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2 Chronicles 20:25

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they found: Exodus 12:35-36; 1 Samuel 30:19-20; 2 Kings 7:9-16; Psalms 68:12; Romans 8:37

dead bodies: Instead of pegarim:, "dead bodies," eight manuscripts and several ancient editions read begadim:, "garments." None of the ancient versions, except the Chaldee, have dead bodies: garments would therefore appear to be the true reading; and the succeeding clause should be rendered, "which they seized for themselves."

precious jewels: Exodus 3:22; Numbers 31:15; Judges 8:24-26; Proverbs 3:15

it was so much: Ezekiel 39:8-9

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