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2 Kings 3:25

They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.

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ASV

And they beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the fountains of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir-hareseth only they left the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.

KJV

And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir–haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהֶעָרִ֣יםve.he.'a.Rimand the citiesH5892 →
יַהֲרֹ֡סוּya.ha.Ro.suthey tore downH2040 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand everyH3605 →
חֶלְקָ֣הchel.Kahportion of landH2513 →
ט֠וֹבָהToahgoodH2896 →
יַשְׁלִ֨יכוּyash.Li.khuthey threwH7993 →
אִישׁ־'ish-eachH376 →
אַבְנ֜וֹ'av.Nostone hisH68 →
וּמִלְא֗וּהָu.mil.'U.haand they filled itH4390 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand everyH3605 →
מַעְיַן־ma'.yan-spring ofH4599 →
מַ֤יִםMa.yimwaterH4325 →
יִסְתֹּ֙מוּ֙yis.To.muthey stopped upH5640 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand everyH3605 →
עֵֽץ־'etz-treeH6086 →
ט֣וֹבTovgoodH2896 →
יַפִּ֔ילוּya.Pi.luthey made fallH5307 →
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
הִשְׁאִ֧ירhish.'Irhe left behindH7604 →
אֲבָנֶ֛יהָ'a.va.Nei.hastones itsH68 →
בַּקִּ֖ירba.Kirin <the> KirH7025 →
חֲרָ֑שֶׂתcha.Ra.setHaresethH7025 →
וַיָּסֹ֥בּוּvai.ya.So.buand they surrounded [it]H5437 →
הַקַּלָּעִ֖יםha.ka.la.'Imthe slingersH7051 →
וַיַּכּֽוּהָ׃vai.ya.Ku.haand they struck itH5221 →

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Ecclesiastes 3:5a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,Jeremiah 48:31Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.Jeremiah 48:36Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.2 Kings 3:19And you shall attack every fortified city and every city of importance. You shall cut down every good tree, stop up every spring, and ruin every good field with stones.”Isaiah 16:7Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.Isaiah 16:11Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.Genesis 26:15So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.2 Samuel 8:2David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.Genesis 26:18Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.2 Chronicles 32:4Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.Isaiah 15:1This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!Isaiah 37:26–27Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.Deuteronomy 2:9Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”Judges 9:45And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.Deuteronomy 20:19–20When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?

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