Translations
Modern
When the men of Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the vast army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; no one had escaped.
Traditional
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.
Literal
And Judah came to the watchtower in the wilderness, and they looked toward the multitude, and behold, their corpses were fallen on the earth, and no one had escaped.
Latin
Porro Juda, cum venisset ad speculam quæ respicit solitudinem, vidit procul omnem late regionem plenam cadaveribus, nec superesse quemquam qui necem potuisset evadere.
Original
Hebrew
English
When the men of Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the vast army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; no one had escaped.
Notes
Theme notes and profiles
Jehoshaphat Moab and Ammon Dealing with Conflict God as Holy Warrior Holy War
People
Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province
Glossary
Ammon, Ammonites Benaiah Beracah, Valley of Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Jehoshaphat (Person) Watchtower
Topics
Faithfulness: Jehoshaphat God: Providence of Harp: Over the Armies of Ammon and Moab Jehoshaphat: King of Judah: Religious Zeal of Prayer: Answered: Jehoshaphat, for Victory Over the Canaanites Rulers: Righteous: Jehoshaphat, in Walking in the Ways of the Lord The Ammonites: Miraculous Defeat of Watchman: On Towers