Lexham English Bible

2 Chronicles 20:26-36 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

26. And on the fourth day, they assembled in the Valley of Berakah, for there they blessed Yahweh. Therefore the name of that place is called the Valley of Berakah up to this day.

27. And all the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned, and Jehoshaphat was at their head in returning to Jerusalem with joy, for Yahweh caused them to rejoice over their enemies.

28. And they came to Jerusalem with harps, stringed instruments, and trumpets to the house of Yahweh.

29. And the fear of God came upon all the kingdoms of the earth when they heard that Yahweh had fought against the enemies of Israel.

30. So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was at rest, since his God gave rest to him all around.

31. So Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he began to reign. And he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.

32. And he walked in the way of his father Asa and did not turn aside from it, to do what was right in the eyes of Yahweh.

33. Only the high places were not removed. The people still had not yet set their heart on the God of their ancestors.

34. Now the rest of the words of Jehoshaphat, from the first to the last, behold, they are written in the chronicles of Jehu the son of Hanani, which are recorded in the scroll of the kings of Israel.

35. And afterward Jehoshaphat the king of Judah joined with Ahaziah the king of Israel, who acted wickedly.

36. He joined with him to build ships to go to Tarshish. And they built the ships in Ezion Geber.