Joel 3:2
“I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will put them on trial for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel.”
King James Version
The valley of Jehoshaphat judgment of all nations over Israel, the end-times gathering for divine judgment.
Fulfillment References
Revelation 16:16 Zechariah 14:2
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
JewishFuture eschatological judgment of nations that oppressed Israel. The Valley is symbolic — God as judge. Central in Jewish apocalyptic.
CatholicFulfilled eschatologically at the Last Judgment. Tradition identifies Jehoshaphat Valley with the Kidron east of Jerusalem.
ProtestantFuture tribulation-era gathering of nations against Israel, culminating in the Battle of Armageddon.
DispensationalLiteral gathering of Gentile armies in the Kidron/Jezreel region during the Great Tribulation. Fulfilled at Christ's second coming.
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