And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
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Gill's Exposition
When Judah came towards the watch tower in the wilderness,.... Which might stand upon the hill or cliff of Ziz, for the sake of the direction of travellers, and the preservation of them from thieves…
Barnes' Notes
The march of Judah from Jerusalem would take five or six hours. By the time they reached the watch-towers in the wilderness of Jeruel all was over.
We have here the foregoing prayer answered and the foregoing promise performed, in the total overthrow of the enemies' forces and the triumph (for so it was rather than a victory) of Jehoshaphat's…
Cambridge Bible
toward the watch tower R.V. to the watch-tower. This tower may have been one of the castles mentioned in 2Ch 17:12.
unto the multitude R.V. upon the multitude.
and none escaped R.V. and there were…
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