LET THE LORD FIGHT YOUR BATTLE!!!

King Jehoshaphat walked upright before the Lord and did right in HIS SIGHT!!!  And God blessed King Jehoshaphat!!! 


2 Chronicles 17:1-6 (NKJV)

17 Then Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel.

² And he placed troops in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim which Asa his father had taken.

³ Now the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the former ways of his father David; he did not seek the Baals,

⁴ but sought the God of his father, and walked in His commandments and not according to the acts of Israel.

⁵ Therefore the Lord established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah gave presents to Jehoshaphat, and he had riches and honor in abundance.

⁶ And his heart took delight in the ways of the Lord; moreover he removed the high places and wooden images from Judah.



Jehoshaphat made sure that the ways of The Lord and God’s Law were taught to the people throughout his kingdom!!!  His kingdom flourished and the people prospered!!!


2 Chronicles 17:9-13 (NKJV)

⁹ So they taught in Judah, and had the Book of the Law of the Lord with them; they went throughout all the cities of Judah and taught the people.

¹⁰ And the fear of the Lord fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.

¹¹ Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents and silver as tribute; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand seven hundred rams and seven thousand seven hundred male goats.

¹² So Jehoshaphat became increasingly powerful, and he built fortresses and storage cities in Judah.

¹³ He had much property in the cities of Judah; and the men of war, mighty men of valor, were in Jerusalem.



Jehoshaphat pursued The Lord and he turned the people back to GOD!!!


2 Chronicles 19:4 (NKJV) So Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the mountains of Ephraim, and brought them back to the Lord God of their fathers.



When a great army came out against King Jehoshaphat, he turned to THE LORD!!!  He was faithful to seek the Lord and rely on HIM.  He gathered the people together to seek THE LORD’S HELP!!! 


2 Chronicles 20 (CEB)

20 Some time later, the Moabites and the Ammonites, along with some of the Meunites, attacked Jehoshaphat.

² Jehoshaphat was told, “A large army from beyond the sea, from Edom, is coming to attack you. They are already at Hazazon-tamar!” (that is, En-gedi).

³ Frightened, Jehoshaphat decided to seek the Lord’s help and proclaimed a fast for all Judah.

⁴ People from all of Judah’s cities came to ask the Lord for help.

⁵ Then Jehoshaphat stood up in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem in the Lord’s temple in front of the new courtyard.

⁶ “Lord, the God of our ancestors, you alone are God in heaven. You rule all the kingdoms of the nations. You are so powerful that no one can oppose you.

⁷ You, our God, drove out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and gave this land to the descendants of your friend Abraham forever.

⁸ They have lived in it and have built a sanctuary in honor of your name in it, saying,

⁹ ‘If calamity, sword, flood, plague, or famine comes upon us, we will stand before this temple, before you, because your name is in this temple. We will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.’

¹⁰ So look here! The Ammonites, the Moabites, and those from Mount Seir—the people you wouldn’t let Israel invade when they came out of Egypt’s land, so Israel avoided them and didn’t destroy them—

¹¹ here they are, returning the favor by coming to drive us out of your possession that you gave to us!

¹² Our God, won’t you punish them? We are powerless against this mighty army that is about to attack us. We don’t know what to do, and so we are looking to you for help.”

¹³ All Judah was standing before the Lord, even their little ones, wives, and children.

¹⁴ Then the Lord’s spirit came upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah son of Benaiah son of Jeiel son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the line of Asaph, as he stood in the middle of the assembly.

¹⁵ “Pay attention, all of Judah, every inhabitant of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat,” Jahaziel said. “This is what the Lord says to you: Don’t be afraid or discouraged by this great army because the battle isn’t yours. It belongs to God!



King Jehoshaphat and ALL the people trusted in God and obeyed the word that THE LORD had spoken to them.  They watched as God fought their battle and defeated their enemies before them!!! 


2 Chronicles 20:16-23  (NKJV)

¹⁶ Tomorrow go down against them. They will surely come up by the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the brook before the Wilderness of Jeruel.

¹⁷ You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem!’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord is with you.”

¹⁸ And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem bowed before the Lord, worshiping the Lord.

¹⁹ Then the Levites of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with voices loud and high.

²⁰ So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.”

²¹ And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the Lord, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying:

“Praise the Lord,
For His mercy endures forever.”

²² Now when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated.

²³ For the people of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.



King Jehoshaphat and the people went out as THE LORD had commanded them and they praised HIM before their enemies!!!  They didn’t have to fight against the enemy!!!  Because of their trust in THE LORD, they saw the SALVATION OF THE  LORD that day!!!


2 Chronicles 20:24-30 (NKJV)

²⁴ So when Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude; and there were their dead bodies, fallen on the earth. No one had escaped.

²⁵ When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away their spoil, they found among them an abundance of valuables on the dead bodies, and precious jewelry, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away; and they were three days gathering the spoil because there was so much.

²⁶ And on the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, for there they blessed the Lord; therefore the name of that place was called The Valley of Berachah until this day.

²⁷ Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat in front of them, to go back to Jerusalem with joy, for the Lord had made them rejoice over their enemies.

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

²⁹ And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel.

³⁰ Then the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.

GOD ONLY has to blow softly into the wind and mighty kingdoms fall!!!  HE whispers and HIS EVERY COMMAND IS OBEYED!!!!