KJV 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.
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2 Kings 3:19
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.”
WEB World English Bible
You shall strike every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.’”
ASV American Standard Version
And ye shall smite every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all fountains of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and ye have smitten every fenced city, and every choice city, and every good tree ye cause to fall, and all fountains of waters ye stop, and every good portion ye mar with stones.’
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 3
16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
17 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.
18 And this is [but] a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
19 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.
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 blood:
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וְהִכִּיתֶ֞םH5221 · na.khahto smiteכָּל־H3605 · kolallעִ֤ירH5892 · irexcitementמִבְצָר֙H4013 · miv.tsarfortificationוְכָל־H3605 · kolallעִ֣ירH5892 · irexcitementמִבְח֔וֹרH4004 · miv.chorchoiceוְכָל־H3605 · kolallעֵ֥ץH6086 · etstree: woodטוֹב֙H2896 · tovpleasantתַּפִּ֔ילוּH5307 · na.phalto fall: fallוְכָל־H3605 · kolallמַעְיְנֵי־H4599 · ma.yanspringמַ֖יִםH4325 · ma.yimwaterתִּסְתֹּ֑מוּH5640 · sa.tamto closeוְכֹל֙H3605 · kolallהַחֶלְקָ֣הH2513 · chel.qahportionהַטּוֹבָ֔הH2896 · tovpleasantתַּכְאִ֖בוּH3510 · ka.avto painבָּאֲבָנִֽים׃H68 · e.venstone
Cross-references
Judges 6:16And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.2 Kings 3:25And 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 Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about [it], and smote it.1 Samuel 23:2Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.Deuteronomy 20:19-20When 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:Numbers 24:17I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.1 Samuel 15:3Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.2 Kings 13:17And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened [it]. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD’S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed [them].
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