Study it in the app“And now, look, the sons of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, among whom you did not let Israel come when they came from the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them and did not destroy them”
Facing a huge army, Jehoshaphat prays: our eyes are on youPrayerSurrounded by enemies, King Jehoshaphat admits he does not know what to do and looks to GodGod guides
And now,וְעַתָּהlook,הִנֵּהthe sonsבְנֵיof Ammonעַמּוֹןand Moabוּמוֹאָבand MountוְהַרSeir,שֵׂעִירamong whomאֲשֶׁר בָהֶםyou did notלֹאletנָתַתָּהIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵלcomeלָבוֹאwhen they cameבְּבֹאָםfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרָיִםbutכִּיthey turned asideסָרוּfrom themמֵעֲלֵיהֶםand did notוְלֹאdestroy themהִשְׁמִידוּם
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsAmmon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearsSeir
Seir, the hill country south of the Dead Sea, later the land of Edom; also its first inhabitants, and a mountain in Judah.
Where else “seir” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natata” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “vo” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsturn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “saru” appearsdestroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “hishmidu” appears1Ammon
Today: Amman (Rabbah) and surroundings, Jordan
The land east of the Jordan around Rabbah (present-day Amman, Jordan).
The Ammonites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:38). Jephthah defeated them (Judg 11:32-33) and David took their capital (2 Sam 12:26).
2Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
3Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
9‘If evil comes upon us —sword, judgment, or pestilence or famine— we will stand before this house and before you, for your name is in this house, and we will cry out to you from our distress, and you will hear and save.’
10 · This verse (above)
11look, they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of your possession that you gave us to possess.
