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A. C. 997. between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.

11 And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: Heb. Take also the Levites shall be officers before you. *Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.

courage and

do.

896.

+ Heb. his face.

+ Heb. thou.

h1 Kings vili. 37. ch, vi. 28.

i Deut. ii. 9.

2 CHRONICLES XX. ver. 1-27.

1 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from_beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is En-gedi.

3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set + himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.

5 ¶ And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,

6 And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou 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 thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, 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 h If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.

10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou i wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;

11 Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no

might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.

13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

14 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;

15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not your's, but God's.

A.C. 896.

16 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the * Heb. ascent. end of the + brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.

17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.

18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.

19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.

+ Or, valley.

20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, k Is. vii. 9. so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

k

21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and ‡ that should praise the + Heb. beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.

22 And when they began || to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

praisers.

Heb. And in they, &c.

the time that

ing and praise. * Or, they

smote one ano

23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up ther. against the inhabitants 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 another.

24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the

+ Heb. for the destruction.

A.C. 896. wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.

Heb. there was not an escaping.

+ That is, blessing.

*

25 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 day they assembled themselves in the valley of † Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.

PSALM CXV 10.

1 Because God is truly glorious, 4 and idols are vanity, 9 he exhorteth to confidence in God. 12 God is to be blessed for his blessings.

1 Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.

IPs. xlii. 10. & 2 Wherefore should the heathen say, 'Where is now their God?

lxxix. 10.

m Ps. cxxxv. 6.

n Ps. cxxxv. 15.

3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.

4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:

6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:

7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.

9 O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.

10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.

11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.

12 The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us ; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.

10 Psalm cxv. Thought to have been made by Jehoshaphat, after he had received encouragement to hope for victory over his enemies. Dr. Wells.

Psalm xlvi. This Psalm was probably composed in the reign of Jehoshaphat, 2 Chron. xx.

Rosenmüller.

13 He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small A.C.896. and great.

14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.

15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.

16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither down into silence.

any that

go

* Heb. with.

18 ⚫ But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and o Dan. ii. 20. for evermore. Praise the LORD.

PSALM XLVI.

1 The confidence which the church hath in God. 8 An exhortation to behold it. To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into midst of the sea;

+ Or, of.

the Heb. the

3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most high.

5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved : God shall help her, § and that right early.

heart of the

seas.

Heb. when morning appeareth.

6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he thing uttered his voice, the earth melted.

7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.

Selah.

8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.

9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is

our refuge. Selah.

2 CHRONICLES XX. ver. 27-31.

27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusa

Heb. an high place for us.

*

lem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again Heb. head to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

A.C. 896.

892. p2 Chron. xxi. 4.

28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.

29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.

30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.

2 CHRONICLES XX. VER. 35, TO THE END.

35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly : 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 Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

1 KINGS XXII. VER. 49.

49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.

16

2 KINGS VIII. VER. 16.

And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram •Heb.reigned. the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah * began to reign.

889. q 1 Kings xxii. 41, &c.

SECTION III.

Death of Jehoshaphat.

2 CHRONICLES XX. VER. 31-35.

31 ¶ And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and 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 departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.

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.

11 See a very curious and interesting account of the trade in India at this time; and the effects of that trade in enriching the Jews in the reign of David and Solomon, in Prideaux's Connection, vol. i. p. 7.

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