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And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
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And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,
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And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? 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?
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Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
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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.
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And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
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Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
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O our God, 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.
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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 Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
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And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
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To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliffa of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
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Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.
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And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.
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And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.
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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 Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
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And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.
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And whenb they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
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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 destroyc another.
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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.
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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.
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And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah;d for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
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Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefronte of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
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And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
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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 Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
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And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.
La Biblia de las Américas (Español) BLA
2 Crónicas 20:4
Y se reunió Judá para buscar ayuda del SEÑOR; aun de todas las ciudades de Judá vinieron para buscar al SEÑOR.
English Standard Version ESV
2 Chronicles 20:4
And Judah assembled to seek help from the LORD; from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
La Biblia del Jubileo 2000 JBS
2 Crónicas 20:4
Y se congregaron los de Judá para consultar al SEÑOR: y también de todas las ciudades de Judá vinieron a consultar al SEÑOR
New King James Version NKJV
2 Chronicles 20:4
So Judah gathered together to ask help from the Lord; and from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.
Nueva Traducción Viviente NTV
2 Crónicas 20:4
De modo que los habitantes de todas las ciudades de Judá fueron a Jerusalén para buscar la ayuda del Señor
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Nueva Versión Internacional NVI
2 Crónicas 20:4
Los habitantes de todas las ciudades de Judá llegaron para pedir juntos la ayuda del SEÑOR.
La Biblia Reina-Valera (Español) RVR
2 Crónicas 20:4
Y juntáronse los de Judá para pedir socorro á Jehová: y también de todas las ciudades de Judá vinieron á pedir á Jehová.
Sagradas Escrituras (1569) (Español) SEV
2 Crónicas 20:4
Y se congregaron los de Judá para consultar al SEÑOR: y también de todas las ciudades de Judá vinieron a consultar al SEÑOR.
Herramientas de Estudio para 2 Chronicles 20:4-34
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