1 After this the Moabites, the Ammonites, and with them some Meunites came to fight against Jehoshaphat.
2 Jehoshaphat was told: “A great multitude is coming against you from across the sea, from Edom; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (which is En-gedi).
3 Frightened, Jehoshaphat resolved to consult the Lord. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
4 Then Judah gathered to seek the Lord’s help; from every one of the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.
5 Jehoshaphat stood up in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of the Lord before the new court,