The Lord Delivers Judah
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So when Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude; and there were their dead bodies, fallen on the earth. No one had escaped.
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When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away their spoil, they found among them an abundance of valuables on the dead bodies, and precious jewelry, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away; and they were three days gathering the spoil because there was so much.
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And on the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, for there they blessed the LORD; therefore the name of that place was called The Valley of Berachah until this day.
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Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat in front of them, to go back to Jerusalem with joy, for the LORD had h made them rejoice over their enemies.
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So they came to Jerusalem, with stringed instruments and harps and trumpets, to the house of the LORD.
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And i the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries when they heard that the LORD had fought against the enemies of Israel.
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Then the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his j God gave him rest all around.
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k So Jehoshaphat was king over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
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And he walked in the way of his father l Asa, and did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the LORD.
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Nevertheless m the high places were not taken away, for as yet the people had not n directed their hearts to the God of their fathers.
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Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, indeed they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, o which is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.
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Cross References
Nehemiah 12:43
Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and the children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard afar off.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 14:14
Then they defeated all the cities around Gerar, for the fear of the LORD came upon them; and they plundered all the cities, for there was exceedingly much spoil in them.
2 Chronicles 17:10
And the fear of the LORD fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.
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Cross References
1 Kings 22:41 - 43
Jehoshaphat the son of Asa had become king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
2 Chronicles 14:6
And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest; he had no war in those years, because the LORD had given him rest.
2 Chronicles 14:7
Therefore he said to Judah, "Let us build these cities and make walls around them, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us, because we have sought the LORD our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side." So they built and prospered.
2 Chronicles 15:15
And all Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and sought Him with all their soul; and He was found by them, and the LORD gave them rest all around.
Job 34:29
When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble? And when He hides His face, who then can see Him, Whether it is against a nation or a man alone? -
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Cross References
1 Kings 22:41 - 43
Jehoshaphat the son of Asa had become king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 14:2
Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 15:17
But the high places were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was loyal all his days.
2 Chronicles 17:6
And his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; moreover he removed the high places and wooden images from Judah.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 12:14
And he did evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek the LORD.
2 Chronicles 19:3
"Nevertheless good things are found in you, in that you have removed the wooden images from the land, and have prepared your heart to seek God."
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Cross References
1 Kings 16:1
Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani, against Baasha, saying:
1 Kings 16:7
And also the word of the LORD came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD in provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he killed them.
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