2 Kings 3:23

They said therefore—Blood,—this! Destroyed! The kings have destroyed each other! Yea they have smitten every man his neighbour,—Now, then, to the spoil, O Moab!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

In Context

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.

24And, when they came into the camp of Israel, Israel arose and smote Moab, and they fled from before them,—so they entered thereinto, yea still farther entered Moab;

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Cross References

Judges 5:30Is it not They keep finding—dividing spoil, One damsel, two damsels, to every several hero, Spoil, of divers coloured raiment for Sisera, Spoil, of divers coloured raiment, embroidered, Coloured raiment richly embroidered, on the necks of them who are taken as spoil?

2 Kings 7:6Now, the Lord, had caused the camp of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, noise of horses, a noise of a great host,—and they said one to another—Lo! the king of Israel hath hired against us—the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come against us.

Isaiah 10:14And my hand hath found as a nest the wealth of the peoples, And as the gathering of eggs that are forsaken, all the earth, have, I, gathered,—And there was none to flap a wing, or open a mouth or chirp.

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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