14 Thenupon Jahazielthe ſon of Zechariah | g theſo - Benajah, the ſon of Jeiel, the ſon of Mattaniah - Levice of the ſons of Aſaph, came the ſpirit of the LORD in _ _ of the congregation o. 6 He was ſuddenly inſpired by God with the followin ; s Meſſage. : ks And he aid, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye in abttants'of Jeruſalem, and thou king Jehoſhaphat _ faith the LORD unto you, * Be not afraid nor iſmayed by reaſon of this great multitude, for the _ -q not yours, but Gods p. p God will fight for you, and 111 = vo _ gl CO and he alone will: do the Work, you 16 10 morrow go ye down q agai | ; gainſt them : behold _ _ up by rs b, _ of Ziz, and ye ſhall fing + Heb , them. at the end of the || brook, befor 7 ſent, 5 mite : e the wilderneſs % q From Jeruſalem, j ..q, Paley Me upon ws v = Sox he and his Army now were ; which ale 17 1e Inall not zeed to fight in this battel : ( e: ; ICt your ſelves, ſtand ye ill, and ſee the ſalvation of the LORD | m_ You, O Judah and Jeruſalem : fear not, nor be imaid ; to morrew go out againſt th | LORD will be with = . _— Oo hs : 18 And Jehoſhaphat bowed his head, with bis face to the ground r + andall Judah, and the inhabitants of Je- rut ..em feil before the LORD, worſhipping the LORD y In token of his Reverence to God and his Meſſage, his bulic? of the Promiſe, and his Thankfulneſs for ſo great a Favour Y | . I9 And the Levites, ofthe children of the Kohath. _ = - _ children of the Korhites, ſtood up s to ' praiſe the D God of Iſrael with a 1 emp oud voice on 5 By Jehoſhaphats Appointment. # 7, e. With moſt I with Heartand Voice lifted up : whereby they DO ning aſlurance of the Viftory, as if it were al:cady accompliſhed, 20 And they role 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 inthe LORD * Lick your God, fo ſhall ye be eſtabliſhed ; believe + his 4 ff prophets ?, ſo ſhall ye proſper «. _ # 7, e; Gods Promiſe delivered tous by this quently all other PrediCtions of the Prophets or ſhall be Promiſe. 21 And when he had conſulted wich the people x, he appointed fingers unto the LORD y, and Þ that ſhould + Heb ou the —_ —_ S, as tiey went out before 2: che army, and to lay, * Praiſe the LORD, for hi "P1361 endureth for ever. ; A _— x 7,e. With the Elders or chief of the P their Advice abour the Expediency of the The ; ach Fug. on LEO HY prepare themſelves and the Pe ro this great Work of Praiting God To the H -rVi of God z Or, the Glory, or one, or NN Sy ( by a vulgar Hebraiſm ) the Holy Majeſty ; a Periphraſis of God. Ir, accoralng t0 the beauty or magnificence of the ſantuary 2,0, 10 the _ wks ORIEY Magnificent Manner, as they uſed to do it 'Nn rac Mm 3 W ; c INE: - . P 4 ; vg _ the following Song was uſually ſung, as 22 | And whea they began Þ to ſing and to praiſe 4, | Heb.«i
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# So acceptable are the Fervent Prayers of Gods People to God, [imging and and ſo terrible to their Enemies. 6 Or, lyers in watt, either 1, he proſe, Holy Angels, who appeared inthe ſhape of Men, and poſſibly pur |; Or,thy on the Appearances and Vilages of Moabites or Ammonites, and in ſmare one that ſhape ſlew the reſt, who ſuppoſing this Slaughter to be done anther. by a part of their own Army, fell upon them, and ſo broke forth into Mutual Slaughters. Or, 2. God raiſed Jealouſies and Ani- moſiries amongſt themſelves, which by degrees broke forth, firſt into ſecret Ambuſhments, which one party laid for another, and then into open Huſtilities and Outrages to their utter Deſtruttion.
So Vain are all Mens Attempts againſt God, who needs none to de- troy his Enemies but themſelves, and their own Miſtakes and Pal. lions, which he can when he Do, arm againſt them.
23 For the children of Ammon and Moab, ſtood up againſt the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to flay and deſtroy them : and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped Þ to deſtroy + Heb; another. or the
24 And when Judah came toward the wateh-tower deftrutti, c in the wilderneſs, they looked unto the multitude, and behold, they were dead bodies fallen upon the earth, and Ff none eſcaped- here wi
c Which ſtood upon the Cliff of Ziz mentioned above v. 6. or = an ſome other Hill which looked toward the Wilderneſs, where their eſcapinge Enemies lay encamped, whoſe Numbers, and Order, and conditi- on they could deſcry fiom thence.
25 And when Jehoſhaphat and his people came to take away the ſpoil of them, they found among them in
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a Which they brought with them partly to corrupt any of Jeko- ſhaphat's Officers as they ſaw Occaſion : partly to procure neceſlarie: for their vat Army frem time to time: and partly becauſe the) cams to a Triumph rather than to a Fight, being ſecure and confi denr of the victory, becauſe of their great Numbers, and eſpeciall; becauſe they thought to ſurprize Jeboſhaphat ere he could make any conſiderable preparations againſt them ; God alſo permitting them to be puffed up to their own deſtruion.
26 And on the fourth day they aſſembled them- ſelves in the valley of || Berachah e; for there they bleſ- ſed the LORD : therefore the name of the ſame place was called the valley of Berachah unto this day.
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27 Then they returned every man of Judah and Je- ruſalem, 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.