2 Kings 3:21

Now, all Moab, had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them,—so they came together, from all who could gird on a girdle and upwards, and took their stand at the border.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

20And it came to pass, in the morning, when the offering ascended, that lo! waters, were coming in from the way of Edom,—and the land was filled with the water.

22And, when they rose early in the morning, the sun, shone forth upon the waters,—and so the Moabites beheld over against them, the waters, red as blood.

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Cross References

1 Kings 20:11And the king of Israel responded and said: Tell him,—Let not, him that girdeth, boast himself like him, that looseneth.

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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