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Moab and Ammon Are Defeated

20 Some time later, the armies of Moab and Ammon, together with the Meunites,[a] went to war against Jehoshaphat. Messengers told Jehoshaphat, “A large army from Edom[b] east of the Dead Sea has invaded our country. They have already reached En-Gedi.”[c]

Jehoshaphat was afraid, so he asked the Lord what to do. He then told the people of Judah to go without eating to show their sorrow.

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Footnotes

  1. 20.1 Meunites: One ancient translation (see also 26.7); Hebrew “Ammonites.”
  2. 20.2 Edom: The Hebrew text has “Syria”; in Hebrew there is only one letter difference between “Edom” and “Aram,” which is the usual Hebrew name for Syria in the Bible.
  3. 20.2 En-Gedi: The Hebrew text has “Hazazon-Tamar, also known as En-Gedi,” a city on the west shore of the Dead Sea, about 40 kilometers southeast of Jerusalem.

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