24. And when Judah came to the watch tower of the wilderness, they looked for the multitude, and, behold, they were fallen to the earth dead, for none had escaped.
25. And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to spoil them, they found among them an abundance of riches and of dead bodies and clothing and precious vessels which they took for themselves, more than they could carry away; and they were three days gathering in the spoil, it was so much.
26. And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah {Heb. of Blessing}; for there they blessed the Lord; therefore, they called the name of that place, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
27. Then they returned, those of Judah and those of Jerusalem with Jehoshaphat at their head, to go again to Jerusalem with joy, for the Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
28. And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the Lord.
29. And the fear of God came upon all the kingdoms of the land when they heard how the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel.
30. So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat had rest, for his God gave him rest round about.
31. Thus Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah; he was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
32. And he walked in the way of Asa, his father, and did not depart from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord.
33. With all this 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 Jehoshaphat, 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 Israel.
35. After these things, Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, joined himself with Ahaziah, king of Israel, who was given over to wickedness;
36. he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Eziongeber.
37. Then Eliezer, the son of Dodavah of Mareshah, prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the Lord shall destroy thy works. And the ships were broken, and they were not able to go to Tarshish.