2 Kings 3:21

3:21 Now all Moab had heard that the kings were attacking, ¹  so everyone old enough to fight was mustered and placed at the border. ² 

2 Kings 3:24

3:24 When they approached the Israelite camp, the Israelites rose up and struck down the Moabites, who then ran from them. The Israelites ³  thoroughly defeated ⁴  Moab.

[3:21]  ¹ tn Heb “had come up to fight them.”

[3:21]  ² tn Heb “and they mustered all who tied on a belt and upwards, and they stood at the border.”

[3:24]  ³ tn Heb “they.”

[3:24]  ⁴ tc The consonantal text (Kethib) suggests, “and they went, striking down,” but the marginal reading (Qere) is “they struck down, striking down.” For a discussion of the textual problem, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 46.