Holman Christian Standard Bible

2 Chronicles 20:23-30 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

23. The Ammonites and Moabites turned against the inhabitants of Mount Seir and completely annihilated them. When they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped destroy each other.

24. When Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the large army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; nobody had escaped.

25. Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to gather the plunder. They found among them an abundance of goods on the bodies and valuable items. So they stripped them until nobody could carry any more. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much.

26. They assembled in the Valley of Beracah on the fourth day, for there they praised the Lord. Therefore, that place is still called the Valley of Beracah today.

27. Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem turned back with Jehoshaphat their leader, returning joyfully to Jerusalem, for the Lord enabled them to rejoice over their enemies.

28. So they came into Jerusalem to the Lord’s temple with harps, lyres, and trumpets.

29. The terror of God was on all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that Yahweh had fought against the enemies of Israel.

30. Then Jehoshaphat’s kingdom was quiet, for his God gave him rest on every side.