2 Chronicles 20
1 After this also came the children of Moab and the children of Ammon, and with them of the Ammonites against Iehoshaphat to battell.
Post hæc congregati sunt filii Moab, et filii Ammon, et cum eis de Ammonitis ad Iosaphat ut pugnarent contra eum.
2 Then there came that tolde Iehoshaphat, saying, There commeth a great multitude against thee from beyonde the Sea, out of Aram: and beholde, they bee in Hazzon Tamar, which is En-gedi.
Veneruntque nuncii, et indicaverunt Iosaphat, dicentes: Venit contra te multitudo magna de his locis, quæ trans mare sunt, et de Syria, et ecce consistunt in Asasonthamar, quæ est Engaddi.
3 And Iehoshaphat feared, and set him selfe to seeke the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Iudah.
Iosaphat autem timore perterritus, totum se contulit ad rogandum Dominum, et prædicavit ieiunium universo Iuda.
4 And Iudah gathered them selues together to aske counsel of the Lord: they came euen out of all the cities of Iudah to inquire of the Lord,
Congregatusque est Iudas ad deprecandum Dominum: sed et omnes de urbibus suis venerunt ad obsecrandum eum.
5 And Iehoshaphat stoode in the Congregation of Iudah and Ierusalem in the house of the Lord before the new court,
Cumque stetisset Iosaphat in medio cœtu Iuda, et Ierusalem, in domo Domini ante atrium novum,
6 And saide, O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou God in heauen? and reignest not thou on all the kingdomes of the heathen? and in thine hande is power and might, and none is able to withstand thee.
ait: Domine Deus patrum nostrorum, tu es Deus in cælo, et dominaris cunctis regnis Gentium, in manu tua est fortitudo et potentia, nec quisquam tibi potest resistere.
7 Diddest not thou our God cast out ye inhabitants of this lande before thy people Israel, and gauest it to the seede of Abraham thy friende for euer?
Nonne tu Deus noster interfecisti omnes habitatores terræ huius coram populo tuo Israel, et dedisti eam semini Abraham amici tui in sempiternum?
8 And they dwelt therein, and haue built thee a Sanctuarie therein for thy Name, saying,
Habitaveruntque in ea, et extruxerunt in illa Sanctuarium nomini tuo, dicentes:
9 If euill come vpon vs, as the sworde of iudgement, or pestilence, or famine, we will stande before this house and in thy presence (for thy name is in this house) and will crie vnto thee in our tribulation, and thou wilt heare and helpe.
Si irruerint super nos mala, gladius iudicii, pestilentia, et fames, stabimus coram domo hac in conspectu tuo, in qua invocatum est nomen tuum: et clamabimus ad te in tribulationibus nostris, et exaudies, salvosque facies.
10 And now beholde, the children of Ammon and Moab, and mount Seir, by whome thou wouldest not let Israel goe, when they came out of the land of Egypt: but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not:
Nunc igitur ecce filii Ammon, et Moab, et mons Seir, per quos non concessisti Israel ut transirent quando egrediebantur de Ægypto, sed declinaverunt ab eis, et non interfecerunt illos:
11 Behold, I say, they reward vs, in comming to cast vs out of thine inheritance, which thou hast caused vs to inherit.
econtrario agunt, et nituntur eiicere nos de possessione, quam tradidisti nobis.
12 O our God, wilt thou not iudge them? for there is no strength in vs to stand before this great multitude that commeth against vs, neither doe wee knowe what to doe: but our eyes are toward thee.
Deus noster, ergo non iudicabis eos? In nobis quidem non est tanta fortitudo, ut possimus huic multitudini resistere, quæ irruit super nos. Sed cum ignoremus quid agere debeamus, hoc solum habemus residui, ut oculos nostros dirigamus ad te.
13 And all Iudah stoode before the Lord with their yong ones, their wiues, and their children.
Omnis vero Iuda stabat coram Domino cum parvulis, et uxoribus, et liberis suis.
14 And Iahaziel the sonne of Zechariah the sonne of Benaiah, the sonne of Ieiel, the sonne of Mattaniah, a Leuite of the sonnes of Asaph was there, vpon whome came the Spirite of ye Lord, in the middes of the Congregation.
Erat autem Iahaziel filius Zachariæ, filii Banaiæ, filii Iehiel, filii Mathaniæ, Levites de filiis Asaph, super quem factus est Spiritus Domini in medio turbæ,
15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Iudah, and ye inhabitantes of Ierusalem, and thou, King Iehoshaphat: thus saith the Lord vnto you, Feare you not, neither be afraide for this great multitude: for the battel is not yours, but Gods.
et ait: Attendite omnis Iuda, et qui habitatis Ierusalem, et tu rex Iosaphat: Hæc dicit Dominus vobis: Nolite timere, nec paveatis hanc multitudinem: non est enim vestra pugna, sed Dei.
16 To morowe goe yee downe against them: beholde, they come vp by the cleft of Ziz, and ye shall finde them at the ende of the brooke before the wildernesse of Ieruel.
Cras descendetis contra eos: ascensuri enim sunt per clivum nomine Sis, et invenietis illos in summitate torrentis, qui est contra solitudinem Ieruel.
17 Ye shall not neede to fight in this battell: stand still, moue not, and behold the saluation of the Lord towardes you: O Iudah, and Ierusalem, feare ye not, neither be afraid: to morow goe out against them, and the Lord wilbe with you.
Non eritis vos qui dimicabitis, sed tantummodo confidenter state, et videbitis auxilium Domini super vos, o Iuda, et Ierusalem: nolite timere, nec paveatis: cras egrediemini contra eos, et Dominus erit vobiscum.
18 Then Iehoshaphat bowed downe with his face to the earth, and all Iudah and the inhabitants of Ierusalem fell downe before the Lord, worshipping the Lord.
Iosaphat ergo, et Iuda, et omnes habitatores Ierusalem ceciderunt proni in terram coram Domino, et adoraverunt eum.
19 And the Leuites of the children of the Kohathites and of the childre of the Corhites stood vp to prayse the Lord God of Israel with a loude voyce on hie.
Porro Levitæ de filiis Caath, et de filiis Core laudabant Dominum Deum Israel voce magna, in excelsum.
20 And when they arose early in the morning, they went forth to the wildernesse of Tekoa: and as they departed, Iehoshaphat stoode and sayde, Heare ye me, O Iudah, and ye inhabitants of Ierusalem: put your trust in the Lord your God, and ye shalbe assured: beleeue his Prophets, and ye shall prosper.
Cumque mane surrexissent, egressi sunt per desertum Thecue: profectisque eis, stans Iosaphat in medio eorum, dixit: Audite me viri Iuda, et omnes habitatores Ierusalem: credite in Domino Deo vestro, et securi eritis: credite prophetis eius, et cuncta evenient prospera.
21 And when he had consulted with the people, and appoynted singers vnto the Lord, and them that should prayse him that is in the beautifull Sanctuarie, in going forth before the men of armes, and saying, Prayse ye the Lord, for his mercy lasteth for euer,
Deditque consilium populo, et statuit cantores Domini, ut laudarent eum in turmis suis, et antecederent exercitum, ac voce consona dicerent: Confitemini Domino, quoniam in æternum misericordia eius.
22 And when they began to shoute, and to prayse, the Lord layed ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Iudah, and they slewe one another.
Cumque cœpissent laudes canere, vertit Dominus insidias eorum in semetipsos, filiorum scilicet Ammon, et Moab, et montis Seir, qui egressi fuerant ut pugnarent contra Iudam, et percussi sunt.
23 For the children of Ammon and Moab rose against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to slay and to destroy them and when they had made an end of the inhabitantes of Seir, euery one helped to destroy another.
Namque filii Ammon, et Moab consurrexerunt adversum habitatores montis Seir, ut interficerent et delerent eos: cumque hoc opere perpetrassent, etiam in semetipsos versi, mutuis concidere vulneribus.
24 And when Iudah came towarde Mizpah in the wildernes, they looked vnto the multitude: and behold, the carkeises were fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
Porro Iuda cum venisset ad speculam, quæ respicit solitudinem, vidit procul omnem late regionem plenam cadaveribus, nec superesse quemquam, qui necem potuisset evadere.
25 And when Iehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoyle of them, they founde among them in abundance both of substance and also of bodies laden with precious iewels, which they tooke for themselues, till they could cary no more: they were three dayes in gathering of the spoyle: for it was much.
Venit ergo Iosaphat, et omnis populus cum eo ad detrahenda spolia mortuorum: inveneruntque inter cadavera variam supellectilem, vestes quoque, et vasa pretiosissima, et diripuerunt ita ut omnia portare non possent, nec per tres dies spolia auferre præ prædæ magnitudine.
26 And in the fourth day they assembled themselues in the valley of Berachah: for there they blessed the Lord: therefore they called the name of that place, The valley of Berachah vnto this day.
Die autem quarto congregati sunt in Valle Benedictionis: etenim quoniam ibi benedixerant Domino, vocaverunt locum illum Vallis Benedictionis usque in præsentem diem.
27 Then euery man of Iudah and Ierusalem returned with Iehoshaphat their head, to goe againe to Ierusalem with ioy: for the Lord had made them to reioyce ouer their enemies.
Reversusque est omnis vir Iuda, et habitatores Ierusalem, et Iosaphat ante eos in Ierusalem cum lætitia magna, eo quod dedisset eis Dominus gaudium de inimicis suis.
28 And they came to Ierusalem with viols and with harpes, and with trumpets, euen vnto the house of the Lord.
Ingressique sunt in Ierusalem cum psalteriis, et citharis, et tubis in domum Domini.
29 And the feare of God was vpon all the kingdomes of the earth, whe they had heard that the Lord had fought against ye enemies of Israel.
Irruit autem pavor Domini super universa regna terrarum cum audissent quod pugnasset Dominus contra inimicos Israel.
30 So the kingdom of Iehoshaphat was quiet, and his God gaue him rest on euery side.
Quievitque regnum Iosaphat, et præbuit ei Deus pacem per circuitum.
31 And Iehoshaphat reigned ouer Iudah, and was fiue and thirtie yeere olde, when he began to reigne: and reigned fiue and twentie yeere in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
Regnavit igitur Iosaphat super Iudam, et erat triginta quinque annorum cum regnare cœpisset: viginti autem et quinque annis regnavit in Ierusalem, et nomen matris eius Azuba filia Selahi.
32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not therefrom, doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord.
Et ambulavit in via patris suis Asa, nec declinavit ab ea, faciens quæ placita erant coram Domino.
33 Howbeit the hie places were not taken away: for the people had not yet prepared their hearts vnto the God of their fathers.
Verumtamen excelsa non abstulit, et adhuc populus non direxerat cor suum ad Dominum Deum patrum suorum.
34 Concerning the rest of the actes of Iehoshaphat first and last, beholde, they are written in the booke of Iehu the sonne of Hanani, which is mentioned in the booke of the kings of Israel.
Reliqua autem gestorum Iosaphat priorum et novissimorum scripta sunt in verbis Iehu filii Hanani, quæ digessit in Libros regum Israel.
35 Yet after this did Iehoshaphat King of Iudah ioyne himselfe with Ahaziah King of Israel, who was giuen to do euill.
Post hæc iniit amicitias Iosaphat rex Iuda cum Ochozia rege Israel, cuius opera fuerunt impiissima.
36 And he ioyned with him, to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the shippes in Ezion Gaber.
Et particeps fuit ut facerent naves, quæ irent in Tharsis: feceruntque classem in Asiongaber.
37 Then Eliezer ye sonne of Dodauah of Mareshah prophecied against Iehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast ioyned thy selfe with Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken thy workes. and the shippes were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
Prophetavit autem Eliezer filius Dodau de Maresa ad Iosaphat, dicens: Quia habuisti fœdus cum Ochozia, percussit Dominus opera tua, contritæque sunt naves, nec potuerunt ire in Tharsis.
