Judges - 3:29



29 They struck of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valor; and there escaped not a man.

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Explanation and meaning of Judges 3:29.

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And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.
But they slew of the Moabites at that time, about ten thousand, all strong and Valiant men: none of them could escape.
And they killed at that time about ten thousand of the Moabites, all strong, able-bodied men; not a man escaped.
And they smote of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valour; and there escaped not a man.
And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valor: and there escaped not a man.
And they smite Moab at that time, about ten thousand men, all robust, and every one a man of valour, and not a man hath escaped,
At that time they put about ten thousand men of Moab to the sword, every strong man and every man of war; not a man got away.
And so, they struck down the Moabites at that time, about ten thousand, all strong and robust men. None of them were able to escape.

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Historical Commentaries

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All lusty, and all men of valor - Picked, chosen troops, which Eglon kept among the Israelites to reduce and overawe them.

And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men,.... Who had been sent into the land of Israel to keep it in subjection, or had settled themselves there for their better convenience, profit, and pleasure; it is very probable there were some of both sorts:
all lusty, and all men of valour; the word for "lusty" signifies "fat", living in ease for a long time, and in a plentiful country were grown fat; and, according to Ben Gersom, it signifies rich men, such as had acquired wealth by living in the land of Canaan; or who came over Jordan thither and settled about Jericho, because of the delightfulness of the place, and others were stout and valiant soldiers, whom the king of Moab had placed there to keep the land in subjection he had subdued, and to subdue what remained of it; but they were all destroyed:
and there escaped not a man; for there being no other way of getting into the land of Moab but at the fords of Jordan they fell into the hands of the Israelites possessed of them, as they made up unto them.

Thus they smote at that time about 10,000 Moabites, all fat and powerful men, i.e., the whole army of the enemy in Jericho and on this side of the Jordan, not letting a man escape. The expression "at that time" seems to imply that they did not destroy this number in one single engagement, but during the whole course of the war.

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