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2 Chronicles 20:24

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.

23 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.

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.

26 On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, where they blessed the LORD. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Beracah to this day.

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BSB
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.
KJV
And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
WEB
When Judah came to the place overlooking the wilderness, they looked at the multitude; and behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none who escaped.
ASV
And when Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked upon the multitude; and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none that escaped.
DARBY
And Judah came on to the mountain-watch in the wilderness, and they looked toward the multitude; and behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none had escaped.
BLB
And Judah came to the watchtower in the wilderness, and they looked toward the multitude, and behold, their corpses [were] fallen on the earth, and no one had escaped.
ÅB
Da Juda kom opp på høyden hvorfra en kunne se ut over ørkenen, og så seg om etter hæren, fikk de se dem ligge døde på jorden, og ingen var sloppet unna.
OTB
Da Juda kom til vakttårnet i ødemarken, vendte de seg mot mengden, og se, det lå lik på jorden, og ingen hadde unnsluppet.
B1930
Da Juda kom op på høiden hvorfra en kunde se ut over ørkenen, og så sig om efter hæren, fikk de se dem ligge døde på jorden, og ingen var sloppet unda.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 37:36

    Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

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  • Jeremiah 33:5

    The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from this city because of all its wickedness.

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  • Ezra 9:14

    shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not become so angry with us as to wipe us out, leaving no remnant or survivor?

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  • 1 Chronicles 5:22

    and many others fell slain, because the battle belonged to God. And they occupied the land until the exile.

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  • Exodus 14:30

    That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.

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  • Psalms 110:6

    He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.

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