2 Kings 3:23
ContextNETBible | The Moabites 1 said, “It’s blood! The kings are totally destroyed! 2 They have struck one another down! Now, Moab, seize the plunder!” |
XREF | Ex 15:9; Jud 5:30; 2Ki 6:18-20; 2Ki 7:6; 2Ch 20:25; Isa 10:14 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Moabites) has been specified in the translation for clarity. 2 tn The translation assumes the verb is חָרַב (kharav, “to be desolate”). The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb form for emphasis. (For another example of the Hophal infinitive with a Niphal finite verb, see Lev 19:20. Cf. also IBHS 582 §35.2.1c.) Some prefer to derive the verb from a proposed homonym meaning “at HALOT 349 s.v. II חרב and BDB 352 s.v. חָרְבָה). |