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Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and
of
the priests, and of the chief
of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the L
ORD
, and for controversies, when they returned to
Jerusalem.
9
And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the L
ORD
, faithfully, and
with a perfect heart.
10
And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their
cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall
even warn them that they trespass not against the L
ORD
, and so wrath come upon you, and upon
your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.
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And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over
you in all matters of the L
ORD
; 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 the
L
ORD
shall be with the good.
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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.
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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.
3
And Jehoshaphat feared,
and set himself to seek the L
ORD
, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
4
And Judah gathered
themselves together, to ask
help
of the L
ORD
: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek
the L
ORD
.
5
And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the L
ORD
,
before the new court,
6
And said, O L
ORD
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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And
they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
9
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.
10
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.
12
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.
13
And all Judah stood before the L
ORD
, with their little ones, their wives,
and their children.
14
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 L
ORD
in the midst of the
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