2 Kings 3:24
in 2 Kings 3But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and attacked them, and they fled before them. So the Israelites invaded their land and struck down the Moabites.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward into the land smiting the Moabites.
KJV
And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.
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This verse in 2 Kings 3
Commentary
3 notes on this verseWhen the Moabites came to plunder the camp, they convinced themselves that its ruins had been abandoned by their guards. Instead, Jehoshaphat and the kings with him suddenly rose up with drawn swords when they realized that their enemies were approaching and almost upon them. …
This site's exposition
the Israelites rose up and attacked them
on 2 Kings 3:24-25
Israel carries out the orders of verse 19: cities destroyed, fields covered with stones, springs stopped and good trees cut down. The one exception, “Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place”, marks where the campaign stops, for the royal city holds while slingers surround it.
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The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֹאוּ֮ | vaiyavou | and they came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מַחֲנֵ֣ה | machaneh | [the] camp of | H4264 → | 215 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וַיָּקֻ֤מוּ | vaiyakumu | and they arose | H6965 → | 628 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וַיַּכּ֣וּ | vaiyaku | and they struck down | H5221 → | 499 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מוֹאָ֔ב | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ | vaiyanusu | and they fled | H5127 → | 159 times |
| מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם | mipeneihem | from before them | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| וַיַּכּוּ | vayako | and they struck down | H5221 → | 499 times |
| בָ֔הּ | vah | <in> it | ||
| וְהַכּ֖וֹת | vehakot | and they struck down | H5221 → | 499 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מוֹאָֽב׃ | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
וַיָּבֹאוּ֮and they came
vaiyavouH935 →2568 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מַחֲנֵ֣ה[the] camp of
machanehH4264 →215 times
יִשְׂרָאֵל֒Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וַיָּקֻ֤מוּand they arose
vaiyakumuH6965 →628 times
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וַיַּכּ֣וּand they struck down
vaiyakuH5221 →499 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מוֹאָ֔בMoab
moavH4124 →181 times
וַיָּנֻ֖סוּand they fled
vaiyanusuH5127 →159 times
מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑םfrom before them
mipeneihemH6440 →2123 times
וַיַּכּוּand they struck down
vayakoH5221 →499 times
בָ֔הּ<in> it
vah
וְהַכּ֖וֹתand they struck down
vehakotH5221 →499 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מוֹאָֽב׃Moab
moavH4124 →181 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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About 2 Kings
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 3:23; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.