Jehoshaphat's Prayer and Victory Song

"O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven?… O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee." "And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children."

Jahaziel, a Levite of Asaph's line: "Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's… Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD."

"He appointed singers unto the LORD… as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever. And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir." They assemble in the valley of Berachah and bless the LORD. Jehoshaphat's ships, built with Ahaziah, are broken at Ezion-geber, as Eliezer prophesied.

Meunim or Ammonites?

20:1 in the Hebrew reads "and with them some of the Ammonites," odd after "the children of Ammon." The Greek reads "Meunim" (Giguet: "Minéens"), a people of the Edomite region named in 26:7; most modern translations follow it. See the passage page.

The ships

1 Kings 22:48–49 says Jehoshaphat refused Ahaziah's offer of partnership; Chronicles says they built the fleet together and a prophet condemned it.

Mesha Stele context

The Mesha Stele describes Moab's wars with Israel in this period; it does not mention this campaign against Judah.