Discovery Box2 Chronicles 20:1 
Context20:1 Later the Moabites and Ammonites, along with some of the Meunites, 1 attacked Jehoshaphat.
2 Chronicles 20:23
Context20:23 The Ammonites and Moabites attacked the men from Mount Seir 2 and annihilated them. 3 When they had finished off the men 4 of Seir, they attacked and destroyed one another. 5
1 tc The Hebrew text has “Ammonites,” but they are mentioned just before this. Most translations, following some
2 tn Heb “the sons of Ammon and Moab stood against the residents of Mount Seir.”
3 tn Heb “to annihilate and to destroy.”
4 tn Heb “residents.”
5 tn Heb “they helped, each one his fellow, for destruction.” The verb עָזַר (’azar), traditionally understood as the well-attested verb meaning “to help,” is an odd fit in this context. It is possible that it is from a homonymic root, perhaps meaning to “attack.” This root is attested in Ugaritic in a nominal form meaning “young man, warrior, hero.” For a discussion of the proposed root, see HALOT 811 s.v. II עזר.
