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2 Kings 3:24-26
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24 When they approached the Israelite camp, the Israelites rose up and struck down the Moabites, who then ran from them. The Israelites[a] thoroughly defeated[b] Moab. 25 They tore down the cities, and each man threw a stone into every cultivated field until they were covered.[c] They stopped up every spring and chopped down every productive tree.

Only Kir Hareseth was left intact,[d] but the soldiers armed with slings surrounded it and attacked it. 26 When the king of Moab realized he was losing the battle,[e] he and 700 swordsmen tried to break through and attack[f] the king of Edom, but they failed.

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  1. 2 Kings 3:24 tn Heb “they.”
  2. 2 Kings 3:24 tc The consonantal text (Kethib) suggests, “and they went, striking down,” but the marginal reading (Qere) is “they struck down, striking down.” For a discussion of the textual problem, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 46.
  3. 2 Kings 3:25 tn Heb “and [on] every good portion they were throwing each man his stone and they filled it.” The vav + perfect (“and they filled”) here indicates customary action contemporary with the situation described in the preceding main clause (where a customary imperfect is used, “they were throwing”). See the note at 3:4.
  4. 2 Kings 3:25 tn Heb “until he had allowed its stones to remain in Kir Hareseth.”
  5. 2 Kings 3:26 tn Heb “and the king of Moab saw that the battle was too strong for him.”
  6. 2 Kings 3:26 tn Heb “he took with him seven hundred men, who drew the sword, to break through against.”
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