25And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all. …
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household. …
Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken. …
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-30)We have here the foregoing prayer answered and the foregoing promise performed, in the total overthrow of the enemies’ forces and the triumph (for so it was rather than a victory) of Jehoshaphat’s forces over them. I. Never was army drawn out to the field of battle as Jehoshaphat’s was. He had soldiers ready prepared for war (2 Chron. 17:18), but here is no notice taken of their military equipment…
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