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 Living Translation (NLT)The armies of Moab and Ammon turned against their allies from Mount Seir and killed every one of them. After they had destroyed the army of Seir, they began attacking each other.

Context of 2 Chronicles 20:23

21And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the Lord, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying: “Praise the Lord, For His mercy endures forever.” 22Now when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated. 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. 24So when Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude; and there were their dead bodies, fallen on the earth. No one had escaped. 25When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away their spoil, they found among them an abundance of valuables on the dead bodies, and precious jewelry, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away; and they were three days gathering the spoil 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 their mountain of Seir, as far as El Paran, which is by the wilderness.
• Genesis 36:8So Esau dwelt in Mount Seir. Esau is Edom.
• Deuteronomy 2:5Do not meddle with them, for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as one footstep, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.
• Joshua 24:4To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I gave the mountains of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.
• Ezekiel 35:2“Son of man, set your face against 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
• Jehoshaphat
• Sanctuary
• Ben-Ammi
• Chronicles, Books of
• Dead Sea, the
• Edom; Edomites
• Jehoshaphat (2)

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