these Edomites and Ishmaelites; Moabites and Hagrites;
During the reign of Saul, the Reubenites defeated the Hagrites in battle. Then they moved into the Hagrite settlements all along the eastern edge of Gilead.
After this, the armies of the Moabites, Ammonites, and some of the Meunites declared war on Jehoshaphat.
O Lord, remember what the Edomites did on the day the armies of Babylon captured Jerusalem. “Destroy it!” they yelled. “Level it to the ground!”
The kings of the earth prepare for battle; the rulers plot together against the Lord and against his anointed one.
Moab will no longer be a nation, for it has boasted against the Lord.
Eglon enlisted the Ammonites and Amalekites as allies, and then he went out and defeated Israel, taking possession of Jericho, the city of palms.
