to seek help from the Lord; indeed, they came from every town in Judah to seek him.

²¹ After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the Lord and to praise him for the splendor of his^[a] holiness^(A) as they went out at the head of the army, saying:

²² As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes^(C) against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.