2 Chronicles 20:23

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
children	בְּנֵ֨י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Ammon	עַמּ֧וֹן a.Mon	H5983	Ammon · proper noun, a man's name
Moab	וּמוֹאָ֛ב u.mo.'Av	H4124	Moab · conjunction + proper noun, a place name
up	וַ֠יַּֽעַמְדוּ Vai.ya.'am.du	H5975	to stand · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
inhabitants	יֹשְׁבֵ֥י yo.she.Vei	H3427	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
mount	הַר har-	H2022	a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figurative… · noun, common masculine singular construct
Seir	שֵׂעִ֖יר se.'Ir	H8165	Seir · proper noun, a place name
slay	לְהַחֲרִ֣ים le.ha.cha.Rim	H2763	to seclude · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
destroy	וּלְהַשְׁמִ֑יד u.le.hash.Mid	H8045	to desolate · conjunction + preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
end	וּכְכַלּוֹתָם֙ u.khe.kha.lo.Tam	H3615	to end · conjunction + preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
inhabitants	בְּיוֹשְׁבֵ֣י be.yo.she.Vei	H3427	properly · preposition + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
Seir	שֵׂעִ֔יר se.'Ir	H8165	Seir · proper noun, a place name
one	אִישׁ 'ish-	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
helped	עָזְר֥וּ 'a.ze.Ru	H5826	to surround · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
destroy	לְמַשְׁחִֽית le.mash.Chit	H4889	destructive · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
another	בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ be.re.'E.hu	H7453	an associate (more or less close) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Judges 7:22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host f…
1 Samuel 14:20 And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man’s sword was against…
Genesis 36:8-9 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
Joshua 24:4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
Ezekiel 35:2-3 Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
Genesis 14:6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
Deuteronomy 2:5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau fo…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 20:20-30

We have here the foregoing prayer answered and the foregoing promise performed, in the total overthrow of the enemies' forces and the triumph (for so it was rather than a victory) of Jehoshaphat's forces over them. I. Never was army drawn out to the field of battle as Jehoshaphat's was. He had soldiers ready prepared for war (Ch2 17:18), but here is no notice taken of their military equipment, their swords or spears, their shields or bows. But Jehoshaphat took care, 1. That faith should be their armour. As they went forth, instead of calling them to handle their arms, and stand to them, to keep ranks, observe orders, and fight valiantly, he bade them believe in the Lord God and give credit t…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 20:22

THE OVERTHROW OF HIS ENEMIES. (Ch2 20:22-30) when they began to sing and to praise the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir--Some think that this was done by angels in human form, whose sudden appearance diffused an uncontrollable panic. Others entertain the more probable opinion that, in the camp of this vast horde, composed of different tribes, jealousies and animosities had sprung up, which led to widespread dissensions and fierce feuds, in which they drew the sword against each other. The consequence was, that as the mutual strife commenced when the Hebrew procession set out from Jerusalem, the work of destruction was completed before Jehoshaphat and…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 20:22

The Lord set ambushments - "The Word of the Lord placed snares among the children of Ammon and Moab; and the inhabitants of the mountain of Gibla, who came to fight with Judah; and they were broken to pieces:" so the Targum. Houbigant translates the place thus: "The Lord set against the children of Ammon and Moab ambushments of those who came from Mount Seir against Judah; and the children of Ammon and Moab were smitten: but they afterwards rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, and utterly destroyed them; who being destroyed, they rose up one against another, and mutually destroyed each other." This is probably the meaning of these verses. Calmet's version is not very different.

Dictionary and topics

Jehoshaphat — Jehovah-judged. (1.) One of David’s body-guard (1 Chr. 11:43). (2.) One of the priests who accompanied the removal of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:24). (3.) Son of Ahilud, “recorder” or annalist…
Ammonites, The · Miraculous defeat of — Miraculous defeat of
Armies · Often destroyed by: Themselves through divine intervention — Often destroyed by: Themselves through divine intervention
Edomites · The Lord — The Lord
Faithfulness · .Jehoshaphat — .Jehoshaphat
Harp · Over the armies of Ammon and Moab — Over the armies of Ammon and Moab
Jehoshaphat · .Religious zeal of — .Religious zeal of
Panic · From God — From God

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Chronicles 20:23

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 20:20-30

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 20:22

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 20:22

Dictionary and topics

2 Chronicles 20:23

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 20:20-30

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 20:22

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 20:22

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 20:23

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 20:22-23

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 20:20-21

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 20:23