²³ For the men of Ammon and Moab rose against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction, and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, ^(A)they all helped to destroy one another.

²⁰ Then Saul and all the people who were with him rallied and went into the battle. And behold, ^(A)every Philistine's sword was against his fellow, and there was very great confusion.

^22 (A)When they blew the 300 trumpets, ^(B)the Lord set ^(C)every man's sword against his comrade and against all the army. And the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah,^[a] as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.

^2 (A)“Son of man, ^(B)set your face ^(C)against ^(D)Mount Seir, and prophesy against it, ³ and say to it, Thus says the Lord God: ^(E)Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and ^(F)I will stretch out my hand against you, ^(G)and I will make you a desolation and a waste.

⁴ And to Isaac I gave ^(A)Jacob and Esau. ^(B)And I gave Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, ^(C)but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

⁸ So Esau settled in ^(A)the hill country of Seir. (^(B)Esau is Edom.)

⁹ These are the generations of Esau the father of ^(C)the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

⁵ Do not contend with them, for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on, because ^(A)I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.

⁶ and the ^(A)Horites in their hill country of Seir as far as ^(B)El-paran on the border of the wilderness.