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Then some came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, There comes a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea, and from Syria; and, behold, they
are in Hazazontamar, which
is Engedi.
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Then 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 consult the LORD; and out of all the cities of Judah they came to consult 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 the heavens and dost thou
not rule in all the kingdoms of the Gentiles? Is there not power and might in thy hand so that no one 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 didst give it to the seed of Abraham, thy friend, for ever?
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And they have dwelt in it and have built thee a sanctuary in it for thy name, saying,
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If evil comes upon us or the sword of judgment or pestilence or famine, we shall stand before this house and in thy presence (for thy name
is in this house) and cry unto thee out of our tribulations, and thou wilt hear us and save us.
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And now, behold, the sons of Ammon and of Moab and
those of Mount Seir, whose
land thou would not let Israel enter when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them and did not destroy them;
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behold they reward us by coming to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
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O our God, wilt thou not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that comes against us; we do not know what to do; but our eyes are
fixed upon thee.