2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 20:23–24

²³The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction.^e And when they had finished off the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.

²⁴When the men of Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the vast army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; no one had escaped.

Footnotes

e 20:23 Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.

Read all of 2 Chronicles 20

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

2 Chronicles 20:23

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The Ammonites	בְּנֵ֨י	bə·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
and Moabites	וּמוֹאָ֛ב	ū·mō·w·’āḇ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4124 Moab
rose up	וַ֠יַּֽעַמְדוּ	way·ya·‘am·ḏū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5975 take one's stand, stand
against	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the inhabitants	יֹשְׁבֵ֥י	yō·šə·ḇê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
of Mount	הַר־	har-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
Seir	שֵׂעִ֖יר	śê·‘îr	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H8165 Se`îr
devoting them	לְהַחֲרִ֣ים	lə·ha·ḥă·rîm	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H2763 ban, devote, exterminate
to destruction	וּלְהַשְׁמִ֑יד	ū·lə·haš·mîḏ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H8045 be exterminated, destroyed
And when they had finished off	וּכְכַלּוֹתָם֙	ū·ḵə·ḵal·lō·w·ṯām	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct; third person masculine plural	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
the inhabitants	בְּיוֹשְׁבֵ֣י	bə·yō·wō·šə·ḇê	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
of Seir	שֵׂעִ֔יר	śê·‘îr	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H8165 Se`îr
they helped	עָזְר֥וּ	‘ā·zə·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5826 help, succour
to destroy	לְמַשְׁחִֽית׃	lə·maš·ḥîṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H4889 ruin, destruction
one	אִישׁ־	’îš-	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
another	בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ	bə·rê·‘ê·hū	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H7453 shouting, roar

2 Chronicles 20:24

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When the men of Judah	וִֽיהוּדָ֛ה	wî·hū·ḏāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
came	בָּ֥א	bā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
a place overlooking	הַמִּצְפֶּ֖ה	ham·miṣ·peh	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4707 watch-tower
the wilderness	לַמִּדְבָּ֑ר	lam·miḏ·bār	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4057 mouth
they looked	וַיִּפְנוּ֙	way·yip̄·nū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6437 turn
for	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the vast army	הֶ֣הָמ֔וֹן	he·hā·mō·wn	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1995 sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance
but there	וְהִנָּ֧ם	wə·hin·nām	Conjunctive waw; Interjection; third person masculine plural	H2005 lo! behold
were only corpses	פְּגָרִ֛ים	pə·ḡā·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H6297 corpse, carcass
lying	נֹפְלִ֥ים	nō·p̄ə·lîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H5307 fall, lie
on the ground	אַ֖רְצָה	’ar·ṣāh	Noun - feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H776 earth, land
no one	וְאֵ֥ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
had escaped	פְּלֵיטָֽה׃	pə·lê·ṭāh	Noun - feminine singular	H6413 escape

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

2 Chronicles 20:23 Judges 7:22 · 1 Samuel 14:20 · Ezekiel 35:2–3 · Joshua 24:4 · Genesis 36:8–9

2 Chronicles 20:24 Isaiah 37:36

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.