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2 Chronicles · Chapter 18
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.
And after
certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that
he had with him, and persuaded him to go up
with him
to Ramoth-gilead.
And Ahab king of Yisra'el said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I
am as thou
art, and my people as thy people; and
we will be with thee in the war.
And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Yisra'el, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) to day.
Therefore the king of Yisra'el gathered together of nevi'im four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for Elohim will deliver
it into the king’s hand.
But Jehoshaphat said,
Is there not here a navi of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) besides, that we might enquire of him?
And the king of Yisra'el said unto Jehoshaphat,
There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
And the king of Yisra'el called for one
of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.
And the king of Yisra'el and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in
their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the nevi'im prophesied before them.
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.
And all the nevi'im prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall deliver
it into the hand of the king.
And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the nevi'im
declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.
And Micaiah said,
As 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) liveth, even what my Elohim saith, that will I speak.
And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.
And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)?
Then he said, I did see all Yisra'el scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) said, These have no master; let them return
therefore every man to his house in peace.
And the king of Yisra'el said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee
that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?
Again he said, Therefore hear the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); I saw 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) sitting upon his throne, and all the host of shamayim standing on his right hand and
on his left.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Yisra'el, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.
Then there came out a spirit, and stood before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and said, I will entice him. And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) said unto him, Wherewith?
And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his nevi'im. And
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) said, Thou shalt entice
him,
and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do
even so.
Now therefore, behold, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy nevi'im, and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath spoken evil against thee.
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Ruach of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) from me to speak unto thee?
And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
Then the king of Yisra'el said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this
fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.
And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace,
then
hath not 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
So the king of Yisra'el and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
And the king of Yisra'el said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Yisra'el disguised himself; and they went to the battle.
Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that
were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Yisra'el.
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It
is the king of Yisra'el. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) helped him; and Elohim moved them
to depart from him.
For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Yisra'el, they turned back again from pursuing him.
And a
certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Yisra'el between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Yisra'el stayed
himself up in
his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.
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Divrei HaYamim Bet19
2 Chronicles · Chapter 19
And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Yerushalayim.
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)? therefore is wrath upon thee from before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek Elohim.
And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Yerushalayim: and he went out again through the people from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of their fathers.
And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), who is with you in the judgment.
Wherefore now let the fear of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) be upon you; take heed and do
it: for
there is no iniquity with 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) our Elohim, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
Moreover in Yerushalayim did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and
of
the kohanim, and of the chief of the fathers of Yisra'el, for the judgment of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and for controversies, when they returned to Yerushalayim.
And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between torah and mitsvah, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.
And, behold, Amariah the chief kohen is over you in all matters of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king’s matters: also the Levites
shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall be with the good.
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Divrei HaYamim Bet20
2 Chronicles · Chapter 20
It came to pass after this also,
that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them
other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they
be Hazazon-tamar, which
is En-gedi.
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask
help of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Yerushalayim, in the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), before the new court,
And said, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of our fathers,
art not thou Elohim in shamayim? 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 Elohim,
who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Yisra'el, and gavest it to the seed of Avraham 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 sword, 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 Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Yisra'el invade, when they came out of the land of Mitsrayim, 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 Elohim, 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 Judah stood before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Ruach of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) in the midst of the congregation;
And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Yerushalayim, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle
is not yours, but Elohim’s.
To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
Ye shall not
need to fight in this
battle: set yourselves, stand ye
still, and see the salvation of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) with you, O Judah and Yerushalayim: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
will be with you.
And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with
his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim fell before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), worshipping 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of Yisra'el with a loud voice on high.
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Yerushalayim; Believe in 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim, so shall ye be established; believe his nevi'im, so shall ye prosper.
And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); for his mercy
endureth for ever.
And when they began to sing and to praise, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy
them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
And when Judah 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 Jehoshaphat 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 on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
Then they returned, every man of Judah and Yerushalayim, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Yerushalayim with joy; for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
And they came to Yerushalayim with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And the fear of Elohim was on all the kingdoms of
those countries, when they had heard that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) fought against the enemies of Yisra'el.
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his Elohim gave him rest round about.
And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah:
he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name
was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing
that which was right in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the Elohim of their fathers.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they
are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Yisra'el.
And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Yisra'el, who did very wickedly:
And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-gaber.
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.