2 Chronicles 20:23
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וַיַּעַמְדוּvaiya'amduand they rose upH5975בְּנֵיbenei[the] people ofH1121עַמּוֹןamonAmmonH5983וּמוֹאָבumo'avand MoabH4124עַל־'al-onH5921יֹשְׁבֵיyoshevei[the] inhabitants ofH3427הַר־har-[the] mountain ofH2022שֵׂעִירse'irSeirH8165לְהַחֲרִיםlehacharimto totally destroy [them]H2763וּלְהַשְׁמִידulehashmidand to destroy [them]H8045וּכְכַלּוֹתָםukhekhalotamand just as had finished theyH3615בְּיוֹשְׁבֵיbeyosheveiwith [the] inhabitants ofH3427שֵׂעִירse'irSeirH8165עָזְרוּ'azeruthey helpedH5826אִישׁ־'ish-eachH376בְּרֵעֵהוּbere'ehuon neighbor hisH7453לְמַשְׁחִית׃lemashchitto destructionH4889
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Related verses
- Judges 7:22And 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 fled to Beth–shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel–meholah, unto Tabbath.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.
- 1 Samuel 14:20And 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 his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.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.
- Joshua 24:4And 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.and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
- Ezekiel 35:2-32 Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.2 “Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it, 3 and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.
- Genesis 36:8-98 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. 9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:8 So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir. 9 This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the area of Mount Seir.
- Deuteronomy 2:5Meddle 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 for a possession.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.
- Genesis 14:6And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El–paran, which is by the wilderness.and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.
People and places
Places: Ammon, Moab, Mount Seir