2 Kings 3:21

21 Now all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. And all who were able to put on armor and older were summoned and stood on the border.

2 Kings 3:21 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 3:21

And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to
fight against them
The kings of Israel, Judah, and Edom:

they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward;
that were of an age capable of that, and all who were more grown; or "girt on a girdle" ^F12, a military one, with which the sword was girt, who were at age to wear and knew how to wield a sword: and stood in the border; of their land, between Edom and them, to defend themselves and their country against these invaders.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (hrgx rgx) "eingente cingulo", Montanus.

2 Kings 3:21 In-Context

19 'Then you shall strike every fortified city and every choice city, and fell every good tree and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.' "

20 It happened in the morning about the time of offering the sacrifice, that behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

21 Now all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. And all who were able to put on armor and older were summoned and stood on the border.

22 They rose early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood.

23 Then they said, "This is blood; the kings have surely fought together, and they have slain one another. Now therefore, Moab, to the spoil!"

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "gird themselves with a belt"