2 Kings 3:19-21

New English Translation

¹⁹You will defeat every fortified city and every important^[a] city. You must chop down^[b] every productive^[c] tree, stop up all the springs, and cover all the cultivated land with stones.”^[d]

²⁰Sure enough, the next morning, at the time of the morning sacrifice, water came flowing down from Edom and filled the land.^[e] ²¹Now all Moab had heard that the kings were attacking,^[f] so everyone old enough to fight was mustered and placed at the border.^[g]

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Footnotes

2 Kings 3:19 tn Heb “choice” or “select.”
2 Kings 3:19 tn Elisha places the object first and uses an imperfect verb form. The stylistic shift may signal that he is now instructing them what to do, rather than merely predicting what would happen.
2 Kings 3:19 tn Heb “good.”
2 Kings 3:19 tn Heb “and ruin every good portion with stones.”
2 Kings 3:20 tn Heb “and in the morning, when the offering is offered up, look, water was coming from the way of Edom, and the land was filled with water.”
2 Kings 3:21 tn Heb “had come up to fight them.”
2 Kings 3:21 tn Heb “and they mustered all who tied on a belt and upwards, and they stood at the border.”

2 Kings 3:19-21

New International Version

¹⁹You will overthrow every fortified city and every major town. You will cut down every good tree, stop up all the springs, and ruin every good field with stones.”

²⁰The next morning, about the time^(A) for offering the sacrifice, there it was—water flowing from the direction of Edom! And the land was filled with water.^(B)

²¹Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come to fight against them; so every man, young and old, who could bear arms was called up and stationed on the border.

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2 Kings 3:19-21

New King James Version

¹⁹Also you shall attack every fortified city and every choice city, and shall cut down every good tree, and stop up every spring of water, and ruin every good piece of land with stones.”

²⁰Now it happened in the morning, when ^(A)the grain offering was offered, that suddenly water came by way of Edom, and the land was filled with water.

²¹And when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, all who were able to bear arms and older were ^[a]gathered; and they stood at the border.

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