THEOSISTheodoret of Cyrus
Initially, the Ammonites and Moabites launched an attack against the Edomites, and soon after, they turned their aggression upon one another. The king and his subjects observed the devastation of their foes.
2 Chronicles 20:23Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
For the children of Ammon, and of Moab, rose up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to kill and destroy them: and when they had made an end of them, they turned also against one another, and destroyed one another.
וַ֠יַּֽעַמְדוּ בְּנֵ֨י עַמּ֧וֹן וּמוֹאָ֛ב עַל־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י הַר־שֵׂעִ֖יר לְהַחֲרִ֣ים וּלְהַשְׁמִ֑יד וּכְכַלּוֹתָם֙ בְּיוֹשְׁבֵ֣י שֵׂעִ֔יר עָזְר֥וּ אִישׁ־בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ לְמַשְׁחִֽית׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Sam 14:20Then Saul, and all the people that were with him, shouted together, and they came to the place of the fight: and behold every man's sword was turned upon his neighbour, and there was a very great slaughter.
- Judg 7:22And the three hundred men nevertheless persisted sounding the trumpets. And the Lord sent the sword into all the camp, and they killed one another,
- Gen 36:8And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: he is Edom.
- Gen 36:9And these are the generations of Esau, the father of Edom, in mount Seir.
- Josh 24:4And gave him Isaac: and to him again I gave Jacob and Esau. And I gave to Esau mount Seir for his possession: but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
- Ezek 35:2Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy concerning it, and say to it:
- Ezek 35:3Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I come against thee, mount Seir, and I will stretch forth my hand upon thee, and I will make thee desolate and waste.
- Gen 14:6And the Chorreans in the mountains of Seir, even to the plains of Pharan, which is in the wilderness.