KJV 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.
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2 Kings 3:21
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. So all who could bear arms, young and old, were summoned and stationed at the border.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all that were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and all Moab have heard that the kings have come up to fight against them, and they are called together, from every one girding on a girdle and upward, and they stand by the border.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 3
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:
23 And they said, This [is] blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in [their] country.
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וְכָל־H3605 · kolallמוֹאָב֙H4124 · mo.avMoabשָֽׁמְע֔וּH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforעָל֥וּH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseהַמְּלָכִ֖יםH4428 · me.lekhkingלְהִלָּ֣חֶםH3898 · la.chamto fightבָּ֑םH9038 · hemthemוַיִּצָּעֲק֗וּH6817 · tsa.aqto cryמִכֹּ֨לH3605 · kolallחֹגֵ֤רH2296 · cha.garto girdחֲגֹרָה֙H2290 · cha.gorbeltוָמַ֔עְלָהH4605 · ma.alaboveוַיַּעַמְד֖וּH5975 · a.madto stand: standעַֽל־H5921 · aluponהַגְּבֽוּל׃H1366 · ge.vulborder: boundary
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