And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.

When Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness - most probably the conical hill, Jebel Fereidis, or Frank Mountain, from the summit of which they obtained the first view of rise scene of slaughter. Jehoshaphat and his people found the field strewed with dead bodies, so that they had not to fight at all, but to take possession of an immense booty, the collection of which occupied three days. On the fourth they set out on their return to Jerusalem in the same order and joyful mood as they came. The place where they mustered previous to departure was, from their public thanksgiving service, called 'the valley of Berachah' (benediction), now Wady Bereikut.

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