2 Chronicles 20
1 And it came to pass after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
Post hæc congregati sunt filii Moab, et filii Ammon, et cum eis de Ammonitis ad Iosaphat ut pugnarent contra eum.
2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea from Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar (the same 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 Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek unto the LORD; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
Iosaphat autem timore perterritus, totum se contulit ad rogandum Dominum, et prædicavit ieiunium universo Iuda.
4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to seek [help] of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
Congregatusque est Iudas ad deprecandum Dominum: sed et omnes de urbibus suis venerunt ad obsecrandum eum.
5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, 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 he said, O LORD, the God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and art not thou ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in thine hand is power and might, so that 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 Didst not thou, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
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 have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
Habitaveruntque in ea, et extruxerunt in illa Sanctuarium nomini tuo, dicentes:
9 If evil come upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee, (for thy name is in this house, ) and cry unto thee in our affliction, and thou wilt hear and save.
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, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, 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, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
econtrario agunt, et nituntur eiicere nos de possessione, quam tradidisti nobis.
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.
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 Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
Omnis vero Iuda stabat coram Domino cum parvulis, et uxoribus, et liberis suis.
14 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, came the spirit of the LORD in the midst 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 Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat: thus saith the LORD unto you, Fear not ye, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
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 Tomorrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
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 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: tomorrow go out against them; for the LORD is 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 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down 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 Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites, stood up to praise the LORD, the God of Israel, with an exceeding loud voice.
Porro Levitæ de filiis Caath, et de filiis Core laudabant Dominum Deum Israel voce magna, in excelsum.
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, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye 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 taken counsel with the people, he appointed them that should sing unto the LORD, and praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and say, Give thanks unto the LORD; for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
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 sing and to praise, the LORD set liers in wait against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
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 stood up 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.
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 Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked upon the multitude; and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none that 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 Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in taking of the spoil, it was so 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 on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Beracah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Beracah, unto 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 they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over 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 Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
Ingressique sunt in Ierusalem cum psalteriis, et citharis, et tubis in domum Domini.
29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
Irruit autem pavor Domini super universa regna terrarum cum audissent quod pugnasset Dominus contra inimicos Israel.
30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
Quievitque regnum Iosaphat, et præbuit ei Deus pacem per circuitum.
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.
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 turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD.
Et ambulavit in via patris suis Asa, nec declinavit ab ea, faciens quæ placita erant coram Domino.
33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away; neither as yet had the people set their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
Verumtamen excelsa non abstulit, et adhuc populus non direxerat cor suum ad Dominum Deum patrum suorum.
34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is inserted in the book 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 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly:
Post hæc iniit amicitias Iosaphat rex Iuda cum Ochozia rege Israel, cuius opera fuerunt impiissima.
36 and he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.
Et particeps fuit ut facerent naves, quæ irent in Tharsis: feceruntque classem in Asiongaber.
37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath destroyed thy works. And the ships 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.
