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with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the_inhabitants_of Jeru- salem fell before Jthe Lorp, worship- ping ! the Lorp.
19 And the Levites, of the_s children_ of the Kohathites, and of the_s children_ of the Korhites, stood_up to praise ! the Lorp =God_of Israél with a loud voice on high.
20 And they rose_early in the morn- ing, and went_forth into the_wilderness_ of Tekoa: and as they went_forth, Je- hoshaphat stood and said, “-Hear me, O_Judah, and ye inhabitants_of Jeru- salem; *Believe in ‘the Lorp your =God, so shall_ye_be_established ; -be- lieve His prophets, so -shall_ye_pros- per.”
21 And when he had_consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto ‘the Lorp, and +that_should _ praise the_sp beauty_of holiness, as they went_ out before the army, and +to_say, “sPraise .vJ the Lorp; for His ! mercy endureth for ever.”
22 And when they began to sing and to praise, ‘the Lorp set ambushments against the_schildren_of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, xswhich were_come against Judah ; and they were_smitten.
3 For the_schildren_of Ammon and Moab stood_up against the_inhabit- ants_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 an- other.
24 And when Judah came toward the watch_tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, be-
. |hold, they were dead_bodies fallen to
the earth, and none escaped.
2 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.
26 And on the fourth xday they as- sembled_themselves in the_valley_of + Berachah ; for there they blessed / the Lorp: therefore the_name_of the same xplace was_called, “The_valley_of 4 Be- rachah,” unto this day.
27 Then they returned, every ‘man_ of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehosha-
phat in the_forefront_of them, to go_ | Lo
again to Jerusalem with joy; for J the Lorp had_made_them_to_rejoice over their enemies.
28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and xtrumpets unto the_house_of / the Lorp.
29 And the_fear_of =God was on all the_kingdoms_of those xcountries, when they had_heard that Jthe Lorp fought against the_enemies_of Israél.
80 So the_realm_of Jehoshaphat was_ quiet: for his =God gaye_him_ rest round_about.
31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began_to_reign, and he Yeigned twenty and five years in Jeru-
doing that which was xrigh' sight_of 4 the Lorp. . Jeho
33 Howbeit the high_places were not taken_away: for as_yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the_ =God_of their fathers.
34 Now the_rest_of the_acts_of Je- hoshaphat, «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 Israél.
35 And after this ‘did Jehoshaphat king_of Judah join_himself with Aha- ziah king_of Israél, who did very wickedly : as 3 36 And he joined_himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish : and they made the ships in Ezion-gaber.
37 Then Eliezer the_son_of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jeho- shaphat, saying, “Because thou shast_ joined_thyself with Ahaziah, J the Lorp ‘hath_broken thy «works.” And the ships were_broken, that they were not
able to go to Tarshish.
21 NOW Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was_buried with his
fathers in the_city_of David. And jJe-
horam his son reigned in his stead.
a Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiél, and }j. Jeho Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michaél,| Jeho and Shephatiah : all these were the_| ™ sons_of Jehoshaphat king_of Israél.
8 And their father gave them great gifts_of silver, and of gold, and of pre- cious_things, with fenced cities in Ju- dah: but cthe kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the first- born.
* Now when Jehoram was_risen_up
strengthened_himself, and slew brethren with the sword, and divers also of the_princes_of Israél. 5 Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began_to_reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
6 And he walked in the_way_of the_ kings_of Israél, like as did the_house_ of Ahab: for he had the_daughter_of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was xevil in the_eyes_of J the|3- Je
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7 Howbeit ‘the Lorp would not de-|c stroy -the_house_of Dayid, because of the covenant that He had_c made with|%%; David, and acas He promised to give|7, lan a Jlight to him and to his sons «for|# ever.
8 In his days the Edomites revolted from under the_’ dominion_of Judah, and made themselves a king.
9 Then Jehoram went_forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose_up by_night, and smote «the Edomites which compassed him in, and -the_captains_of the chariots.
10 So the Edomites revolted from under the_hand_of Judah unto xthis xday. The same time also tdid Libnah
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revolt from under his hand; because he had_forsaken !-the Lorp =God_of his fathers.
11 Moreover he made high_places in the_mountains_of Judah, and caused -the_inhabitants_of Jerusalem to_com- mit_fornication, and tcompelled «Judah thereto.
12 And there wcame a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, “Thus saith Jthe Lorp =God_of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the_ways_of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the_ways_of Asa king_of Judah,
18 But hast_walked in the_way_of the_kings_of Israél, and hast_made “Judah and -the_inhabitants_of Jeru- salem to_go_a_whoring, like to the whoredoms_of the_house_of Ahab, and also -hast_slain thy -brethren_of thy ‘ father’s house, which were better than Bs ?
4 Behold, with a great plague will ‘the Lorp smite thy people, and thy schildren, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
15 And thot shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall_out by_reason_of the sick- ness day by day.”
16 Moreover ‘the Lorp stirred_up arsine Jehoram -the_spirit_of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians :
17 And they came_up into Judah, and brake_into it, and carried_away the substance that was_found in the king’s house, and his sons also, and his wives ; so that there was never a son left him, save j Jehoahaz, the_young- est_of his sons.
18 And after all this 1 the Lorp smote *|him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
19 And it came_to_pass, that in pro- cess of time, after the end of two years, ' his bowels fell_out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the_burning_of his fathers.
20 Thirty and two years old was he | when he began_to_reign, and he reigned | in Jerusalem eight years, and departed | without being_desired. Howbeit they
buried him in the_city_of David, but not in the_’ sepulchres_of the kings. 2 AND the_inhabitants_of J Jeru- salem made «+Ahaziah his xyoungest son king in his stead: for _ |the band_of men that came with the
.| Arabians to the camp had_slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the_son_of Jeho- ram king_of Judah reigned.
,| .2 Forty and two years old was Aha-
ziah when he began_to_reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was at Athaliah the_s daughter_of Omri.
3 He also walked in the_ways_of the_ house_of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to xdo_wickedly.
4 Wherefore he did xeyil in the_sight_ of Jthe Lorp like the_house_of Ahab : h. |for thep were his counsellors after the_ death_of his father to his destruction.
HORAM’S “SIN.
THE RITING OF ELIJAH.
was- rought.
Jehovah.