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Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem went back, with Jehoshaphat at their head, coming back to Jerusalem with joy; for the Lord had made them glad over their haters.
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So they came to Jerusalem with corded instruments and wind-instruments into the house of the Lord.
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And the fear of God came on all the kingdoms of the lands, when they had news of how the Lord made war on those who came against Israel.
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So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for the Lord gave him rest on every side.
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And Jehoshaphat was king over Judah: he was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling for twenty-five years in Jerusalem: his mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
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He went in the ways of his father Asa, not turning away, but doing right in the eyes of the Lord.
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The high places, however, were not taken away, and the hearts of the people were still not true to the God of their fathers.
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Now as for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, they are recorded in the words of Jehu, the son of Hanani, which were put in the book of the kings of Israel.
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After this Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became friends with Ahaziah, king of Israel, who did much evil:
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Together they made ships to go to Tarshish, building them in Ezion-geber.
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Then the word of Eliezer the prophet, the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah, came against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have let yourself be joined with Ahaziah, the Lord has sent destruction on your works. And the ships were broken and were not able to go to Tarshish.