Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version

2 Chronicles 20:23-30 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

23. The Ammonites and the Moabites started to fight the men from Mount Seir. After they killed them, the Ammonites and Moabites turned on themselves and killed each other.

24. The men from Judah arrived at the lookout point in the desert. They looked for the enemy’s large army, but all they saw were dead bodies lying on the ground. There were no survivors.

25. Jehoshaphat and his army came to take things from the bodies. They found many animals, riches, clothes, and other valuable things. It was more than Jehoshaphat and his men could carry away. There was so much that they spent three days taking everything from the dead bodies.

26. On the fourth day Jehoshaphat and his army met in the Valley of Beracah. They praised the Lord. That is why people still call that place, “The Valley of Beracah.”

27. All the men from Judah and Jerusalem were very happy as they marched back to Jerusalem with Jehoshaphat in the front. The Lord made them very happy when he defeated their enemy.

28. They entered Jerusalem with lyres, harps, and trumpets and went to the Temple of the Lord.

29. People in all the surrounding kingdoms became afraid of God when they heard that the Lord fought against the enemies of Israel.

30. That is why there was peace for Jehoshaphat’s kingdom—his God brought him rest from the enemies that were all around him.