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2 Chronicles 20:25-32 New International Version (NIV)

25. So Jehoshaphat and his men went to carry off their plunder, and they found among them a great amount of equipment and clothing and also articles of value—more than they could take away. There was so much plunder that it took three days to collect it.

26. On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berakah, where they praised the Lord. This is why it is called the Valley of Berakah to this day.

27. Then, led by Jehoshaphat, all the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned joyfully to Jerusalem, for the Lord had given them cause to rejoice over their enemies.

28. They entered Jerusalem and went to the temple of the Lord with harps and lyres and trumpets.

29. The fear of God came on all the surrounding kingdoms when they heard how the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel.

30. And the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was at peace, for his God had given him rest on every side.

31. So Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king of Judah, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.

32. He followed the ways of his father Asa and did not stray from them; he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord.

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