23. Then the Ammonites and Moabites attacked the people from Mount Seir and annihilated them. After they had finished off the people of Seir, they helped destroy one another.
24. The people of Judah went to the watchtower in the desert and looked for the crowd. Corpses were lying on the ground. No one had escaped.
25. When Jehoshaphat and his troops came to take the loot, they found among them a lot of goods, clothes, and valuables. They found more than they could carry. They spent three days collecting the loot.
26. On the fourth day they gathered in the valley of Beracah. Because they thanked the Lord there, that place is still called the valley of Beracah [Thanks] today.
27. All the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned to Jerusalem. They rejoiced while Jehoshaphat led them. The Lord gave them a reason to rejoice about ⌊what had happened to⌋ their enemies.
28. So they brought harps, lyres, and trumpets to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem.
29. The fear of the Lord came over the kingdoms in that area when they heard how the Lord waged war against Israel’s enemies.
30. Jehoshaphat’s kingdom was peaceful, since his God surrounded him with peace.
31. Jehoshaphat ruled as king of Judah. He was 35 years old when he began to rule, and he ruled for 25 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah, daughter of Shilhi.
32. Jehoshaphat carefully followed the example his father Asa had set and did what the Lord considered right.
33. But the illegal worship sites on the hills were not torn down. The people still didn’t have their hearts set on the God of their ancestors.
34. Everything else about Jehoshaphat from first to last is written in the records of Jehu, son of Hanani, which is included in the Book of the Kings of Israel.
35. After this, King Jehoshaphat of Judah allied himself with King Ahaziah of Israel, who led him to do evil.
36. Jehoshaphat joined him in making ships to go to Tarshish. They made the ships in Ezion Geber.
37. Then Eliezer, son of Dodavahu from Mareshah, prophesied against Jehoshaphat. He said, “The Lord will destroy your work because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah.” So the ships were wrecked and couldn’t go to Tarshish.