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They cameוַיָּבֹאוּtoאֶלthe campמַחֲנֵהof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand Israelוַ יִשְׂרָאֵלrose upיָּקֻמוּand struckוַיַּכּוּMoab,אֶת מוֹאָבand they fledוַיָּנֻסוּbefore them;מִפְּנֵיהֶםand they struckוַיַּכּוּin it,בָהּstrikingוְהַכּוֹתMoab.אֶת מוֹאָב
2 Kings 3:24
Study it in the app“They came to the camp of Israel, and Israel rose up and struck Moab, and they fled before them; and they struck in it, striking Moab.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 3:24, word by word
- They cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- the campמַחֲנֵהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- rose upיָּקֻמוּyakumu
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakumu” appears- and struckיַּכּוּyaku
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yaku” appears- Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- and they fledיָּנֻסוּyanusu
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “yanusu” appears- before themפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew text has two forms here: what is written says “and they went into it”; what is read, “and they struck in it.” This translation follows what is read, as in the rest of the book.
Places in this verse
Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
The context
23They said, “This is blood! The kings have surely fought among themselves and struck one another. Now to the plunder, Moab!”
24 · This verse (above)
25They tore down the cities, and on every good plot of land each one threw his stone and they filled it; they stopped up every spring of water and felled every good tree, until only in Kir-hareseth its stones were left; and the slingers surrounded it and struck it.