And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
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Gill's Exposition
And now, behold, the children of Ammon, and Moab, and Mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt,.... Charging them not to meddle with them, nor take…
Barnes' Notes
The Maonites of 2Ch 20:1 are here, and in 2Ch 20:22-23, called the “children” or inhabitants “of mount Seir.” Hence, we may gather that they were a tribe of Edomites, the inhabitants, probably of a…
We left Jehoshaphat, in the foregoing chapter, well employed in reforming his kingdom and providing for the due administration of justice and support of religion in it, and expected nothing but to…
Cambridge Bible
mount Seir Here and in 2Ch 20:23 in the enumeration of the allied peoples "Mount Seir" takes the place of the "Meunim" of 2Ch 20:1, yet no doubt the same contingent is meant. Mount Seir was indeed…
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