These reforms in chapter 19, however, do not spare Jehoshaphat from the serious military challenge that arises in 20:1–30, even though his victory is an example of God’s reward for those who obey and trust in him. Jehoshaphat’s enemy in this chapter is composed of people groups in the southern Transjordan: (from north to south) Ammon, Moab, and Edom (although see NIV note). Jehoshaphat is informed of this army’s advance when it reaches En Gedi, an oasis halfway up the western side of the Dead Sea. With this force within forty miles of Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat and his people (men, women, children, babies; see 20:13) gather together to seek Yahweh’s help through communal fasting (20:4) and prayer (20:5–12). Jehoshaphat founds his prayer on Yahweh’s omnipotent rule, then he recalls the vision …