2 Chronicles 20:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set an ambush against the Ammonites, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, so that they were routed.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were [self-] slaughtered;

American Standard Version (1901)

And when they began to sing and to praise, Jehovah set liers-in-wait against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, that were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

Common English Bible

As they broke into joyful song and praise, the LORD launched a surprise attack against the Ammonites, the Moabites, and those from Mount Seir who were invading Judah, so that they were defeated.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And when they had begun to sing praises, the Lord turned their ambushes upon themselves, that is, those of the sons of Ammon, and of Moab, and of mount Seir, who had gone forth so that they might fight against Judah. And they were struck down.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And when they began to sing praises, the Lord turned their ambushments upon themselves: that is to say, of the children of Ammon, and of Moab, and of mount Seir, who were come out to fight against Juda; and they were slain.

2 Chronicles 20:22 Cross References

2 Samuel 22:4

I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.

2 Kings 6:17

Then Elisha prayed, “O Lord, please open his eyes that he may see.” So the Lord opened the eyes of the servant, and he saw; the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

2 Chronicles 13:13

Jeroboam had sent an ambush around to come on them from behind; thus his troops were in front of Judah, and the ambush was behind them.

2 Chronicles 13:15

Then the people of Judah raised the battle shout. And when the people of Judah shouted, God defeated Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

2 Chronicles 20:10

See now, the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt and whom they avoided and did not destroy,

2 Chronicles 21:8

In his days Edom revolted against the rule of Judah and set up a king of their own.

2 Chronicles 5:13

It was the duty of the trumpeters and singers together to make themselves heard in unison in praise and thanksgiving to the Lord, and when the song was raised, with trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments, in praise to the Lord, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever,” the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud,

Psalm 18:4

The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of perdition assailed me;

Isaiah 19:2

I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, and they will fight, one against the other, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom;

Ezekiel 38:21

I will summon the sword against Gog in all my mountains, says the Lord God; the swords of all will be against their comrades.

Joshua 6:16

And at the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the city.

Judges 7:22

When they blew the three hundred trumpets, the Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow and against all the army, and the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.

1 Samuel 14:16

Saul’s lookouts in Gibeah of Benjamin were watching as the multitude was surging back and forth.

1 Samuel 14:20

Then Saul and all the people who were with him rallied and went into the battle, and every sword was against the other, so that there was very great confusion.