2 Chronicles 20:14-25

Legacy Standard Bible

Yahweh’s Spirit Comes upon Jahaziel

¹⁴ Then in the midst of the assembly ^(A)the Spirit of Yahweh came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite of the sons of Asaph; ¹⁵ and he said, “Pay attention, all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: thus says Yahweh to you, ‘^(B)Do not fear or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for ^(C)the battle is not yours but God’s. ¹⁶ Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley in front of the wilderness of Jeruel. ¹⁷ You need not fight in this battle; take your stand—^(D)stand and see the salvation of Yahweh on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out to face them, ^(E)for Yahweh is with you.”

¹⁸ So Jehoshaphat ^(F)bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Yahweh, worshiping Yahweh. ¹⁹ Then the Levites, from the sons of the Kohathites and of the sons of the Korahites, rose up to praise Yahweh, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.

Yahweh Eradicates the Multitude

²⁰ And they rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa; and when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, ^(G)establish your faith in Yahweh your God and you will be established. Establish your faith in His prophets and succeed.” ²¹ When he had taken counsel with the people, he caused those who sang to Yahweh and those who ^(H)praised Him to stand in holy attire, as they went out before the army, saying, “^(I)Give thanks to Yahweh, for His lovingkindness endures forever.” ²² When they began singing for joy and praising, Yahweh ^(J)set ambushes against the sons of ^(K)Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; so they were ^[a]defeated. ²³ Indeed, the sons of Ammon and Moab stood against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to devote them to destruction and to utterly eradicate them; and when they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, ^(L)they helped to bring one another to ruin.

²⁴ Now Judah came to the lookout of the wilderness, and they turned toward the multitude, and behold, they were corpses fallen on the ground, and no one had escaped. ²⁵ So Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their spoil and found much among them, including goods, ^[b]garments, and valuable things which they took for themselves, more than they could carry. And they were three days taking the spoil because there was so much.