“ When you go out as an army against your enemies, you shall be on guard against every evil thing.

“你出兵攻打仇敌，就要远避诸恶。

“你出兵攻打敌人，要远离一切恶事。

“你出兵攻打敌人，要远离一切恶事。

“你们出兵征战时，一定要远离恶事。

“你出兵安营攻打仇敌的时候，要谨守自己，远避一切恶事。

「你出兵攻打仇敵，就要遠避諸惡。

「你出兵攻打敵人，要遠離一切惡事。

「你出兵攻打敵人，要遠離一切惡事。

「你們出兵征戰時，一定要遠離惡事。

“你出兵安營攻打仇敵的時候，要謹守自己，遠避一切惡事。

『你出兵紮營攻打仇敵的時候、要謹守自己、避開各樣的壞事。

爾出列營攻敵、宜戒諸惡、

與敵戰時、慎勿行惡。

爾出徵攻敵、當自謹慎、戒諸惡事、

When you are encamped against your enemies, keep away from everything impure.

There will be times when you are at war with your enemies. And your soldiers will be in camp. Then keep away from anything that isn’t pure and“ clean.”

“ When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every evil thing.

“ When you go to war against your enemies, be sure to stay away from anything that is impure.

“ When you are encamped against your enemies, be careful to avoid anything offensive.

“ When the army goes out against your enemies, then keep yourself from every wicked thing.

When thou goest forth in camp against thine enemies, then thou shalt keep thee from every evil thing.

“ When you are encamped against your enemies, be careful to avoid anything offensive.

When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.

When you go out as an army against your enemies, guard yourselves against anything impure.

When you go out and camp against your enemies, then you shall keep yourselves from every evil thing.

But as for you, only keep yourselves from the things designated for destruction, so that you do not covet them and take some of the designated things, and turn the camp of Israel into something designated for destruction and bring disaster on it.

Israel has sinned, and they have also violated My covenant which I commanded them. And they have even taken some of the things designated for destruction, and have both stolen and kept it a secret. Furthermore, they have also put them among their own things.Therefore the sons of Israel cannot stand against their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become designated for destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you eliminate from your midst the things designated for destruction.Stand up! Consecrate the people and say,‘ Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because the Lord, the God of Israel, has said this:“ There are things designated for destruction in your midst, Israel. You cannot stand against your enemies until you have removed the designated things from your midst.”

Hezekiah did this throughout Judah; and he did what was good, right, and true before the Lord his God.Every work which he began in the service of the house of God in the Law and in the commandment, seeking his God, he did with all his heart and prospered.After these acts of faithfulness Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and besieged the fortified cities, and intended to break into them for himself.Now when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he intended to wage war against Jerusalem,he decided with his officers and his warriors to cut off the supply of water from the springs which were outside the city, and they helped him.So many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream which flowed through the region, saying,“ Why should the kings of Assyria come and find abundant water?”And he resolutely set to work and rebuilt all of the wall that had been broken down and erected towers on it, and built another outside wall and strengthened the Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in great numbers.He appointed military officers over the people and gathered them to him in the public square at the city gate, and spoke encouragingly to them, saying,“ Be strong and courageous, do not fear or be dismayed because of the king of Assyria nor because of all the horde that is with him; for the One with us is greater than the one with him.With him is only an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people relied on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.After this Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem while he was besieging Lachish with all his forces with him, against Hezekiah king of Judah and against all of Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying,“ This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says:‘ On what are you trusting that you are staying in Jerusalem under siege?Is Hezekiah not misleading you to give yourselves over to die by hunger and by thirst, saying,“ The Lord our God will save us from the hand of the king of Assyria”?Is it not the same Hezekiah who removed His high places and His altars, and said to Judah and Jerusalem,“ You shall worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn incense”?Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands at all able to save their land from my hand?Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed who could save his people from my hand, that your God would be able to save you from my hand?Now then, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like this, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to save his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God save you from my hand?’ ”His servants spoke further against the Lord God and against His servant Hezekiah.He also wrote letters to insult the Lord God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying,“ As the gods of the nations of the lands have not saved their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not save His people from my hand.”They called this out with a loud voice in the language of Judah to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them, so that they might take the city.They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they did against the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of human hands.But King Hezekiah and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed about this and called out to heaven for help.And the Lord sent an angel who destroyed every warrior, commander, and officer in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned in shame to his own land. And when he had entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons killed him there with the sword.So the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side.

So Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem and went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

Then all the sons of Israel and all the people went up and came to Bethel, and they wept and remained there before the Lord, and fasted that day until evening. And they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

And soldiers also were questioning him, saying,“ What are we to do, we as well?” And he said to them,“ Do not extort money from anyone, nor harass anyone, and be content with your wages.”

And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war.His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many crowns; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself.He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses.

Jehoshaphat was afraid and turned his attention to seek the Lord; and he proclaimed a period of fasting throughout Judah.So Judah gathered together to seek help from the Lord; they even came from all the cities of Judah to seek the Lord.Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord in front of the new courtyard;and he said,“ Lord, God of our fathers, are You not God in the heavens? And are You not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand so that no one can stand against You.Did You not, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land from Your people Israel, and give it to the descendants of Your friend Abraham forever?They have lived in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name, saying,‘ If disaster comes upon us, the sword, or judgment, or plague, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You( for Your name is in this house), and cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear and save us.’Now behold, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not allow Israel to invade when they came out of the land of Egypt( for they turned aside from them and did not destroy them),see how they are rewarding us by coming to drive us out from Your possession which You have given us as an inheritance.Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are on You.”All Judah was standing before the Lord, with their infants, their wives, and their children.