2 Chronicles 20:23

For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them: and when they had finished the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to destroy another.

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WEBBE

For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. When they had finished the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to destroy each other.

BSB

The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had finished off the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.

KJV

For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.

ASV

For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.

BBE

And the children of Ammon and Moab made an attack on the people of Mount Seir with a view to their complete destruction; and when they had put an end to the people of Seir, everyman's hand was turned against his neighbour for his destruction.

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וַיַּעַמְדוּ vai·ya·'am·du and they rose up H5975 בְּנֵי be·nei [the] people of H1121 עַמּוֹן a·mon Ammon H5983 וּמוֹאָב u·mo·'av and Moab H4124 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 יֹשְׁבֵי yo·she·vei [the] inhabitants of H3427 הַר־ har- [the] mountain of H2022 שֵׂעִיר se·'ir Seir H8165 לְהַחֲרִים le·ha·cha·rim to totally destroy [them] H2763 וּלְהַשְׁמִיד u·le·hash·mid and to destroy [them] H8045 וּכְכַלּוֹתָם u·khe·kha·lo·tam and just as had finished they H3615 בְּיוֹשְׁבֵי be·yo·she·vei with [the] inhabitants of H3427 שֵׂעִיר se·'ir Seir H8165 עָזְרוּ 'a·ze·ru they helped H5826 אִישׁ־ 'ish- each H376 בְּרֵעֵהוּ be·re·'e·hu on neighbor his H7453 לְמַשְׁחִית le·mash·chit to destruction H4889

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 20–30

Jehoshaphat exhorted his troops to firm faith in God. Faith inspires a man with true courage; nor will any thing help more to the establishing of the heart in shaking times, than a firm belief of the power, and mercy, and promise of God. In all our trust in the Lord, and our praises of him, let us especially look at his everlasting mercy to sinners through Jesus Christ. Never was an army so destroyed as that of the enemy. Thus God often makes wicked people destroy one another. And never was a victory celebrated with more solemn thanksgivings.

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Moab AmmonMoabSeir

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GodEdomitesPanic

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.