2 Kings 3:19

mar. spoil.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye shall fell every good tree - This is not an infringement of the rule laid down in Deuteronomy 20:19-20 . The Israelites were not forbidden to...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and (n) mar every good piec...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Reign of Jehoram. War with Moab. The only two kings of Israel on whom the censure pronounced is in any way qualified are Jehoram, the last of the h...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And mar every good piece of land with stones— Commentators seem to have been at no pains to account for this part of the punishment of the king of...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 piec...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And ye shall smite... shall fell... — These verbs are continuative of those in the last verse, i.e. , they do not command a course of action, bu...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Mesha's Defeat and Desperate Sacrifice 2 Kings 3:13-27 Jehoshaphat, though erring, was still God's child, and deliverance came to him. The heig...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At this point the history goes back and describes the beginning of the war with Moab, to which reference was made at the opening of the book. It was...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I pray the Reader to mark with me the astonishing goodness of the Lord. Surely here, in an eminent degree, that scripture was fulfilled, Where sin ab...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And ye shall smite every fenced city and every choice city ,.... That is, the inhabitants of them with the sword, and demolish them also, 2 Kings 3...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ye shall smite , &c. If this command seem severe, it must be considered that the Moabites were a very wicked people, perfidious, cruel, and impl...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JEHORAM, JEHOSHAPHAT AND MOAB (vv.1-27) Jehoram, Ahab's son, reigned, over Israel 12 years and followed the sinful example of Jereboam, though n...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Expedition against Moab; Elisha Consulted. B. C. 895....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This is either, first, A command; and then the last clause is an exception from that law, Deuteronomy 20:19 , which being delivered by a prophet,...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1). The Reign of Jehoram king of Israel c. 852-841 BC: War With Moab ( 2 Kings 3:1-27 ). The interlude of Elisha's succession to Elijah having tak...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

D. YHWH's Provision For The Alliance Forces And The Subjugation Of Moab Which Has However An Unfortunate Consequence In Mesha's Child-Sacrifice ( 2...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 3:4 . An annual tribute on Moab —The custom is common in the East to pay custom or taxes with the produ...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 3:1 . Jehoram began to reign the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat. There is a small difficulty here in regard to the chronology of those tim...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 3:1-12 THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF JEHORAM 'S REIGN OVER ISRAEL ; HIS WAR WITH MOAB . 2 Kings 3:1...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Miracle in the Wilderness
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And ye shall smite every fenced city, those with strong fortifications, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, even the fruit-trees...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 15:3 ; 1 Samuel 23:2 ; 2 Kings 13:17 ; 2 Kings 3:25 ; Deuteronomy 20:19 ; Deuteronomy 20:20 ; Judges 6:16 ; Numbers 24:17
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye shall smite — And if this command seem severe, it must be considered, that the Moabites were a very wicked people, perfidious, cruel, implacable...

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 marb every good piece of land with stones.

Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 3:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Kings 3:19