2 Kings 3:25
“And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.”
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Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Kir-Haraseth, also Kir-Hareseth, is identified almost certainly with the modern Kerak, a strong city on the highland…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
On every good piece of land - On all cultivated ground, and especially fields that were sown.
Only in Kir-haraseth -…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17142 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…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
cast every man his stone Thus ensuring that the ground should be made, for a long time to come, useless for the…
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