262 BATTLES OF THE BIBLE.

each other, and blindly and furiously they fought till all
were slain.

Johnnie. I do not understand it, grandfather. Who
was it that fought ?

Grandfather. The Moabites, the Ammonites, and the
Edomites, who had come up with intent to destroy the
men of Judah, set upon each other instead. Why they
did this we cannot tell. The sacred historian tells us
that “the Lord set ambushments against them, and that
by these ambushments they were smitten.” Now, it is
not unlikely that these foreign invaders may have set
parties in ambush to take by surprise the children of
Judah, when they came out to defend their country.
This may have been; but whether this were so or not,
certain it is, that by the over-ruling providence of God,
confusion fell upon the children of Lot and the children
of Esau, so that they attacked their allies instead of their
enemies. The children of Ammon and the children of
Moab fiercely attacked the inhabitants of Mount Seir,
and killed every one of them. When they had utterly
destroyed the dwellers in the mountain, then did the de-
scendants of Lot fall upon each other, and fought until
not one of all that vast multitude remained to tell the
tale. Thus it was that the Lord fought for his people,
and so it came to pass asthe Lord had foretold, that the
battle was not theirs but God’s. From this we learn
that those who pray shall prosper.

George. I never heard of such an easy won battle.
You could hardly call it a battle at all, for Jehoshaphat
and his people had nothing to do but to look on.