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Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.
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.
Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

New Defender's Study Bible Notes

20:2 beyond the sea. The sea is the Dead Sea, and Engedi is on its western shore. The Moabites and Ammonites, descendants of Lot, and the Edomites, descendants of Esau, all of whom had been spared by Moses and Joshua during the conquest of the land from the Canaanites, had finally become confederates in an ungrateful attempt to destroy Israel. Their combined armies constituted a “great multitude.” This time, however, Jehoshaphat made no request for help from Israel or Syria or anyone else, relying strictly on the Lord.


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