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It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab and the children of Ammon, and with them others besides the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
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Then there came some who told Jehoshaphat, saying, "There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side of Syria; and behold, they are in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi."
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And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
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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.
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And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,
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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?
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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?
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And they dwelt therein, and have built Thee a sanctuary therein for Thy name, saying,