Now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned away from them, and didn’t destroy them;
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Now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned away from them, and didn’t destroy them;
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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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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;
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 20:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 2:4-5 Command the people, saying, ‘You are to pass through the border of your brothers, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. Therefore be careful. Don’t contend with them; for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.
- Deuteronomy 2:19 When you come near the border of the children of Ammon, don’t bother them, nor contend with them; for I will not give you any of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession, because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession.”
- Deuteronomy 2:9 Yahweh said to me, “Don’t bother Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give you any of his land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.”
- Numbers 20:17-21 “Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink from the water of the wells. We will go along the king’s highway. We will not turn away to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your border.” Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you.” The children of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway; and if we drink your water, I and my livestock, then I will give its price. Only let me, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet.” He said, “You shall not pass through.” Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand. Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.
- Judges 11:15-18 and he said to him, “Jephthah says: Israel didn’t take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon; but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh, then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let me pass through your land;’ but the king of Edom didn’t listen. In the same way, he sent to the king of Moab, but he refused; so Israel stayed in Kadesh. Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they didn’t come within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.
- 2 Chronicles 20:1 After this, the children of Moab, the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
- 2 Chronicles 20:22 When they began to sing and to praise, Yahweh set ambushers against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were struck.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 20:10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon…
2Ch 20:10 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;
Ver. 10. Whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade.] Deu 2:5; Deu 2:9; Deu 2:19 Num 20:21. So that they are thine and our beneficiaries; but ungrateful ones.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And now, behold, the children of Ammon, and Moab,…
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.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 20:10-11. Whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade,…
2Ch 20:10-11. Whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, &c. — Or give them any disturbance. He pleads the ingratitude and injustice of his enemies, and intimates that it would be for God’s glory to appear against them, and for the people whom they had so ill requited for the kindness shown them. We may comfortably appeal to God against those who render us evil for good. Behold how they reward us, to come and cast us out of thy possession — And seize our land for themselves, which indeed is thy land. Their crime was aggravated in this, that they made an attempt, not only upon the rights of the Israelites, but of God himself; whose land this was, which his people held of him as their Lord.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The Maonites of 2Ch 20:1 are here, and in…
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.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. mount Seir] Here and in 2Ch_20:23 in the…
10. mount Seir] Here and in 2Ch_20:23 in the enumeration of the allied peoples “Mount Seir” takes the place of the “Meunim” of 2Ch_20:1, yet no doubt the same contingent is meant. Mount Seir was indeed part of the territory of the Edomites, and the Meunim (Minaeans) were Arabians, but the two peoples were cognate and moreover were neighbours, so that Minaean invaders would probably bring along with them Edomite kinsmen in passing through Mount Seir. Mount Seir extended from the south of the Dead Sea to the head of the Gulf of Akaba.
whom thou wouldest not etc.] Cp. Deu_2:4-5; Deu_2:9; Deu_2:19; see also Num_20:14-21.
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but they turned] R.V. but they turned aside.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (10) And (the children of) mount Seir.—The Maonites are…
(10) And (the children of) mount Seir.—The Maonites are here so called apparently, and thus identified as an Edomite people. (See on 2Ch_20:1.)
Whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade.—See the respective prohibitions (Deu_2:4; Deu_2:9; Deu_2:19.) Comp. also (Num_20:14-21) the king of Edom’s refusal of a passage through his territory (Jdg_11:15, seq.) These tribes were recognised as the kindred of Israel, as being sons of Esau and sons of Lot. (The Syriac has “mount Gebel,” i.e., Gebâl, the name of a tribe living in the northern part of mount Seir, Psa_73:8.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Mount Seir
Mount Seir
This was a place where the Edomites lived. (See: How to Translate Names)
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See how they are rewarding us; they are coming to drive us out of your land
Here Jehoshaphat speaks of the ironic situation. AT: "This is how they 'repay' us for the mercy we showed to them; they are coming to drive us out of your land" (See: Irony)
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Ammon
Moab
Israel
Egypt
inherit
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 20:10 Mount Seir was another name for Edom (see…
20:10 Mount Seir was another name for Edom (see Gen 32:3 and the study note on Gen 25:25).
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