And He said to them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Utterly slay old men, young men, maidens, little children, and women, but do not touch any man on whom is the mark and you shall start from My sanctuary.” So they started with the elders who were before the temple. The Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, even through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.” But to the others He said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him and strike do not let your eye have pity and do not spare. And He called to the man clothed in linen at whose loins was the writing case. Then the glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub on which it had been, to the threshold of the temple. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.

Then He cried out in my hearing with a loud voice saying, “Draw near, O executioners of the city, each with his destroying weapon in his hand.” Behold, six men came from the direction of the upper gate which faces north, each with his shattering weapon in his hand and among them was a certain man clothed in linen with a writing case at his loins. When Judah came to the lookout of the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude, and behold, they were corpses lying on the ground, and no one had escaped. read more.įor the sons of Ammon and Moab rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir destroying them completely and when they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another. Put your trust in His prophets and succeed.” When he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who sang to the Lord and those who praised Him in holy attire, as they went out before the army and said, “Give thanks to the Lord, for His lovingkindness is everlasting.” When they began singing and praising, the Lord set ambushes against the sons of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah so they were routed. They rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa and when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, put your trust in the Lord your God and you will be established.

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