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, ^(A)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 ^(B)praised Him to stand in holy attire, as they went out before the army, saying, “^(C)Give thanks to Yahweh, for His lovingkindness endures forever.” ²² When they began singing for joy and praising, Yahweh ^(D)set ambushes against the sons of ^(E)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, ^(F)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.

Jehoshaphat Returns to Jerusalem

²⁶ Then on the fourth day they assembled in the valley of ^[c]Beracah, for there they blessed Yahweh. Therefore they have named that place “The Valley of ^[d]Beracah” until today. ²⁷ And every man of Judah and Jerusalem returned with Jehoshaphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem with gladness, ^(G)for Yahweh had made them glad over their enemies. ²⁸ And they came to Jerusalem with harps, lyres, and trumpets to the house of Yahweh. ²⁹ And ^(H)the dread of God was on all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that Yahweh had fought against the enemies of Israel. ³⁰ So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet, ^(I)for his God gave him rest all around.