II. CHRONICLES XX. 18.

8 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set hhimself to seek ' the Lorn, and pro- claimed a fast throughout all J jidiahe
4 And Judah gathered_themselves_ together, ‘to ask help of the Lorn: even out-of all the_cities_of Judah they came to seek the Lorp.
5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the_ ascongregation_of Judah and Jeru- salem, in the_house_of ! the Lorp, before the new xcourt,
6 And said, “O_’ Lorp =God_of our fathers, art not Thou =God in ¢x=hea- ven? and -rulest not Thon 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?
7 Art not Thon our =God, Who didst_ drive _out -the_inhabitants_of xthis xland before Thy people Israél, and gavest it to the.seed_of Abraham Thy friend for ever ?
8 And they dwelt therein, and have_ built Thee a sanctuary therein for Thy name, saying,
9 “Tf when evil tcometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we 'stand before xthis xhouse, and in Thy presence, (for Thy name is in xthis xhouse,) and cry unto Thee in aur affliction, then Thou wilt_hear and
elp.’
10 And now, behold, the_s children_of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom Thou wouldest not let Israél invade, when they came_out of the_ land_of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not ;
it Behold, I say, how thep reward us, to come to_cast_us_out of Thy pos- session, which Thou -hast_given us to inherit.
22 Q_our =God, wilt Thou not judge them? for we have no might against xthis xgreat ™ xcompany xthat cometh against us; neither ‘know we what to ‘do: but our eyes ave upon Thee.”
13 And all Judah «stood before ! the Lorp, with their little_ones, their wives and their s children.
14 Then upon Jj Jahaziél the_son_of Zechariah, the_son_of Benaiah, the_ son_of Jeiél, the_son_of Mattaniah, a xLevite of the_sons_of Asaph, came the_ Spirit_of /the Lorp in the_midst_of the as congregation ;
1s And he said, “-Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants_of Jeru- salem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith ’the Lorp unto you, 'Be not ».vafraid nor dismayed by reason_ of xthis xgreat xmultitude; for the battle 7s not yours, but =God’s.
16 To_morrow -go_ye_down against them: behold, they «come_up by the_ «cliff_of xZiz; and ye sshall_find them at_the_end_of the vbrook, before the_ wilderness_of Jerueél.
W Ye shall not need to fight in xthis battle: sset_yourselves, -stand_ye_still, and see -the_salvation_of J the Lorp with you, O_Judah and Jerusalem: Hear not, nor 'be_dismayed; to_mor- row ‘go_out against them: for J the Lorp will be with you.” 3
18 And Jehoshaphat bowed_his_head
B.C. 896. 3. Ch. 19. 3. h. his face. J. Jehovah,
t. to seek.
JEHOSHA- PHAT'S PRAYER. as.assembly,
kahahl. J.G. Jehovah lohim. t. the heayens. n. nations.
7. Isa. 41. 8. James 2, 23.
9. Ch, 6. 28- 31.
10. Deut, 2. 4-9, 17-19. s. SONS,
m. moulti- tude.
JEHOVAH'S ANSWER BY JAHAZIEL.
15. Ex. 14. 13, 14.
ay. DE-
a, ascent. v. or valley.
17. Ex. 14. 13, 14.
THEY WoRSHIP
AND PRAISE,
355
N2
B.C. 896.
3. Jehovah. é, SONS.
JEHOSHA- PHAT EN- COURAGES THE PEOPLE,
HE APPOINTS SINGERS. sp. or splen- dour-of.
ay. DE.
7. loving- kindness. JEHOVAH
CAUSES THEIR ENEMIES TO DESTROY ONE ANOTHER. S. SONS.
THE Spor.
VALLEY OF BLESSING. 6. Berachah,
Blessing.
RETURN 10 JERU- SALEM,
| 27, 28. v. 3.
Ps. 126.5, 6. i. ish.
QUIETNESS AND REST.
| 30. Job 34. 29.
JEHOSHA- PHAT'S REIGN AND AcTs.
31-34. 1 KL. 22, 41-47.