2 Kings 3:23 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 3:23

“This is blood!” they exclaimed. “The kings have clashed swords and slaughtered one another. Now to the plunder, Moab!”

BSB

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ASV

and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed, and they have smitten each man his fellow: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

KJV

And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The sun had risen with a ruddy light, as is frequently the case after a storm (compare Mat 16:3), nearly over the Israelite camp, and the pits, deep but with small mouths, gleaming redly through the haze which would lie along the newly moistened valley, seemed to the Moabites like pools of blood. The preceding year, they and their allies had mutually destroyed each other 2Ch 20:23. It seemed to them, from their knowledge of the jealousies between Judah, Israel, and Edom, not unlikely that a similar calamity had now befallen their foes.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Quod volumus facile credimus--What we wish we readily believe. Thus those that are to be destroyed are first deceived ( Rev. xx. 8 ), and none are so effectually deceived as those that deceive themselves.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙	vai.yo.me.Ru	and they said	H559 →
דָּ֣ם	dam	[is] blood	H1818 →
זֶ֔ה	Zeh	this	H2088 →
הָחֳרֵ֤ב	ho.cho.Rev	certainly <to fight>	H2717 →
נֶֽחֶרְבוּ֙	ne.cher.Vu	they have fought one another	H2717 →
הַמְּלָכִ֔ים	ha.me.la.Khim	the kings	H4428 →
וַיַּכּ֖וּ	vai.ya.Ku	and they have struck down	H5221 →
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	each	H376 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
רֵעֵ֑הוּ	re.'E.hu	neighbor his	H7453 →
וְעַתָּ֥ה	ve.'a.Tah	and therefore	H6258 →
לַשָּׁלָ֖ל	la.sha.Lal	to the plunder	H7998 →
מוֹאָֽב׃	mo.'Av	O Moab	H4124 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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2 Kings 7:6
For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 5:24
  As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has marched out before you to strike the camp…
- Isaiah 31:1
  Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy…
- 1 Kings 10:29
  A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to…
- Revelation 9:9
  They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
Through
Judges 5:30
‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
leads to
- Exodus 15:9
  The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
Through
2 Chronicles 20:25
Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables—more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 30:19–20
  Nothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.
- Numbers 31:15
  “Have you spared all the women?” he asked them.
- 2 Kings 7:9–16
  Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us.…

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06About 2 Kings

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About 2 Kings