And the sons of Ammon and Moab proceeded to stand up against the inhabitants of the mountainous region of Seir to devote them to destruction and annihilate them; and as soon as they finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped each one to bring his own fellow to ruin. ”
ויעמדו בני עמון ומואב על יושבי הר ־ שעיר להחרים ולהשמיד; וככלותם ביושבי שעיר, עזרו איש ברעהו למשחית ” (‏ דברי ־ הימים ב ’. כ ’: 22, 23‏).