18. Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord, worshiping the Lord.
19. The Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites, stood up to praise the Lord, the God of Israel, with an exceeding loud voice.
20. They rose early in the morning, and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. As they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God, so you will be established! Believe his prophets, so you will prosper.”
21. When he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to the Lord, and give praise in holy array, as they go out before the army, and say, “Give thanks to the Lord; for his loving kindness endures forever.”
22. When they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushers against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were struck.
23. For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them: and when they had finished the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to destroy another.
24. When Judah came to the place overlooking the wilderness, they looked at the multitude; and behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none who escaped.
25. When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their plunder, they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away. They took plunder for three days, it was so much.
26. On the fourth day, they assembled themselves in Beracah Valley, for there they blessed the Lord. Therefore the name of that place was called “Beracah Valley” to this day.
27. Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat in front of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
28. They came to Jerusalem with stringed instruments, harps, and shofars to the Lord’s house.
29. The fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that the Lord fought against the enemies of Israel.
30. So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.
31. Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
32. He walked in the way of Asa his father, and didn’t turn away from it, doing that which was right in the Lord’s eyes.
33. However the high places were not taken away, and the people had still not set their hearts on the God of their fathers.
34. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is included in the book of the kings of Israel.
35. After this, Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. The same did very wickedly.
36. He joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish. They made the ships in Ezion Geber.