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2 Kings 3:21

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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And when they came to the camp of Israel,.... Not in an orderly regular manner, in rank and file, as an army should march, but in a confused manner, everyone striving who should get thither first, and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And stood in the border - On the north side of the wady, ready to defend their territory.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Kings 3:20-27

I. We have here the divine gift of both those things which God had promised by Elisha - water and victory, and the former not only a pledge of the latter, but a means of it. God, who created, and…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

2 Kings 3:21-27

The Moabites attack the allied armies, but are defeated. The king of Moab sacrifices his eldest son (Not in Chronicles)

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