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2 Chronicles 20:23

MoabAmmonMoabSeir

21 Then Jehoshaphat consulted with the people and appointed those who would sing to the LORD and praise the splendor of His holiness. As they went out before the army, they were singing: “Give thanks to the LORD, for His loving devotion endures forever.”

22 The moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated.

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

24 When the men of Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the vast army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; no one had escaped.

25 Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables —more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much.

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BSB
The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had made an end to 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.
WEB
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.
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.
DARBY
And the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to exterminate and destroy [them]; and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
BLB
And the sons of Ammon stood up—and Moab—against those dwelling in Mount Seir, to devote to destruction and to destroy, and at their finishing with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped, a man against his neighbor for destruction.
ÅB
Og Ammons barn og Moab vendte seg mot folket fra Se'ir-fjellet og hugg dem ned og ødela dem; og da de hadde gjort ende på folket fra Se'ir, hjalp de hverandre med innbyrdes ødeleggelse.
OTB
For Ammons sønner og Moab reiste seg mot innbyggerne i Seirs fjell og ødela dem fullstendig; og da de var ferdige med innbyggerne i Seir, vendte de seg mot hverandre og ødela hverandre.
B1930
Og Ammons barn og Moab vendte sig mot folket fra Se'ir-fjellet og hugg dem ned og ødela dem; og da de hadde gjort ende på folket fra Se'ir, hjalp de hverandre med innbyrdes ødeleggelse.

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  • Judges 7:22

    And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.

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  • 1 Samuel 14:20

    Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor.

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  • Genesis 36:8–9

    So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.

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  • Ezekiel 35:2–3

    “Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,

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  • Joshua 24:4

    and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

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  • Deuteronomy 2:5

    Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.

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  • Genesis 14:6

    and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.

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