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2 Kings 3:1
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Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over
Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned
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| 2 Kings 3:2 |
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And he did that which was evil in the sight
of Jehovah, but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the
pillar of Baal that his father had made. |
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| 2 Kings 3:3 |
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Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
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| 2 Kings 3:4 |
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Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and
he rendered unto the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and
of a hundred thousand rams. |
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| 2 Kings 3:5 |
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But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that
the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. |
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| 2 Kings 3:6 |
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And king Jehoram went out of Samaria at that
time, and mustered all Israel. |
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| 2 Kings 3:7 |
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And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king
of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with
me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people
as thy people, my horses as thy horses. |
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| 2 Kings 3:8 |
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And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he
answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom. |
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| 2 Kings 3:9 |
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So the king of Israel went, and the king of
Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey: and
there was no water for the host, nor for the beasts that followed them. |
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| 2 Kings 3:10 |
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And the king of Israel said, Alas! fof Jehovah
hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
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| 2 Kings 3:11 |
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But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet
of Jehovah, that we may inquire of Jehovah by him? And one of the king of Israel's
servants answered and said, Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water
on the hands of Elijah. |
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| 2 Kings 3:12 |
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And Jehoshaphat said, The word of Jehovah is
with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down
to him. |
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| 2 Kings 3:13 |
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And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What
have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets
of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay; for Jehovah hath called
these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab. |
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| 2 Kings 3:14 |
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And Elisha said, As Jehovah of hosts liveth,
before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat
the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee. |
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| 2 Kings 3:15 |
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But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to
pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Jehovah came upon him. |
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| 2 Kings 3:16 |
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And he said, Thus saith Jehovah, Make this valley
full of trenches. |
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For thus saith Jehovah, Ye shall not see wind,
neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and ye
shall drink, both ye and your cattle and your beasts. |
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| 2 Kings 3:18 |
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And this is but a light thing in the sight of
Jehovah: he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand. |
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| 2 Kings 3:19 |
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And ye shall smite every fortified city, and
every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all fountains of water,
and mar every good piece of land with stones. |
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| 2 Kings 3:20 |
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And it came to pass in the morning, about the
time of offering the oblation, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom,
and the country was filled with water. |
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| 2 Kings 3:21 |
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Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings
were come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all that
were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border. |
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| 2 Kings 3:22 |
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And they rose up early in the morning, and the
sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as
red as blood: |
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| 2 Kings 3:23 |
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and they said, This is blood; the kings are
surely destroyed, and they have smitten each man his fellow: now therefore, Moab,
to the spoil. |
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| 2 Kings 3:24 |
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And when they came to the camp of Israel, the
Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and
they went forward into the land smiting the Moabites. |
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| 2 Kings 3:25 |
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And they beat down the cities; and on every
good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped
all the fountains of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir-hareseth
only they left the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote
it. |
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| 2 Kings 3:26 |
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And when the king of Moab saw that the battle
was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to break
through unto the king of Edom; but they could not. |
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| 2 Kings 3:27 |
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Then he took his eldest son that should have
reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt-offering upon the wall. And
there was great wrath against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned
to their own land. |
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