King James Version
“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. mar: Heb. grieve”
2 Kings 3:19 · KJV
For 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.
And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
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. mar: Heb. grieve
And 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.
And 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. gathered: Heb. were cried together put on: Heb. gird himself with a girdle
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And ye shall smite”
H5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“every fenced”
H4013a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“every good”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
“and shall fell”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all wells”
H4599a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
“and stop”
H5640to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“every good”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
“and mar”
H3510properly, to feel pain; by implication, to grieve; figuratively, to spoil
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