2 Chronicles 20:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

2 Chronicles 20:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

2 Chronicles 20:23 in 6 Bible Translations

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2 Chronicles 20:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. When they had finished the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to destroy each other.”

2 Chronicles 20:23 — World English Bible

2 Chronicles 20:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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. ”

2 Chronicles 20:23 — American Standard Version

2 Chronicles 20:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and the sons of Ammon stand up, and Moab, against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to devote and to destroy, and at their finishing with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped, a man against his neighbour, to destroy.”

2 Chronicles 20:23 — Young's Literal Translation

2 Chronicles 20:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to exterminate and destroy [them]; and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another. ”

2 Chronicles 20:23 — Darby Translation

2 Chronicles 20:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“For the children of Ammon and Moab rose against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to slay and to destroy them and when they had made an end of the inhabitantes of Seir, euery one helped to destroy another.”

2 Chronicles 20:23 — Geneva Bible

2 Chronicles 20:23 in Context — 2 Chronicles 20

21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth for ever.

22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

23 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.

24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.

25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.

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What Does 2 Chronicles 20:23 Mean?

2 Chronicles 20:23 is a verse from the Book of 2 Chronicles, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Chronicles chapter 20. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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