1 后来， 摩押人、亚扪人和一些米乌尼人， 一同来攻击约沙法。 2 有人来向约沙法报告说： "从海的对岸， 就是从以东， 有大军前来攻击你； 现在他们在哈洗逊．他玛。"哈洗逊．他玛就是隐．基底。 3 于是约沙法害怕起来， 定意要寻求耶和华， 就在犹大全地宣告禁食。 4 于是犹大人集合起来， 寻求耶和华的帮助； 犹大各城中都有人出来寻求耶和华。 5 约沙法就在犹大和耶路撒冷的会众中， 站在耶和华殿的新院子前面， 6 说： "耶和华我们列祖的 神啊， 你不是天上的 神吗？你不是统治万国的吗？你手中有大能大力， 没有人能抵挡你。 7 我们的 神啊， 你不是曾经把这地的居民从你的子民以色列人面前赶走， 把这地赐给你的朋友亚伯拉罕的后裔永远作产业吗？ 8 他们住在那地， 又在那里为你的名建造了一座圣所， 说： 9 ‘如果有灾祸临到我们， 无论是刀剑、刑罚、瘟疫、饥荒， 我们在急难的时候， 站在这殿和你的面前， 向你呼求， 你必垂听和施行拯救， 因为你的名是在这殿内。’ 10 现在这里有亚扪人、摩押人和西珥山的人， 从前以色列人从埃及地出来的时候， 你不许以色列人侵犯他们。那时， 以色列人就离开了他们， 不除灭他们。 11 现在你看， 他们怎样报复我们； 他们要来把我们从你赐给我们承受作产业的地赶出去。 12 我们的 神啊， 你不惩罚他们吗？因为我们没有力量抵挡这来攻打我们的大军； 我们也不知道该作什么； 我们的眼睛只有仰望你。" 13 那时全犹大的人， 连他们的婴孩、妻子和儿女， 都站在耶和华面前。 14 当时， 耶和华的灵在会众中临到利未人亚萨的后裔， 玛探雅的玄孙、耶利的曾孙、比拿雅的孙子、撒迦利亚的儿子雅哈悉； 15 他就说： "全犹大的人、耶路撒冷的居民和约沙法王啊， 你们要留意！ 耶和华这样对你们说： ‘你们不要因这大军惧怕和惊慌， 因为战争的胜负不是在于你们， 而是在于 神。 16 明天你们要下去攻击他们， 他们会从洗斯的斜坡上来， 你们必在耶鲁伊勒旷野东面的谷口遇见他们。 17 犹大人和耶路撒冷人哪， 这次你们不必出战， 只要稳守阵地， 站立不动， 看耶和华为你们施行的拯救。’你们不要惧怕， 也不要惊慌； 明天要出去攻击他们， 耶和华必和你们同在。" 18 于是约沙法面伏于地， 全犹大的人和耶路撒冷的居民都俯伏在耶和华面前， 敬拜耶和华。 19 哥辖子孙中和可拉子孙中的利未人， 都站起来高声赞美耶和华以色列的 神。 20 第二天早晨， 众人清早起来， 出发到提哥亚的旷野去； 他们正出去的时候， 约沙法站起来， 说： "犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民哪， 你们要听我的话； 信靠耶和华你们的 神， 你们就必坚立； 信靠他的先知， 你们就必亨通。" 21 约沙法和人民商议好了， 就指派向耶和华歌唱的人， 使他们身穿圣洁的服饰， 走在军队的前面， 赞美耶和华， 说： "你们要称颂耶和华， 因他的慈爱永远长存。" 22 他们正在欢呼赞美的时候， 耶和华就派出伏兵， 击杀那前来攻打犹大人的亚扪人、摩押人和西珥山的人， 他们就被击溃了。 23 原来亚扪人和摩押人起来攻击住西珥山的人， 把他们杀尽灭绝； 他们灭尽了住西珥山的人以后， 竟又自相残杀。 24 犹大人来到旷野的瞭望楼， 向那大军观望， 只见伏尸遍地， 没有一个逃脱的。 25 约沙法和他的人民就来掠夺敌人的财物， 在尸首中见许多财物、衣服和珍宝。他们剥脱下来的， 多得不能携带； 因为掠物甚多， 所以掠夺了三天。 26 第四日， 他们聚集在比拉迦谷， 在那里称颂耶和华， 因此那地方名叫比拉迦谷， 直到今日。 27 事后， 犹大和耶路撒冷所有的人， 在约沙法率领下， 都欢欢喜喜回耶路撒冷去了， 耶和华使他们因胜过仇敌欢喜快乐。 28 他们拿着琴瑟和号筒来到耶路撒冷， 进了耶和华的殿。 29 世上列国一听见耶和华战败了以色列的仇敌， 就都惧怕 神。 30 这样， 约沙法的国得享太平， 因为他的 神使他四境安宁。 31 约沙法登基统治犹大的时候， 是三十五岁； 他在耶路撒冷作王共二十五年。他的母亲名叫阿苏巴， 是示利希的女儿。 32 约沙法遵行他父亲亚撒的道路， 总不偏离， 行耶和华看为正的事。 33 只是邱坛还没有除掉， 人民仍然没有定意归向他们列祖的 神。 34 约沙法其余的事迹， 一生的始末， 都记在哈拿尼的儿子耶户的言行录上； 这言行录又收录在以色列诸王记上。 35 后来， 犹大王约沙法和作恶多端的以色列王亚哈谢结盟。 36 约沙法和他合伙建造船只， 开往他施去； 他们是在以旬．迦别建造船只。 37 那时， 玛利沙人多大瓦的儿子以利以谢说预言攻击约沙法， 说： "因为你和亚哈谢结盟， 耶和华必破坏你建造的船只。"后来那些船只果然受到破坏， 不能开往他施去。

1 And it cometh to pass after this, the sons of Moab have come in, and the sons of Ammon, and with them of the peoples, against Jehoshaphat to battle.2 And they come in and declare to Jehoshaphat, saying, `Come against thee hath a great multitude from beyond the sea, from Aram, and lo, they [are] in Hazezon-Tamar -- it [is] En-Gedi.`3 And Jehoshaphat feareth, and setteth his face to seek to Jehovah, and proclaimeth a fast over all Judah;4 and Judah is gathered to inquire of Jehovah; also, from all the cities of Judah they have come in to seek Jehovah.5 And Jehoshaphat standeth in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Jehovah, at the front of the new court,6 and saith, `O Jehovah, God of our fathers, art not Thou -- God in the heavens? yea, Thou art ruling over all kingdoms of the nations, and in Thy hand [is] power and might, and there is none with Thee to station himself.7 `Art not Thou our God? Thou hast dispossessed the inhabitants of this land from before Thy people Israel, and dost give it to the seed of Abraham Thy friend to the age,8 and they dwell in it, and build to Thee in it a sanctuary for Thy name, saying,9 If evil doth come upon us -- sword, judgment, and pestilence, and famine -- we stand before this house, and before Thee, for Thy name [is] in this house, and cry unto Thee out of our distress, and Thou dost hear and save.10 `And now, lo, sons of Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir, whom Thou didst not grant to Israel to go in against in their coming out of the land of Egypt, for they turned aside from off them and destroyed them not,11 and lo, they are recompensing to us -- to come in to drive us out of Thy possession, that Thou hast caused us to possess.12 `O our God, dost Thou not execute judgment upon them? for there is no power in us before this great multitude that hath come against us, and we know not what we do, but on Thee [are] our eyes.`13 And all Judah are standing before Jehovah, also their infants, their wives, and their sons.14 And upon Jahaziel, son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, hath the Spirit of Jehovah been, in the midst of the assembly,15 and he saith, `Attend, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and O king Jehoshaphat, Thus said Jehovah to you, Ye fear not, nor are afraid of the face of this great multitude, for not for you [is] the battle, but for God.16 To-morrow, go ye down against them, lo, they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz, and ye have found them in the end of the valley, the front of the wilderness of Jeruel.17 Not for you to fight in this; station yourselves, stand, and see the salvation of Jehovah with you, O Judah and Jerusalem -- be not afraid nor fear ye -- to-morrow go out before them, and Jehovah [is] with you.`18 And Jehoshaphat boweth -- face to the earth -- and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem have fallen before Jehovah, to bow themselves to Jehovah.19 And the Levites, of the sons of the Kohathites, and of the sons of the Korhites, rise to give praise to Jehovah, God of Israel, with a loud voice on high.20 And they rise early in the morning, and go out to the wilderness of Tekoa, and in their going out Jehoshaphat hath stood and saith, `Hear me, O Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem, remain stedfast in Jehovah your God, and be stedfast; remain stedfast in His prophets, and prosper.`21 And he taketh counsel with the people, and appointeth singers to Jehovah, and those giving praise to the honour of holiness, in the going out before the armed [men], and saying, `Give ye thanks to Jehovah, for to the age [is] His kindness.`22 And at the time they have begun with singing and praise, Jehovah hath put ambushments against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, who are coming in to Judah, and they are smitten,23 and the sons of Ammon stand up, and Moab, against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to devote and to destroy, and at their finishing with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped, a man against his neighbour, to destroy.24 And Judah hath come in unto the watch-tower, to the wilderness, and they look unto the multitude, and lo, they [are] carcases fallen to the earth, and there is none escaped,25 and Jehoshaphat cometh in, and his people, to seize their spoil, and they find among them, in abundance, both goods and carcases, and desirable vessels, and they take spoil to themselves without prohibition, and they are three days seizing the spoil, for it [is] abundant.26 And on the fourth day they have been assembled at the valley of Blessing, for there they blessed Jehovah: therefore they have called the name of that place, `Valley of Blessing,` unto this day.27 And they turn back, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, to go back unto Jerusalem with joy, for Jehovah hath made them rejoice over their enemies.28 And they come in to Jerusalem with psalteries, and with harps, and with trumpets, unto the house of Jehovah.29 And there is a fear of God on all kingdoms of the lands in their hearing that Jehovah hath fought with the enemies of Israel,30 and the kingdom of Jehoshaphat is quiet, and his God giveth rest to him round about.31 And Jehoshaphat reigneth over Judah, a son of thirty and five years in his reigning, and twenty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Azubah daughter of Shilhi.32 And he walketh in the way of his father Asa, and hath not turned aside from it, to do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.33 Only, the high places have not turned aside, and still the people have not prepared their heart for the God of their fathers.34 And the rest of the matters of Jehoshaphat, the first and the last, lo, they are written among the matters of Jehu son of Hanani, who hath been mentioned on the book of the kings of Israel.35 And after this hath Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, (he did wickedly in [so] doing),36 and he joineth him with himself to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they make ships in Ezion-Geber,37 and prophesy doth Eliezer son of Dodavah, of Mareshah, against Jehoshaphat, saying, `For thy joining thyself with Ahaziah, Jehovah hath broken up thy works;` and the ships are broken, and have not retained [power] to go unto Tarshish.