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2 Chronicles 20:10

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And now, here are the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt; but Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not;

KJV

And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;

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Commentary

5 notes on this verse
And now, behold, the children of Ammon, and Moab, and Mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt,.... Charging them not to meddle with them, nor take any of their lands from them, Deu 2:5, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not; in obedience to the divine command, when it was in their power to have done it.

This site's exposition

You did not let Israel invade

on 2 Chronicles 20:10-12

These are the nations God did not let Israel invade, as Deuteronomy 2 records, and now they come to drive Judah out of its inheritance. Judah confesses it is “powerless before this vast army”. The prayer ends, “We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You”.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

The Maonites of 2Ch 20:1 are here, and in 2Ch 20:22-23, called the “children” or inhabitants “of mount Seir.” Hence, we may gather that they were a tribe of Edomites, the inhabitants, probably of a city Maon (now Ma’an) on the eastern side of the Wady el-Arabah.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Jehoshaphat stood . . . in the house of the Lord, before the new court--that is, the great or outer court (2Ch 4:9) called the new court, probably from having been at that time enlarged or beautified.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

And said, O Lord God of our fathers--This earnest and impressive prayer embraces every topic and argument which, as king and representative of the chosen people, he could urge.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

And now about all that You promised us to save us from our enemies who are coming upon us.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 20:10:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
to drive us out of Your inheritance, which You caused us to inherit You Yourself. Therefore, on what basis can they contest our inheritance?
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 20:11:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְעַתָּ֡הand therefore

    veatahH6258 →433 times

  • הִנֵּה֩here!

    hinehH2009 →843 times

  • בְנֵֽי־[the] people of

    venei-H1121 →4930 times

  • עַמּ֨וֹןAmmon

    amonH5983 →106 times

  • וּמוֹאָ֜בand Moab

    umoavH4124 →181 times

  • וְהַר־and [the] mountain of

    vehar-H2022 →546 times

  • שֵׂעִ֗ירSeir

    seirH8165 →39 times

  • אֲ֠שֶׁרwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • נָתַ֤תָּהyou permitted

    natatahH5414 →2011 times

  • לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙to Israel

    leyisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • לָב֣וֹאto go

    lavo'H935 →2568 times

  • בָהֶ֔םin them

    vahem

  • בְּבֹאָ֖םwhen came they

    bevoamH935 →2568 times

  • מֵאֶ֣רֶץfrom [the] land of

    meeretzH776 →2504 times

  • מִצְרָ֑יִםEgypt

    mitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • כִּ֛יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • סָ֥רוּthey turned aside

    saruH5493 →299 times

  • מֵעֲלֵיהֶ֖םfrom on <the> them

    mealeihemH5921 →5755 times

  • וְלֹ֥אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • הִשְׁמִידֽוּם׃they destroyed them

    hishmidumH8045 →90 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

13 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Deuteronomy 2:4–5and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful.14 worksDeuteronomy 2:19But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”14 worksDeuteronomy 2:9Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”11 worksJudges 11:15–18to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites.5 worksNumbers 20:17–21Please let us pass through your land. We will not cut through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”5 works2 Chronicles 20:1After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.5 works
The other 7 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Chronicles 25:12and the army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.3 works2 Chronicles 20:22The 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.2 worksJeremiah 48:1Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.2 worksAmos 1:13This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.2 worksEzekiel 35:2“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,2 worksGenesis 33:14Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”2 worksGenesis 36:8So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 2:19

    But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 2:9

      Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants…

    • Judges 11:13–27

      The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore,…

    • Genesis 19:36–38

      Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.

    • 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.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 2:9

    Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants…

    it leads to

    • Genesis 19:36–37

      Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.

    • Numbers 21:15

      even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”

    • Numbers 21:28

      For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights.

    • Deuteronomy 2:18–19

      “Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Chronicles

The Ammonite and Moabite Armies Are Destroyed — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Ammonite and Moabite Armies Are Destroyed — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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