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2 Kings 3:19 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 3 · verse 19
And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.2 Kings 3:19 · King James Version
2 Kings 3:19 in context
17For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
18And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
19And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
20And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
21And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- fencedmibtsâra fortification, castle, or fortified cityH4013 →
- choicemibchôwrselectH4004 →
- smitenâkâhto strikeH5221 →
- wellsmaʻyâna fountain , figuratively, a sourceH4599 →
- watermayimwaterH4325 →
- cityʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
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Jehoram has no sooner got the sceptre into his hand than he takes the sword into his hand, to reduce Moab. Crowns bring great cares and perils to the heads that wear them; no sooner in honour than in war. Now here we have, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-19