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so they turned away from them and did not destroy them. <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/20.htm">New Living Translation</a> “And now see what the armies of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir are doing. You would not let our ancestors invade those nations when Israel left Egypt, so they went around them and did not destroy them. <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/20.htm">English Standard Version</a> And now behold, the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt, and whom they avoided and did not destroy— <a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/20.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. So Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them. <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/20.htm">King James Bible</a> 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; <a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/20.htm">New King James Version</a> And now, here are the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir—whom You would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them and did not destroy them— <a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now behold, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not allow Israel to invade when they came out of the land of Egypt (for they turned aside from them and did not destroy them), <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/20.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Now behold, the sons of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt (they turned aside from them and did not destroy them), <a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And now behold, the sons of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom Thou didst not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt (they turned aside from them and did not destroy them), <a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So now, behold, the sons of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt (they turned aside from them and did not destroy them), <a href="/amp/2_chronicles/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Now behold, the sons of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom You would not allow Israel to invade when they came from the land of Egypt (for they turned away from them and did not destroy them), <a href="/csb/2_chronicles/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Now here are the Ammonites, Moabites, and the inhabitants of Mount Seir. You did not let Israel invade them when Israel came out of the land of Egypt, but Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them. <a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Now here are the Ammonites, Moabites, and the inhabitants of Mount Seir. You did not let Israel invade them when Israel came out of the land of Egypt, but Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them. <a href="/asv/2_chronicles/20.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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; <a href="/cev/2_chronicles/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You can see that the armies of Ammon, Moab, and Edom are attacking us! Those are the nations you would not let our ancestors invade on their way from Egypt, so these nations were not destroyed. <a href="/erv/2_chronicles/20.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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; <a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "The Ammonites, Moabites, and the people of Mount Seir have come here. However, you didn't let Israel invade them when they came out of Egypt. The Israelites turned away from them and didn't destroy them. <a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/20.htm">Good News Translation</a> "Now the people of Ammon, Moab, and Edom have attacked us. When our ancestors came out of Egypt, you did not allow them to enter those lands, so our ancestors went around them and did not destroy them. <a href="/isv/2_chronicles/20.htm">International Standard Version</a> Now therefore look! The Ammonites, the Moabites, and the inhabitants of Mount Seir, whom you would not permit Israel to attack when they arrived from the land of Egypt—since they turned away from them and did not eliminate them— <a href="/net/2_chronicles/20.htm">NET Bible</a> Now the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir are coming! When Israel came from the land of Egypt, you did not allow them to invade these lands. They bypassed them and did not destroy them. <a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Now, look, the people 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 aside from them, and did not destroy them; <a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldst not let Israel invade, when they came from the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. So Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them. <a href="/web/2_chronicles/20.htm">World English Bible</a> 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; <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And now, behold, sons of Ammon, and Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not grant to Israel to go in against in their coming out of the land of Egypt, for they turned aside from off them and did not destroy them, <a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'And now, lo, sons of Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir, whom Thou didst not grant to Israel to go in against in their coming out of the land of Egypt, for they turned aside from off them and destroyed them not, <a href="/slt/2_chronicles/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And now behold the sons of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, which thou gavest not to Israel to come against them in their coming out of the land of Egypt, for they turned away from them and destroyed them not;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Now therefore behold the children of Ammon, and of Moab, and mount Seir, through whose lands thou didst not allow Israel to pass, when they came out of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and slew them not, <a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Now therefore, behold the sons of Ammon, and of Moab, and mount Seir, through whose lands you did not permit Israel to cross when they were departing from Egypt. Instead, they turned aside from them, and they did not put them to death. <a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/20.htm">New American Bible</a> And now, see the Ammonites, Moabites, and those of Mount Seir whom you did not allow Israel to invade when they came from the land of Egypt, but instead they passed them by and did not destroy them: <a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> See now, the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt, and whom they avoided and did not destroy—<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And now, behold, the children of Ammon, of the mount of Gabel, and of Moab, with whom thou wouldst not let Israel mix when thou didst bring them out of the land of Egypt, and thou hadst removed the yoke of the Egyptians from them, <a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/20.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Also now, behold the children of Amon and the mountain of Gabel and Moab that you had not given to Israel to be mixed with them, because you brought them out from the land of Egypt, and you removed the bondage of the Egyptians from them<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/20.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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; <a href="/sep/2_chronicles/20.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And now, behold, the children of Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir, with regard to whom thou didst not permit Israel to pass through their border, when they had come out of the land of Egypt, (for they turned away from them, and did not destroy them;) - <a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/20-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=4669" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/20.htm">Jehoshaphat's Prayer</a> …9‘If disaster comes upon us—whether sword or judgment, plague or famine—we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your Name is in this temple. We will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear us and save us.’ 10<a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: wə·‘at·tāh (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">And now,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">here are</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the men</a> <a href="/hebrew/5983.htm" title="5983: ‘am·mō·wn (N-proper-ms) -- A people living E. of the Jordan. From am; tribal, i.e. Inbred; Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country.">of Ammon,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4124.htm" title="4124: ū·mō·w·’āḇ (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- A son of Lot, also his desc. and the territory where they settled. ">Moab,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: wə·har- (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">and Mount</a> <a href="/hebrew/8165.htm" title="8165: śê·‘îr (N-proper-fs) -- Formed like sa'iyr; rough; Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine.">Seir,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">whom</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">You did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯat·tāh (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">let</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: lə·yiś·rā·’êl (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: lā·ḇō·w (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">invade</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bə·ḇō·’ām (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">when they came</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: mê·’e·reṣ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">out of the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: miṣ·rā·yim (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">of Egypt;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">but</a> <a href="/hebrew/5493.htm" title="5493: sā·rū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To turn aside. Or suwr; a primitive root; to turn off.">Israel turned away</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘ă·lê·hem (Prep-m:: 3mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">from them</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8045.htm" title="8045: hiš·mî·ḏūm (V-Hifil-Perf-3cp:: 3mp) -- To be exterminated or destroyed. A primitive root; to desolate.">destroy them.</a> 11See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession that You gave us as an inheritance.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-4.htm">Deuteronomy 2:4-9</a> and 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. / 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. / You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’” ... <a href="/numbers/20-14.htm">Numbers 20:14-21</a> From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us, / how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers, / and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory. ... <a href="/judges/11-15.htm">Judges 11:15-18</a> to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites. / But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh. / Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh. ... <a href="/psalms/83-4.htm">Psalm 83:4-8</a> saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.” / For with one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against You— / the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites, ... <a href="/isaiah/11-14.htm">Isaiah 11:14</a> They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them. <a href="/ezekiel/25-8.htm">Ezekiel 25:8-11</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,” / therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land. / I will give it along with the Ammonites as a possession to the people of the East, so that the Ammonites will no longer be remembered among the nations. ... <a href="/amos/1-13.htm">Amos 1:13</a> This 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. <a href="/obadiah/1-10.htm">Obadiah 1:10-14</a> Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever. / On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them. / But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress. ... <a href="/jeremiah/49-1.htm">Jeremiah 49:1-6</a> Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities? / Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD. / Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials. ... <a href="/zephaniah/2-8.htm">Zephaniah 2:8-10</a> “I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders. / Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.” / This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/matthew/5-44.htm">Matthew 5:44</a> But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, <a href="/luke/6-27.htm">Luke 6:27-28</a> But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, / bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. <a href="/romans/12-19.htm">Romans 12:19-21</a> Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.” / On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.” / Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-15.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:15</a> Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people. <a href="/1_peter/3-9.htm">1 Peter 3:9</a> Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And 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 from them, and destroyed them not;whom thou<a href="/numbers/20-17.htm">Numbers 20:17-21</a> Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders… <a href="/deuteronomy/2-4.htm">Deuteronomy 2:4,5,9,19</a> And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore: … <a href="/judges/11-15.htm">Judges 11:15-18</a> And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon: … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/16-1.htm">Allow</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-1.htm">Ammon</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-3.htm">Amongst</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-19.htm">Attacking</a> <a href="/1_samuel/18-11.htm">Avoided</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-1.htm">Children</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/12-12.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-3.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-17.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/12-9.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-20.htm">Invade</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-7.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-13.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-1.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-4.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-42.htm">Seir</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-42.htm">Se'ir</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-2.htm">Side</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/8-6.htm">Territory</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-3.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-4.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-20.htm">Wouldest</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/nehemiah/2-7.htm">Allow</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-22.htm">Ammon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-4.htm">Amongst</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-12.htm">Attacking</a> <a href="/psalms/17-4.htm">Avoided</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-13.htm">Children</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-23.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-37.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-7.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/26-8.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/27-2.htm">Invade</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-19.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/22-12.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-22.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-22.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-22.htm">Seir</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-22.htm">Se'ir</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-30.htm">Side</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/26-6.htm">Territory</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-32.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-32.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/ezra/9-14.htm">Wouldest</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 20</div>1. <a href="/2_chronicles/20-1.htm">Jehoshaphat, invaded by Moab, proclaims a fast</a> 5. <a href="/2_chronicles/20-5.htm">His prayer</a> 14. <a href="/2_chronicles/20-14.htm">The prophecy of Jahaziel</a> 20. <a href="/2_chronicles/20-20.htm">Jehoshaphat exhorts the people, and sets singers to praise the Lord</a> 22. <a href="/2_chronicles/20-22.htm">The great overthrow of his enemies</a> 26. <a href="/2_chronicles/20-26.htm">The people, having blessed God at Berachah, return in triumph</a> 31. <a href="/2_chronicles/20-31.htm">Jehoshaphat's reign</a> 35. <a href="/2_chronicles/20-35.htm">His convoy of ships, according to the prophecy of Eliezer, unhappily perishes.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Ammonites and Moabites were descendants of Lot, Abraham's nephew, and had a complex relationship with Israel. Mount Seir is associated with the Edomites, descendants of Esau, Jacob's brother. These groups often had contentious interactions with Israel, yet they were spared during Israel's initial conquest of Canaan. This phrase sets the stage for a confrontation, highlighting the irony and tension as these spared nations now threaten Israel.whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt This refers to God's specific instructions to the Israelites during their wilderness journey. In <a href="/deuteronomy/2.htm">Deuteronomy 2</a>, God commanded Israel not to harass or provoke war with these nations because He had given their land to the descendants of Lot and Esau. This divine directive underscores God's sovereignty and His plans for different peoples. It also reflects God's faithfulness to His promises, even to those outside the covenant community of Israel.So Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them Israel's obedience to God's command not to engage these nations is a testament to their faithfulness at that time. This historical decision is significant because it demonstrates Israel's reliance on God's guidance rather than their own military might. The restraint shown by Israel is a reminder of the importance of obedience to God's will, even when it might seem strategically disadvantageous. This act of obedience is now contrasted with the current threat, emphasizing the moral and spiritual dilemma faced by Jehoshaphat and the people of Judah.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jehoshaphat.htm">Jehoshaphat</a> The king of Judah who is leading the nation in prayer and seeking God's guidance in the face of a vast enemy coalition. 2. <a href="/topical/a/ammon,_moab,_and_mount_seir.htm">Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir</a> These are the nations that have come against Judah. Historically, they were spared by the Israelites during their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_egypt.htm">The Land of Egypt</a> The place from which the Israelites were delivered by God, marking the beginning of their journey to the Promised Land. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites'_journey.htm">The Israelites' Journey</a> Refers to the historical journey of the Israelites from Egypt to Canaan, during which they were instructed by God not to engage certain nations in battle. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_prayer_of_jehoshaphat.htm">The Prayer of Jehoshaphat</a> A significant event where Jehoshaphat seeks divine intervention, acknowledging God's past instructions and current sovereignty.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_history.htm">God's Sovereignty in History</a> Recognize that God has a plan and purpose in historical events, even when they seem perplexing or challenging. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a> Reflect on the importance of obeying God's instructions, even when they do not align with our immediate understanding or desires. <a href="/topical/t/trust_in_divine_justice.htm">Trust in Divine Justice</a> Trust that God will address wrongs and injustices in His timing and way, as seen in the restraint shown by Israel and the subsequent threat from these nations. <a href="/topical/p/prayer_as_a_response_to_crisis.htm">Prayer as a Response to Crisis</a> Emphasize the importance of turning to God in prayer during times of crisis, seeking His guidance and intervention. <a href="/topical/r/remembering_god's_past_faithfulness.htm">Remembering God's Past Faithfulness</a> Encourage believers to recall and rely on God's past faithfulness as a source of strength and confidence in present challenges.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_20.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 20</a> <a href="/q/does_obadiah_1_18_conflict_with_edomite_history.htm">How does Obadiah 1:18 align with or conflict against evidence of Edomite survival or assimilation in later history? </a> <a href="/q/why_little_evidence_for_edom's_chiefs.htm">Why is there minimal archaeological evidence for the “chiefs of Edom” referenced in Genesis 36:15–19? </a> <a href="/q/does_history_confirm_edom's_lasting_hate.htm">If Ezekiel 35:5 describes Edom’s “perpetual hatred,” does historical record support such an unbroken hostility? </a> <a href="/q/how_did_jehoshaphat's_army_win_by_singing.htm">How did Jehoshaphat's army manage to march forth singing and then gather the spoils without engaging in a standard military offensive (2 Chronicles 20:21-25)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/20.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) And (the children of) mount Seir.--The Maonites are here so called apparently, and thus identified as an Edomite people. (See on <a href="/2_chronicles/20-1.htm" title="It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.">2Chronicles 20:1</a>.)Whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade.--See the respective prohibitions (<a href="/deuteronomy/2-4.htm" title="And command you the people, saying, You are to pass through the coast of your brothers the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take you good heed to yourselves therefore:">Deuteronomy 2:4</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/2-9.htm" title="And the LORD said to me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give you of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.">Deuteronomy 2:9</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/2-19.htm" title="And when you come near over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give you of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession.">Deuteronomy 2:19</a>.) Comp. also (<a href="/context/numbers/20-14.htm" title="And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus said your brother Israel, You know all the travail that has befallen us:">Numbers 20:14-21</a>) the king of Edom's refusal of a passage through his territory (<a href="/judges/11-15.htm" title="And said to him, Thus said Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:">Judges 11:15</a>, 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., Geb?l, the name of a tribe living in the northern part of mount Seir, <a href="/psalms/73-8.htm" title="They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.">Psalm 73:8</a>.) . . . <a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/20-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>And now, וְעַתָּ֡ה (wə·‘at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> At this time here are הִנֵּה֩ (hin·nêh) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> Lo! behold! the men בְנֵֽי־ (ḇə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son of Ammon, עַמּ֨וֹן (‘am·mō·wn) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5983.htm">Strong's 5983: </a> Ammon -- a people living East of the Jordan Moab, וּמוֹאָ֜ב (ū·mō·w·’āḇ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4124.htm">Strong's 4124: </a> Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled and Mount וְהַר־ (wə·har-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country Seir, שֵׂעִ֗יר (śê·‘îr) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8165.htm">Strong's 8165: </a> Seir -- a mountain range in Edom, also its inhabitants, also a mountain in Judah whom אֲ֠שֶׁר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that You did not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no let נָתַ֤תָּה (nā·ṯat·tāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set Israel לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (lə·yiś·rā·’êl) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc invade לָב֣וֹא (lā·ḇō·w) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go when they came בְּבֹאָ֖ם (bə·ḇō·’ām) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go out of מֵאֶ֣רֶץ (mê·’e·reṣ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land Egypt; מִצְרָ֑יִם (miṣ·rā·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa but כִּ֛י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction Israel turned away סָ֥רוּ (sā·rū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5493.htm">Strong's 5493: </a> To turn aside from them מֵעֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (mê·‘ă·lê·hem) Preposition-m | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against and did not וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no destroy them. הִשְׁמִידֽוּם׃ (hiš·mî·ḏūm) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8045.htm">Strong's 8045: </a> To be exterminated or destroyed <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/20-10.htm">2 Chronicles 20:10 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/20-10.htm">2 Chronicles 20:10 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/20-10.htm">2 Chronicles 20:10 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/20-10.htm">2 Chronicles 20:10 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/20-10.htm">2 Chronicles 20:10 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/20-10.htm">2 Chronicles 20:10 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/20-10.htm">2 Chronicles 20:10 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/20-10.htm">2 Chronicles 20:10 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/20-10.htm">2 Chronicles 20:10 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/20-10.htm">2 Chronicles 20:10 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-10.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 20:10 Now behold the children of Ammon (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 20:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 20:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 20:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 20:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>