2 Chronicles 20:23 (LSB)

Passage

Indeed, the sons of Ammon and Moab stood against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to devote them to destruction and to utterly eradicate them; and when they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to bring one another to ruin.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 20:21 When he had taken counsel with the people, he caused those who sang to Yahweh and those who praised Him to stand in holy attire, as they went out before the army, saying, “Give thanks to Yahweh, for His lovingkindness endures forever.”

2 Chronicles 20:22 When they began singing for joy and praising, Yahweh set ambushes against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; so they were defeated.

2 Chronicles 20:23 Indeed, the sons of Ammon and Moab stood against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to devote them to destruction and to utterly eradicate them; and when they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to bring one another to ruin.

2 Chronicles 20:24 Now Judah came to the lookout of the wilderness, and they turned toward the multitude, and behold, they were corpses fallen on the ground, and no one had escaped.

2 Chronicles 20:25 So Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their spoil and found much among them, including goods, garments, and valuable things which they took for themselves, more than they could carry. And they were three days taking the spoil because there was so much.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "indeed", "sons", "ammon", "moab", "stood", "against", "inhabitants", and "mount". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "indeed" and "sons", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "When they began singing for joy and..." into verse 24's "Now Judah came to the lookout of...", so "indeed" and "sons" belong inside that flow. In 2 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "indeed" and "sons" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.