SEV Biblia, Chapter 3:19
Y heriréis a toda ciudad fortalecida y a toda villa escogida, y talaréis todo buen árbol, y cegaréis todas las fuentes de aguas, y destruiréis con piedras toda tierra fértil.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 3:19
Verse 19. Shall fell every good tree] Every tree by which your enemies may serve themselves for fortifications, &c. But surely fruit trees are not intended here; for this was positively against the law of God, Deut. xx. 19, 20: "When thou shalt besiege a city-thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof-for the tree of the field is man's life-only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down." Stop all wells of water] In those hot countries this would lead sooner than any thing else to reduce an enemy. Mar every good piece of land with stones.] Such a multitude of men, each throwing a stone on a good field as they passed, would completely destroy it.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 19. And ye shall smite every fenced city and every choice city , etc.] That is, the inhabitants of them with the sword, and demolish them also, ( 2 Kings 3:25), and shall fell every good tree; which seems contrary to the law in ( Deuteronomy 20:19), but that may respect trees belonging to a city when besieged only, or only to Canaanitish cities; or the law was now dispensed with, and that for this time only, to make the punishment of Moab the greater, for their rebellion and other sins: and stop all wells of water ; which must be very distressing to those that survived the calamity of the sword: and mar every good piece of land with stones ; as that it could not be ploughed and sowed, nor anything spring up and grow upon it.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 6-19 - The king of Israel laments their distress, and the danger they were in He called these kings together, yet he charges it upon Providence. Thu the foolishness of man perverteth his way, and then his heart frettet against the Lord, Pr 19:3. It was well that Jehoshaphat inquired of the Lord now, but it had been much better if he had done it before he engaged in this war. Good men sometimes neglect their duty, til necessity and affliction drive them to it. Wicked people often fare the better for the friendship and society of the godly. To try their fait and obedience, Elisha bids them make the valley full of pits to receiv water. Those who expect God's blessings, must dig pools for the rain to fill, as in the valley of Baca, and thus make even that a well, P 84:6. We need not inquire whence the water came. God is not tied to second causes. They that sincerely seek for the dew of God's grace shall have it, and by it be made more than conquerors.
Original Hebrew
והכיתם 5221 כל 3605 עיר 5892 מבצר 4013 וכל 3605 עיר 5892 מבחור 4004 וכל 3605 עץ 6086 טוב 2896 תפילו 5307 וכל 3605 מעיני 4599 מים 4325 תסתמו 5640 וכל 3605 החלקה 2513 הטובה 2896 תכאבו 3510 באבנים׃ 68
