Yahweh’s victory, although the “Desert of Jeruel” cannot be identified with certainty (20:16). The prediction that the people of Judah will see God’s victory “tomorrow” (20:17) is a reminder of the urgency of the situation, as the coalition armies are only a day’s march from Jerusalem! The response of Jehoshaphat and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the prophetic oracle of Jahaziel has affinities to both covenant-renewal liturgy and the temple liturgy in Old
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