2 Kings 3:21

Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all who were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

20It happened in the morning, about the time of offering the offering, that behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

22They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood.

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Cross References

1 Kings 20:11The king of Israel answered, "Tell him, 'Do not let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.'"

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 3:21-27

The Defeat of the Moabites. ( b. c. 895.) 20 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. 21 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. 22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as… Read the whole commentary →

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