2 Chronicles 20:23

2 Chronicles 20:23 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the men from Mount Seir to destroy and annihilate them. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the men of Ammon and Moab rose against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction, and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they all helped to destroy one another.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the people of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.

Context of 2 Chronicles 20:23

21Then he consulted with the people and appointed some to sing for the Lord and some to praise the splendor of his holiness. When they went out in front of the armed forces, they kept singing: Give thanks to the Lord, for his faithful love endures forever. 22The moment they began their shouts and praises, the Lord set an ambush against the Ammonites, Moabites, and the inhabitants of Mount Seir who came to fight against Judah, and they were defeated. The Ammonites and Moabites turned against the inhabitants of Mount Seir and completely annihilated them. When they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped destroy each other. 24When Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the large army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; nobody had escaped. 25Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to gather the plunder. They found among them an abundance of goods on the bodies and valuable items. So they stripped them until nobody could carry any more. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much.

2 Chronicles 20:23 word by word

וַ֠יַּֽעַמְדוּ בְּנֵ֨י עַמּ֧וֹן וּמוֹאָ֛ב עַל־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י הַר־שֵׂעִ֖יר לְהַחֲרִ֣ים וּלְהַשְׁמִ֑יד וּכְכַלּוֹתָם֙ בְּיוֹשְׁבֵ֣י שֵׂעִ֔יר עָזְר֥וּ אִישׁ־בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ לְמַשְׁחִֽית׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Ammonעַמּוֹן‛ammôn · AmmonH5983
• and Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• stood upעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: riseH5975
• against the inhabitantsיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• of mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• Seirשֵׂעִירώê‛îyr · (Mount) SeirH8165
• utterly to slayחָרַםchâram · to devote/destroyH2763
• and destroyשָׁמַדshâmad · to destroyH8045
• and when they had made an endכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: finishH3615
• every oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• helpedעָזַר‛âzar · to helpH5826
• to destroyמַשְׁחִיתmashchîyth · destructionH4889
• anotherרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 20:23

• Genesis 14:6and the Horites in the mountains of Seir, as far as El-paran by the wilderness.
• Genesis 36:8So Esau (that is, Edom) lived in the mountains of Seir.
• Deuteronomy 2:5Don’t provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a foot of it, because I have given Esau the hill country of Seir as his possession.
• Joshua 24:4and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave the hill country of Seir to Esau as a possession. “‘Jacob and his sons, however, went down to Egypt.
• Ezekiel 35:2“Son of man, face Mount Seir and prophesy against it.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 20:23

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-30Verses 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…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 20:23

• Edomites
• Faithfulness
• Harp
• Jehoshaphat
• Panic
• Prayer
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Ammon
• Moab
• Seir
• Ammon; Ammonites
• Moab; Moabites
• Ammon, Ammonite
• Moab, Moabite
• Seir, sons of Seir, Mount Seir, mountains of Seir, land of Seir
• Jehoshaphat
• Sanctuary

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings