These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
2 Kings 3
Tanakh 27 verses
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Now Jehoram the son of began to reign over in in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat of , and reigned twelve years.
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- 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of ; but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.
- 3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of the son of Nebat, wherewith he made to sin; he departed not therefrom.
- 4 Now Mesha of was a sheep-master; and he rendered unto the of the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams.
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But it came to pass, when was dead, that the of rebelled against the of .
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And Jehoram went out of at that time, and mustered all .
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- 7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the of , saying: ‘The of hath rebelled against me; wilt thou go with me against 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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And he said: ‘Which way shall we go up?’ And he answered: ‘The way of the wilderness of .’
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So the of went, and the of , and the of ; 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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And the of said: ‘Alas! for hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of .’
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But Jehoshaphat said: ‘Is there not here a of , that we may inquire of by him?’ And one of the of Israel’s servants answered and said: ‘ the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of .’
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1 Kings 22:7 1 Kings 19:21 John 13:13-14 John 13:4-5 1 Chronicles 15:13 Joshua 9:14 1 Chronicles 14:14 2 Kings 2:25 1 Chronicles 10:13 1 Timothy 5:10 Joshua 1:1 Judges 20:26-28 Amos 3:7 Luke 22:26-27 Judges 20:23 1 Chronicles 14:10 Psalm 74:9 Philippians 2:22 Genesis 18:4 Judges 20:18 2 Kings 3:3 Judges 20:8-11 - 12 And Jehoshaphat said: ‘The of is with him.’ So the of and Jehoshaphat and the of went down to him.
- 13 And said unto the of : ‘What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother.’ And the of said unto him: ‘Nay; for hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of .’
- 14 And said: ‘As of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the of , I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
- 15 But now bring me a minstrel.’ And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of came upon him.
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And he said: ‘Thus saith : Make this valley full of trenches.
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For thus saith : 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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- 18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of ; He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
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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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And it came to pass in the morning, about the time of making the , that, behold, there came water by the way of , and the country was filled with water.
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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 armour, and upward, and stood on the border.
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- 22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water some way off as red as ;
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and they said: ‘This is : the kings have surely fought together, and they have smitten each man his fellow; now therefore, , to the spoil.’
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And when they came to the camp of , the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them. And they smote the land, even , mightily.
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- 25 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 there was left only Kir-hareseth with the stones of the wall thereof; so the slingers encompassed it, and smote it.
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And when the of saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to break through unto the of ; but they could not.
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- 27 Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt- upon the wall. And there came great wrath upon ; and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.