2 Kings 3:25
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וְהֶעָרִיםvehe'arimand the citiesH5892יַהֲרֹסוּyaharosuthey tore downH2040וְכָל־vekholand everyH3605חֶלְקָהchelkahportion of landH2513טוֹבָהtoahgoodH2896יַשְׁלִיכוּyashlikhuthey threwH7993אִישׁ־'ish-eachH376אַבְנוֹ'avnostone hisH68וּמִלְאוּהָumil'uhaand they filled itH4390וְכָל־vekholand everyH3605מַעְיַן־ma'yan-spring ofH4599מַיִםmayimwaterH4325יִסְתֹּמוּyistomuthey stopped upH5640וְכָל־vekholand everyH3605עֵץ־'etz-treeH6086טוֹבtovgoodH2896יַפִּילוּyapiluthey made fallH5307עַד־'ad-untilH5704הִשְׁאִירhish'irhe left behindH7604אֲבָנֶיהָ'avaneihastones itsH68בַּקִּירbakirin <the> KirH7025חֲרָשֶׂתcharasetHaresethH7025וַיָּסֹבּוּvaiyasobuand they surrounded [it]H5437הַקַּלָּעִיםhakala'imthe slingersH7051וַיַּכּוּהָ׃vaiyakuhaand they struck itH5221
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 48:36Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir–heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.Therefore 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.
- Jeremiah 48:31Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir–heres.Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
- Isaiah 16:7Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir–hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.
- 2 Kings 3:19And 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.And 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 16:11Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir–haresh.Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
- Deuteronomy 20:19-2019 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege: 20 Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.19 When 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? 20 But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.
- Genesis 26:18And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.Isaac 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.
- Genesis 26:15For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.
- Deuteronomy 2:9And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.Then 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.”
- 2 Samuel 8:2And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.David 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.
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People and places
Places: Kir-hareseth