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Jeremiah 37:3
King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to ask me to pray to the LORD our God on behalf of our nation.
Jeremiah 37:7
to say to Zedekiah, "The Egyptian army is on its way to help you, but it will return home.
Jeremiah 38:14-27
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On another occasion King Zedekiah had me brought to him at the third entrance to the Temple, and he said, "I am going to ask you a question, and I want you to tell me the whole truth."
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I answered, "If I tell you the truth, you will put me to death, and if I give you advice, you won't pay any attention."
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So King Zedekiah promised me in secret, "I swear by the living God, the God who gave us life, that I will not put you to death or hand you over to the men who want to kill you."
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Then I told Zedekiah that the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, had said, "If you surrender to the king of Babylonia's officers, your life will be spared, and this city will not be burned down. Both you and your family will be spared.
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But if you do not surrender, then this city will be handed over to the Babylonians, who will burn it down, and you will not escape from them."
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But the king answered, "I am afraid of our own people who have deserted to the Babylonians. I may be handed over to them and tortured."
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I said, "You will not be handed over to them. I beg you to obey the LORD's message; then all will go well with you, and your life will be spared.
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But the LORD has shown me in a vision what will happen if you refuse to surrender.
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In it I saw all the women left in Judah's royal palace being led out to the king of Babylonia's officers. Listen to what they were saying as they went: 'The king's best friends misled him, they overruled him. And now that his feet have sunk in the mud, his friends have left him.' "
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Then I added, "All your women and children will be taken out to the Babylonians, and you yourself will not escape from them. You will be taken prisoner by the king of Babylonia, and this city will be burned to the ground."
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Zedekiah replied, "Don't let anyone know about this conversation, and your life will not be in danger.
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If the officials hear that I have talked with you, they will come and ask you what we said. They will promise not to put you to death if you tell them everything.
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Just tell them you were begging me not to send you back to prison to die there."
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Then all the officials came and questioned me, and I told them exactly what the king had told me to say. There was nothing else they could do, because no one had overheard the conversation.
Jeremiah 42:4-6
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I answered, "Very well, then. I will pray to the LORD our God, just as you have asked, and whatever he says, I will tell you. I will not keep back anything from you."
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Then they said to me, "May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not obey all the commands that the LORD our God gives you for us.
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Whether it pleases us or not, we will obey the LORD our God, to whom we are asking you to pray. All will go well with us if we obey him."
Judges 20:27
God's Covenant Box was there at Bethel in those days, and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron, was in charge of it. The people asked the LORD, "Should we go out to fight our brothers the Benjaminites again, or should we give up?" The LORD answered, "Fight. Tomorrow I will give you victory over them."
1 Samuel 10:22
they asked the LORD, "Is there still someone else?" The LORD answered, "Saul is over there, hiding behind the supplies."
1 Samuel 28:6
and so he asked the LORD what to do. But the LORD did not answer him at all, either by dreams or by the use of Urim and Thummim or by prophets.
1 Samuel 28:15
Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me? Why did you make me come back?" Saul answered, "I am in great trouble! The Philistines are at war with me, and God has abandoned me. He doesn't answer me any more, either by prophets or by dreams. And so I have called you, for you to tell me what I must do."
1 Kings 14:2
Jeroboam said to his wife, "Disguise yourself so that no one will recognize you, and go to Shiloh, where the prophet Ahijah lives, the one who said I would be king of Israel.
1 Kings 14:3
Take him ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey. Ask him what is going to happen to our son, and he will tell you."
1 Kings 22:3-8
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Ahab asked his officials, "Why is it that we have not done anything to get back Ramoth in Gilead from the king of Syria? It belongs to us!"
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And Ahab asked Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to attack Ramoth?" "I am ready when you are," Jehoshaphat answered, "and so are my soldiers and my cavalry.
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But first let's consult the LORD."
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So Ahab called in the prophets, about four hundred of them, and asked them, "Should I go and attack Ramoth, or not?" "Attack it," they answered. "The Lord will give you victory."
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But Jehoshaphat asked, "Isn't there another prophet through whom we can consult the LORD?"
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Ahab answered, "There is one more, Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me; it's always something bad." "You shouldn't say that!" Jehoshaphat replied.
2 Kings 1:3
But an angel of the LORD commanded Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe, to go and meet the messengers of King Ahaziah and ask them, "Why are you going to consult Baalzebub, the god of Ekron? Is it because you think there is no god in Israel?
2 Kings 3:11-14
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King Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there a prophet here through whom we can consult the LORD?" An officer of King Joram's forces answered, "Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He was Elijah's assistant."
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"He is a true prophet," King Jehoshaphat said. So the three kings went to Elisha.
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"Why should I help you?" Elisha said to the king of Israel. "Go and consult those prophets that your father and mother consulted." "No!" Joram replied. "It is the LORD who has put us three kings at the mercy of the king of Moab."
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Elisha answered, "By the living LORD, whom I serve, I swear that I would have nothing to do with you if I didn't respect your ally, King Jehoshaphat of Judah.
2 Kings 22:13
"Go and consult the LORD for me and for all the people of Judah about the teachings of this book. The LORD is angry with us because our ancestors have not done what this book says must be done."
2 Kings 22:14
Hilkiah, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to consult a woman named Huldah, a prophet who lived in the newer part of Jerusalem. (Her husband Shallum, the son of Tikvah and grandson of Harhas, was in charge of the Temple robes.) They described to her what had happened,
Ezekiel 14:3-7
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"Mortal man," he said, "these men have given their hearts to idols and are letting idols lead them into sin. Do they think I will give them an answer?
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"Now speak to them and tell them what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying to them: Each of you Israelites who have given your heart to idols and let them lead you into sin and who then come to consult a prophet, will get an answer from me---the answer that your many idols deserve!
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All those idols have turned the Israelites away from me, but by my answer I hope to win back their loyalty.
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"Now then, tell the Israelites what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying: Turn back and leave your disgusting idols.
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"Whenever one of you Israelites or one of you foreigners who live in the Israelite community turn away from me and worship idols, and then go to consult a prophet, I, the LORD, will give you your answer!
Ezekiel 20:1-3
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It was the tenth day of the fifth month of the seventh year of our exile. Some of the leaders of the Israelite community came to consult me about the LORD's will, and they sat down in front of me.
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Then the LORD spoke to me.
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"Mortal man," he said, "speak to these leaders and tell them that the Sovereign LORD is saying: You have come to ask my will, have you? As surely as I am the living God, I will not let you ask me anything. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken.
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Jeremiah 32:24
"The Babylonians have built siege mounds around the city to capture it, and they are attacking. War, starvation, and disease will make the city fall into their hands. You can see that all you have said has come true.
Jeremiah 39:1
In the tenth month of the ninth year that Zedekiah was king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia came with his whole army and attacked Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 39:2
On the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year as king, the city walls were broken through.
Jeremiah 52:3-6
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The LORD became so angry with the people of Jerusalem and Judah that he banished them from his sight. Zedekiah rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia,
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and so Nebuchadnezzar came with all his army and attacked Jerusalem on the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign. They set up camp outside the city, built siege walls around it,
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and kept it under siege until Zedekiah's eleventh year.
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On the ninth day of the fourth month of that same year, when the famine was so bad that the people had nothing left to eat,
2 Kings 25:1
Zedekiah rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia, and so Nebuchadnezzar came with all his army and attacked Jerusalem on the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign. They set up camp outside the city, built siege walls around it,
2 Kings 25:2
and kept it under siege until Zedekiah's eleventh year.
according
Exodus 14:1-15
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Then the LORD said to Moses,
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"Tell the Israelites to turn back and camp in front of Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the Red Sea, near Baal Zephon.
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The king will think that the Israelites are wandering around in the country and are closed in by the desert.
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I will make him stubborn, and he will pursue you, and my victory over the king and his army will bring me honor. Then the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD." The Israelites did as they were told.
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When the king of Egypt was told that the people had escaped, he and his officials changed their minds and said, "What have we done? We have let the Israelites escape, and we have lost them as our slaves!"
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The king got his war chariot and his army ready.
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He set out with all his chariots, including the six hundred finest, commanded by their officers.
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The LORD made the king stubborn, and he pursued the Israelites, who were leaving triumphantly.
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The Egyptian army, with all the horses, chariots, and drivers, pursued them and caught up with them where they were camped by the Red Sea near Pi Hahiroth and Baal Zephon.
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When the Israelites saw the king and his army marching against them, they were terrified and cried out to the LORD for help.
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They said to Moses, "Weren't there any graves in Egypt? Did you have to bring us out here in the desert to die? Look what you have done by bringing us out of Egypt!
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Didn't we tell you before we left that this would happen? We told you to leave us alone and let us go on being slaves of the Egyptians. It would be better to be slaves there than to die here in the desert."
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Moses answered, "Don't be afraid! Stand your ground, and you will see what the LORD will do to save you today; you will never see these Egyptians again.
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The LORD will fight for you, and all you have to do is keep still."
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The LORD said to Moses, "Why are you crying out for help? Tell the people to move forward.
Joshua 10:1-11
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Adonizedek, the king of Jerusalem, heard that Joshua had captured and totally destroyed Ai and had killed its king, just as he had done to Jericho and its king. He also heard that the people of Gibeon had made peace with the Israelites and were living among them.
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The people of Jerusalem were greatly alarmed at this because Gibeon was as large as any of the cities that had a king; it was larger than Ai, and its men were good fighters.
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So Adonizedek sent the following message to King Hoham of Hebron, King Piram of Jarmuth, King Japhia of Lachish, and to King Debir of Eglon:
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"Come and help me attack Gibeon, because its people have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites."
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These five Amorite kings, the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon, joined forces, surrounded Gibeon, and attacked it.
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The men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal: "Do not abandon us, sir! Come at once and help us! Save us! All the Amorite kings in the hill country have joined forces and have attacked us!"
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So Joshua and his whole army, including the best troops, started out from Gilgal.
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The LORD said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid of them. I have already given you the victory. Not one of them will be able to stand against you."
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All night Joshua and his army marched from Gilgal to Gibeon, and they made a surprise attack on the Amorites.
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The LORD made the Amorites panic at the sight of Israel's army. The Israelites slaughtered them at Gibeon and pursued them down the mountain pass at Beth Horon, keeping up the attack as far south as Azekah and Makkedah.
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While the Amorites were running down the pass from the Israelite army, the LORD made large hailstones fall down on them all the way to Azekah. More were killed by the hailstones than by the Israelites.
Judges 4:1-5
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After Ehud died, the people of Israel sinned against the LORD again.
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So the LORD let them be conquered by Jabin, a Canaanite king who ruled in the city of Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived at Harosheth-of-the-Gentiles.
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Jabin had nine hundred iron chariots, and he ruled the people of Israel with cruelty and violence for twenty years. Then the people of Israel cried out to the LORD for help.
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Now Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet, and she was serving as a judge for the Israelites at that time.
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She would sit under a certain palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel would go there for her decisions.
1 Samuel 7:10-12
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While Samuel was offering the sacrifice, the Philistines moved forward to attack; but just then the LORD thundered from heaven against them. They became completely confused and fled in panic.
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The Israelites marched out from Mizpah and pursued the Philistines almost as far as Bethcar, killing them along the way.
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Then Samuel took a stone, set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and said, "The LORD has helped us all the way"---and he named it "Stone of Help."
1 Samuel 14:6-14
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Jonathan said to the young man, "Let's cross over to the camp of those heathen Philistines. Maybe the LORD will help us; if he does, nothing can keep him from giving us the victory, no matter how few of us there are."
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The young man answered, "Whatever you want to do, I'm with you."
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"All right," Jonathan said. "We will go across and let the Philistines see us.
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If they tell us to wait for them to come to us, then we will stay where we are.
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But if they tell us to go to them, then we will, because that will be the sign that the LORD has given us victory over them."
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So they let the Philistines see them, and the Philistines said, "Look! Some Hebrews are coming out of the holes they have been hiding in!"
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Then they called out to Jonathan and the young man, "Come on up here! We have something to tell you!" Jonathan said to the young man, "Follow me. The LORD has given Israel victory over them."
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Jonathan climbed up out of the pass on his hands and knees, and the young man followed him. Jonathan attacked the Philistines and knocked them down, and the young man killed them.
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In that first slaughter Jonathan and the young man killed about twenty men in an area of about half an acre.
1 Samuel 17:45-50
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David answered, "You are coming against me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the Israelite armies, which you have defied.
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This very day the LORD will put you in my power; I will defeat you and cut off your head. And I will give the bodies of the Philistine soldiers to the birds and animals to eat. Then the whole world will know that Israel has a God,
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and everyone here will see that the LORD does not need swords or spears to save his people. He is victorious in battle, and he will put all of you in our power."
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Goliath started walking toward David again, and David ran quickly toward the Philistine battle line to fight him.
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He reached into his bag and took out a stone, which he slung at Goliath. It hit him on the forehead and broke his skull, and Goliath fell face downward on the ground.
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And so, without a sword, David defeated and killed Goliath with a sling and a stone!
2 Chronicles 14:9-13
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An Ethiopian named Zerah invaded Judah with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots and advanced as far as Mareshah.
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Asa went out to fight him, and both sides took up their positions at Zephathah Valley near Mareshah.
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Asa prayed to the LORD his God, "O LORD, you can help a weak army as easily as a powerful one. Help us now, O LORD our God, because we are relying on you, and in your name we have come out to fight against this huge army. LORD, you are our God; no one can hope to defeat you."
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The LORD defeated the Ethiopian army when Asa and the Judean army attacked them. They fled,
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and Asa and his troops pursued them as far as Gerar. So many of the Ethiopians were killed that the army was unable to rally and fight. They were overpowered by the LORD and his army, and the army took large amounts of loot.
2 Chronicles 20:1-30
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Some time later the armies of Moab and Ammon, together with their allies, the Meunites, invaded Judah.
2
Some messengers came and announced to King Jehoshaphat: "A large army from Edom has come from the other side of the Dead Sea to attack you. They have already captured Hazazon Tamar." (This is another name for Engedi.)
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Jehoshaphat was frightened and prayed to the LORD for guidance. Then he gave orders for a fast to be observed throughout the country.
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From every city of Judah people hurried to Jerusalem to ask the LORD for guidance,
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and they and the people of Jerusalem gathered in the new courtyard of the Temple. King Jehoshaphat went and stood before them
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and prayed aloud, "O LORD God of our ancestors, you rule in heaven over all the nations of the world. You are powerful and mighty, and no one can oppose you.
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You are our God. When your people Israel moved into this land, you drove out the people who were living here and gave the land to the descendants of Abraham, your friend, to be theirs forever.
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They have lived here and have built a temple to honor you, knowing
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that if any disaster struck them to punish them---a war, an epidemic, or a famine---then they could come and stand in front of this Temple where you are worshiped. They could pray to you in their trouble, and you would hear them and rescue them.
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"Now the people of Ammon, Moab, and Edom have attacked us. When our ancestors came out of Egypt, you did not allow them to enter those lands, so our ancestors went around them and did not destroy them.
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This is how they repay us---they come to drive us out of the land that you gave us.
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You are our God! Punish them, for we are helpless in the face of this large army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but we look to you for help."
13
All the men of Judah, with their wives and children, were standing there at the Temple.
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The spirit of the LORD came upon a Levite who was present in the crowd. His name was Jahaziel son of Zechariah; he was a member of the clan of Asaph and was descended from Asaph through Mattaniah, Jeiel, and Benaiah.
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Jahaziel said, "Your Majesty and all you people of Judah and Jerusalem, the LORD says that you must not be discouraged or be afraid to face this large army. The battle depends on God, not on you.
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Attack them tomorrow as they come up the pass at Ziz. You will meet them at the end of the valley that leads to the wild country near Jeruel.
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You will not have to fight this battle. Just take up your positions and wait; you will see the LORD give you victory. People of Judah and Jerusalem, do not hesitate or be afraid. Go out to battle, and the LORD will be with you!"
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Then King Jehoshaphat bowed low, with his face touching the ground, and all the people bowed with him and worshiped the LORD.
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The members of the Levite clans of Kohath and Korah stood up and with a loud shout praised the LORD, the God of Israel.
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Early the next morning the people went out to the wild country near Tekoa. As they were starting out, Jehoshaphat addressed them with these words: "People of Judah and Jerusalem! Put your trust in the LORD your God, and you will stand your ground. Believe what his prophets tell you, and you will succeed."
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After consulting with the people, the king ordered some musicians to put on the robes they wore on sacred occasions and to march ahead of the army, singing: "Praise the LORD! His love is eternal!"
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When they began to sing, the LORD threw the invading armies into a panic.
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The Ammonites and the Moabites attacked the Edomite army and completely destroyed it, and then they turned on each other in savage fighting.
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When the Judean army reached a tower that was in the desert, they looked toward the enemy and saw that they were all lying on the ground dead. Not one had escaped.
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Jehoshaphat and his troops moved in to take the loot, and they found many cattle, supplies, clothing, and other valuable objects. They spent three days gathering the loot, but there was so much that they could not take everything.
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On the fourth day they assembled in Beracah Valley and praised the LORD for all he had done. That is why the valley is called "Beracah."
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Jehoshaphat led his troops back to Jerusalem in triumph, because the LORD had defeated their enemies.
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When they reached the city, they marched to the Temple to the music of harps and trumpets.
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Every nation that heard how the LORD had defeated Israel's enemies was terrified,
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so Jehoshaphat ruled in peace, and God gave him security on every side.
2 Chronicles 32:21
The LORD sent an angel that killed the soldiers and officers of the Assyrian army. So the emperor went back to Assyria disgraced. One day when he was in the temple of his god, some of his sons killed him with their swords.
Psalm 44:1-4
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With our own ears we have heard it, O God--- our ancestors have told us about it, about the great things you did in their time, in the days of long ago:
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how you yourself drove out the heathen and established your people in their land; how you punished the other nations and caused your own to prosper.
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Your people did not conquer the land with their swords; they did not win it by their own power; it was by your power and your strength, by the assurance of your presence, which showed that you loved them.
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You are my king and my God; you give victory to your people,
Psalm 46:8-11
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Come and see what the LORD has done. See what amazing things he has done on earth.
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He stops wars all over the world; he breaks bows, destroys spears, and sets shields on fire.
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"Stop fighting," he says, "and know that I am God, supreme among the nations, supreme over the world."
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The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
Psalm 48:4-8
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The kings gathered together and came to attack Mount Zion.
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But when they saw it, they were amazed; they were afraid and ran away.
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There they were seized with fear and anguish, like a woman about to bear a child,
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like ships tossing in a furious storm.
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We have heard what God has done, and now we have seen it in the city of our God, the LORD Almighty; he will keep the city safe forever.
Psalm 105:5-45
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You descendants of Abraham, his servant; you descendants of Jacob, the man he chose: remember the miracles that God performed and the judgments that he gave.
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The LORD is our God; his commands are for all the world.
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He will keep his covenant forever, his promises for a thousand generations.
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He will keep the agreement he made with Abraham and his promise to Isaac.
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The LORD made a covenant with Jacob, one that will last forever.
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"I will give you the land of Canaan," he said. "It will be your own possession."
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God's people were few in number, strangers in the land of Canaan.
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They wandered from country to country, from one kingdom to another.
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But God let no one oppress them; to protect them, he warned the kings:
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"Don't harm my chosen servants; do not touch my prophets."
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The LORD sent famine to their country and took away all their food.
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But he sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.
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His feet were kept in chains, and an iron collar was around his neck,
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until what he had predicted came true. The word of the LORD proved him right.
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Then the king of Egypt had him released; the ruler of nations set him free.
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He put him in charge of his government and made him ruler over all the land,
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with power over the king's officials and authority to instruct his advisers.
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Then Jacob went to Egypt and settled in that country.
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The LORD gave many children to his people and made them stronger than their enemies.
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He made the Egyptians hate his people and treat his servants with deceit.
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Then he sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
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They did God's mighty acts and performed miracles in Egypt.
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God sent darkness on the country, but the Egyptians did not obey his command.
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He turned their rivers into blood and killed all their fish.
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Their country was overrun with frogs; even the palace was filled with them.
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God commanded, and flies and gnats swarmed throughout the whole country.
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He sent hail and lightning on their land instead of rain;
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he destroyed their grapevines and fig trees and broke down all the trees.
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He commanded, and the locusts came, countless millions of them;
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they ate all the plants in the land; they ate all the crops.
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He killed the first-born sons of all the families of Egypt.
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Then he led the Israelites out; they carried silver and gold, and all of them were healthy and strong.
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The Egyptians were afraid of them and were glad when they left.
39
God put a cloud over his people and a fire at night to give them light.
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They asked, and he sent quails; he gave them food from heaven to satisfy them.
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He opened a rock, and water gushed out, flowing through the desert like a river.
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He remembered his sacred promise to Abraham his servant.
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So he led his chosen people out, and they sang and shouted for joy.
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He gave them the lands of other peoples and let them take over their fields,
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so that his people would obey his laws and keep all his commands. Praise the LORD!
Psalm 136:1-26
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Give thanks to the LORD, because he is good; his love is eternal.
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Give thanks to the greatest of all gods; his love is eternal.
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Give thanks to the mightiest of all lords; his love is eternal.
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He alone performs great miracles; his love is eternal.
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By his wisdom he made the heavens; his love is eternal;
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he built the earth on the deep waters; his love is eternal.
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He made the sun and the moon; his love is eternal;
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the sun to rule over the day; his love is eternal;
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the moon and the stars to rule over the night; his love is eternal.
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He killed the first-born sons of the Egyptians; his love is eternal.
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He led the people of Israel out of Egypt; his love is eternal;
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with his strong hand, his powerful arm; his love is eternal.
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He divided the Red Sea; his love is eternal;
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he led his people through it; his love is eternal;
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but he drowned the king of Egypt and his army; his love is eternal.
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He led his people through the desert; his love is eternal.
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He killed powerful kings; his love is eternal;
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he killed famous kings; his love is eternal;
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Sihon, king of the Amorites; his love is eternal;
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and Og, king of Bashan; his love is eternal.
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He gave their lands to his people; his love is eternal;
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he gave them to Israel, his servant; his love is eternal.
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He did not forget us when we were defeated; his love is eternal;
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he freed us from our enemies; his love is eternal.
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He gives food to every living creature; his love is eternal.
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Give thanks to the God of heaven; his love is eternal.
Isaiah 59:1
Don't think that the LORD is too weak to save you or too deaf to hear your call for help!
Isaiah 59:2
It is because of your sins that he doesn't hear you. It is your sins that separate you from God when you try to worship him.