1 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other besides the Ammonites, came against Jehosh´aphat to battle.
2 Then there came some that told Jehosh´aphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Haz´azon–ta´mar, which is En–ge´di.
3 And Jehosh´aphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.
5 And Jehosh´aphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court,