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2 Chronicles 20:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

when they: Heb. in the time that they, etc

to sing and to: Heb. in singing and. The Lord set ambushments. Houbigant's version is, "the Lord set against the children of Amon and Moab ambushments of those who came from mount Seir against Judah; and the children of Ammon and Moab were smitten, but they afterwards rose up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, and utterly destroyed them; who being destroyed, they rose up one against one another, and mutually destroyed each other." Judges 7:22; 1 Samuel 14:16, 1 Samuel 14:20; 2 Kings 6:17; Psalms 35:5-6; Isaiah 19:2; Ezekiel 38:21

were smitten: or, smote one another

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