31 And when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, It is the king of Israel: and they compassed about him to fight. But Jehoshaphat [a]cried, and the Lord helped him and moved them to depart from him.

32 For when the captains of the chariots saw that he was not the King of Israel, they turned back from him.

33 Then a certain man drew a bow [b]mightily, and smote the King of Israel between the joints [c]of his brigandine: Therefore he said to his chariotman, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host: for I am hurt.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 18:31 He cried to the Lord by acknowledging his fault in going with this wicked king to war against the word of the Lord by his Prophet, and also by desiring mercy for the same.
  2. 2 Chronicles 18:33 Hebrew, in his simplicity, or ignorantly.
  3. 2 Chronicles 18:33 Or, between the habergeon.

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