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For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, utterly to kill and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to destroy another.

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God's Unconventional Victory

Commentators explain that God's deliverance involved causing the enemy armies to destroy themselves. Scholars suggest this happened through a divinely orchestrated confusion, where suspicion and mistrust erupted among the allied forces. Matthew Henry notes this as a pattern where God makes 'wicked people destroy one another' in response to the faith of His people.

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On 2 Chronicles 20:23

19th Century

Bishop

Stood up against.‘Amad ‘al, a late usage. (So 1 Chronicles 21:1.)

Utterly to slay.

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

On 2 Chronicles 20:22–23

19th Century

Preacher

There were three or four nations, and some jealousy or mistrust must have manifested itself, or some mistake had been made, and the motley host div…

John Gill

John Gill

On 2 Chronicles 20:23

17th Century

Pastor

For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the
inhabitants of Mount Seir
Sup…

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On 2 Chronicles 20:20–30

17th Century

Minister

Jehoshaphat exhorted his troops to firm faith in God. Faith inspires a man with true courage; nor will anything help more to establish the heart in…