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Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἦλθον οἱ υἱοὶ Μωὰβ καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἀμμῶν καὶ μετʼ αὐτῶν ἐκ τῶν Μειναίων πρὸς Ἰωσαφὰτ εἰς πόλεμον.

καὶ ἦλθον καὶ ὑπέδειξαν τῷ Ἰωσαφὰτ λέγοντες Ἥκει ἐπὶ σέ πλῆθος πολὺ ἐκ πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης ἀπὸ Συρίας, καὶ ἰδού εἰσιν ἐν Ἀσὰμ Θμόρά, αὕτη ἐστὶν Ἐνγάδει.

καὶ ἐφοβήθη, καὶ ἔδωκεν Ἰωσαφὰτ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐκζητῆσαι τὸν κύριον, καὶ ἐκήρυξαν νηστείαν.

καὶ συνήχθη Ἰούδας ἐκζητῆσαι τὸν κύριον, καὶ ἀπὸ πασῶν τῶν πόλεων Ἰούδας ἦλθον ζητῆσαι τὸν κύριον.

καὶ ἀνέστη Ἰωσαφὰτ ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ Ἰούδα ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου κατὰ πρόσωπον τῆς αὐλῆς τῆς καινῆς,

καὶ εἶπεν Κύριε ὁ θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, οὐχὶ σὺ εἶ θεὸς ἐν οὐρανῷ ἄνω, καὶ σὺ κυριεύεις πασῶν τῶν βασιλειῶν τῶν ἐθνῶν, καὶ ἐυ τῇ χειρί σου ἰσχὺς δυναστείας, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν πρὸς σέ ἀντίστῆναι;

οὐχὶ σὺ ὁ κύριος ἐξωλέθρευσας τοὺς κατοικοῦντας τὴν γῆν ταύτην ἀπὸ προσώπου Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἔδωκας αὐτὴν σπέρματι Ἀβραὰμ τῷ ἠγαπημένῳ σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα;

καὶ κατῴκησαν ἐν αὐτῇ καὶ ᾠκοδόμησαν ἐν αὐτῇ ἁγίασμα τῷ ὀνόματί σου λέγοντες

Ἐὰν ἐπέλθῃ ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς κακά, όομφαία, κρίσις, θάνατος, λιμός, στησόμεθα ἐναντίον τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ καὶ ἐναντίον σου, ὅτι τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐπὶ τῷ οἴκῳ τούτῳ, καὶ βοησόμεθα πρὸς σέ ἀπὸ τῆς θλίψεως, καὶ ἀκούσῃ καὶ σώσεις.

καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ υἱοὶ Ἀμμὼν καὶ ὄρος Σηείρ, εἰς οὓς οὐκ ἔδωκας ¹³ τῷ Ἰσραὴλ διελθεῖν δι᾿ αὐτῶν, ἐξελθόντων αὐτῶν ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, ὅτι ἐξέκλιναν ἀπʼ αὐτῶν καὶ οὐκ ἐξωλέθρευσαν αὐτούς·

καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ αὐτοὶ ἐπιχειροῦσιν ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς ἐξελθεῖν ἐκβαλεῖν ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς κληρονομίας ἡμῶν ἧς ἔδωκας ἡμῖν,

Κύριε ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν· οὐ κρινεῖς ἐν αὐτοῖς; ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἡμῖν ἰσχὺς τοῦ ἀντιστῆναι πρὸς τὸ πλῆθος τὸ πολὺ τοῦτο τὸ ἐλθὸν ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς, καὶ οὐκ οἴδαμεν τἰ ποιήσωμεν αὐτοῖς· ἀλλ᾿ ἢ ἐπὶ σοὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἡμῶν.

καὶ πᾶς Ἰουδὰ ἑστηκὼς ἔναντι Κυρίου, καὶ τὰ παιδία αὐτῶν καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες.

καὶ τῷ Οζειὴλ τῷ τοῦ Σαχαρίου τῶν υἱῶν Ἐλεαὴλ τοῦ Μανθανίου τοῦ Λευείτου ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Ἀσάφ, ἐγένετο ἐπʼ αὐτὸν πνεῦμα Κυρίου ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ,

καὶ εἶπεν Ἀκούσατε, πᾶς Ἰουδὰ καὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες Ἰερουσαλὴμ καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἰωσαφάτ, τάδε λέγει Κύριος ὑμῖν αὐτοῖς Μὴ φοβεῖσθε μηδὲ πτοηθῆτε ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ ὄχλου τοῦ πολλοῦ τούτου, ὅτι οὐχ ὑμῖν ἐστὶν ἡ παράταξις ἀλλ ἣ τῷ θεῷ.

αὔριον κατάβητε ἐπʼ αὐτούς· ἰδοὺ ἀναβαίνουσιν κατὰ τὴν ἀνάβασιν Ἀσᾶε, καὶ εὑρήσετε αὐτοὺς ἐπʼ ἄκρου ποταμοῦ τῆς ἐρήμου Ἰεριήλ.

οὐχ ὑμῖν ἐστὶν πολεμῆσαι· ταῦτα σύνετε καὶ ἴδετε τὴν σωτηρίαν Κυρίου μεθʼ ὑμῶν· ἰδοὺ καὶ Ἰερουσαλήμ· μὴ πτοηθῆτε μηδὲ φοβηθῆτε αὐτόν, ἐξελθεῖν εἰς ἀπάντησιν αὐτοῖς, καὶ Κύριος μεθʼ ὑμῶν.

καὶ κύψας Ἰωσαφὰτ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ καὶ πᾶς Ἰουδὰ καὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἔπεσαν ἔναντι Κυρίου προσκυνῆσαι Κυρίῳ.

καὶ ἀνέστησαν οἱ Λευεῖται ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Καὰθ καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Κόρε αἰνεῖν Κυρίῳ θεῷ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ εἰς ὕψος.

καὶ ὥρθρισαν πρωὶ καὶ ἐξῆλθον εἰς τὴν ἔρημον εκώε· καὶ ἐν τῷ ἐξελθεῖν ἔστη Ἰωσαφὰτ καὶ ἐβόησεν Ἀκούσατέ μου, Ἰουδὰ καὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ· ἐνπιστεύσατε ἐν Κυρίῳ θεῷ ὑμῶν, καὶ ἐνπιστευθήσεσθε· ἐνπιστεύσατε ἐν προφήτῃ αὐτοῦ, καὶ εὐοδωθήσεσθε.

καὶ ἐβουλεύσατο μετὰ τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ ἔστησεν ψαλτῳδοὺς καὶ αἰνοῦντας ἐξομολογεῖσθαι καὶ αἰνεῖν τὰ ἅγια ἐν τῷ ἐξελθεῖν ἔμπροσθεν τῆς δυνάμεως· καὶ ἔλεγεν

Ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ κυρίῳ.

ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ.

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καὶ ἐν τῷ ἄρξασθαι τῆς αἰνέσεως αὐτοῦ τῆς ἐξομολογήσεως ⁶ ἔδωκεν Κύριος πολεμεῖν τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἀμμὼν ἐπὶ Μωὰβ καὶ ὄρος Σηεὶρ τοὺς ἐξελθόντας ἐπὶ Ἰουδά, καὶ ἐτροπώθησαν.

καὶ ἀπέστησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἀμμὼν καὶ Μωὰβ ἐπὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ὄρος Σηεὶρ ἐξολεθρεῦσαι καὶ ἐκτρίψαι· καὶ ὡς συνετέλεσαν τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Σηείρ, ἀνέστησαν εἰς ἀλλήλους τοῦ ἐξολοθρευθῆναι.

καὶ Ἰούδας ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὴν σκοπιὰν τῆς ἐρήμου, καὶ ἐπέβλεψεν καὶ εἶδεν τὸ πλῆθος· καὶ ἰδοὺ πάντες νεκροὶ πεπταωκότες ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, οὐκ ἦν σωζόμενος.

καὶ ἦλθεν Ἰωσαφὰτ καὶ ὁ λαὸς αὐτοῦ σκυλεῦσαι τὰ σκῦλα αὐτῶν, καὶ εὗρον κτήνη πολλὰ καὶ ἀποσκευὴν καὶ σκῦλα καὶ σκεύη ἐπιθυμητά, καὶ ἐσκύλευσεν ἐυ αὐτοῖς· καὶ ἐγένοντο ἡμέραι τρεῖς σκυλευόντων αὐτῶν τὰ σκῦλα, ὅτι πολλὰ ἦν.

καὶ ἐγένετο τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τετάρτῃ ἐπισυνήχθησαν εἰς τὸν αὐλῶνα τῆς εὐλογίας, ἐκεῖ γὰρ ηὐλόγησαν τὸν κύριον· διὰ τοῦτο ἐκάλεσαν τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου Κοιλὰς εὐλογίας ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.

καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν πᾶς ἀνὴρ Ἰούδα εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ καὶ Ἰωσαφὰτ ἡγούμενος αὐτῶν ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ μεγάλῃ, ὅτι εὔφραινεν οὐτοὺς Κύριος ἀπὸ τῶν ἐχθρῶν αὐτῶν.

καὶ εἰσῆλθον ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐν νάβλαις καὶ ἐν κινύραις καὶ ἐν σάλπιγξιν εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου.

καὶ ἐγένετο ἔκστασις Κυρίου ἐπὶ πάσας τὰς βασιλείας τῆς γῆς ἐν τῷ ἀκοῦσαι αὐτοὺς ὅτι ἐπολέμησεν Κύριος πρὸς τοὺς ὑπεναντίους Ἰσραήλ.

καὶ εἰρήνευσεν ἡ βασιλεία Ἰωσαφάτ, καὶ κατέπαυσεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεὸς αὐτοῦ κυκλόθεν.

Καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἰωσαφὰτ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰουδά, ἐτῶν τριάκοντα πέντε ἐν τῷ βασιλεῦσαι αὐτόν, καὶ εἵκοσι πέντε ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ Ἀζουβὰ θυγάτηρ Σολει

καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ Ἀσά, καὶ οὐκ ἐξέκλινεν τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὸ εὐθὲς ἐνώπιον Κυρίου.

ἀλλὰ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ἔτι ὑπῆρχεν, καὶ ἔτι ὁ λαὸς οὐ κατεύθυνεν τὴν καρδίαν πρὸς Κύριον θεὸν τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ.

καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ λόγοι Ἰωσαφὰτ οἱ πρῶτοι καὶ οἱ ἔσχατοι ἰδοὺ γεγραμμένοι ἐν λόγοις Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ἀνανεί, ὅς κατέγραψεν βιβλίου βασιλέως Ἰσραήλ.

Καὶ ⁷⁹ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐκοινώνησεν Ἰωσαφὰτ πρὸς Ὀχοζείαν βασιλέα Ἰσραήλ, καὶ οὗτος ἠνόμησεν

ἐν τῷ ποιῆσαι καὶ πορευθῆναι πρὸς αὐτὸν τοῦ ποιῆσαι πλοῖα τοῦ πορευθῆναι εἰς θαρσείς· καὶ ἐποίησεν πλοῖα ἐν Γασιὼν Γάβερ.

καὶ ἐπροφήτευσεν Ἐλειαδὰ ὁ τοῦ Ὠδειὰ ἀπὸ Μαρείσης ἐπὶ Ἰωσαφὰτ λέγων Ὡς ἐφιλίασας τῷ χοζεία, ἔθραυσεν Κύριος τὸ ἔργον σου, καὶ συνετρίβη τὰ πλοῖά σου. καὶ οὐκ ἐδυνάσθη τοῦ πορευθῆναι εἰς bαρσείς.

II Chronicles. Septuaginta. ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D.. United States. 2017.

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Παραλειπομένων Βʹ (Greek) (Septuaginta. The Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint. Volume 2: I Chronicles-Tobit. Swete, Henry Barclay, editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1896.)

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II Chronicles Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 20 focus

It happened after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

Then there came some who told Jehoshaphat, saying, There comes a great multitude against you from beyond the sea from Syria; and, behold, they are in Hazazon Tamar (the same is En Gedi).

Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek to Yahweh; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

Judah gathered themselves together, to seek [help] of Yahweh: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek Yahweh.

Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Yahweh, before the new court;

and he said, Yahweh, the God of our fathers, aren’t you God in heaven? and aren’t you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in your hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.

Did not you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham your friend forever?

They lived therein, and have built you a sanctuary therein for your name, saying,

If evil come on us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before you, (for your name is in this house,) and cry to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.

Now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and didn’t destroy them;

behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.

Our God, will you not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that comes against us; neither know we what to do: but out eyes are on you.

All Judah stood before Yahweh, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

Then on 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 Yahweh in the midst of the assembly;

and he said, Listen you, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat: Thus says Yahweh to you, Don’t be afraid you, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

Tomorrow go you down against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and you shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.

You shall not need to fight in this [battle]: set yourselves, stand you still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem; don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed: tomorrow go out against them: for Yahweh is with you.

Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Yahweh, worshipping Yahweh.

The Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites, stood up to praise Yahweh, the God of Israel, with an exceeding loud voice.

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, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: believe in Yahweh your God, so shall you be established; believe his prophets, so shall you prosper.

When he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who should sing to Yahweh, and give praise in holy array, as they went out before the army, and say, Give thanks to Yahweh; for his lovingkindness endures forever.

When they began to sing and to praise, Yahweh set liers-in-wait against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were struck.

For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, utterly to kill and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to destroy another.

When Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked at the multitude; and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none who escaped.

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 the spoil, it was so much.

On the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Beracah; for there they blessed Yahweh: therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Beracah to this day.

Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Yahweh had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

They came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets to the house of Yahweh.

The fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that Yahweh fought against the enemies of Israel.

So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about.

Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

He walked in the way of Asa his father, and didn’t turn aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh.

However the high places were not taken away; neither as yet had the people set their hearts to the God of their fathers.

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.

After this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly:

and he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion Geber.

Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, Yahweh has destroyed your works. The ships were broken, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

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