Verse 22

2 Kings 3:22

Bible in Basic English

22 And early in the morning they got up, when the sun was shining on the water, and they saw the water facing them as red as blood.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ בַ/בֹּ֔קֶר וְ/הַ/שֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ זָרְחָ֣ה עַל הַ/מָּ֑יִם וַ/יִּרְא֨וּ מוֹאָ֥ב מִ/נֶּ֛גֶד אֶת הַ/מַּ֖יִם אֲדֻמִּ֥ים כַּ/דָּֽם

English Translation

And they rose early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the waters, and Moab saw opposite the waters that they were red like blood.

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Chapter 3 Context

1 And Jehoram, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of the rule... Focus ↗

2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord; but not like his father and his mother, for he put away the sto... Focus ↗

3 But still he did the same sins which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do; he went on... Focus ↗

4 Now Mesha, king of Moab, was a sheep-farmer; and he gave regularly to the king of Israel the wool fr... Focus ↗

5 But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab got free from the authority of the king of Israel. Focus ↗

6 At that time, King Jehoram went out from Samaria and got all Israel together in fighting order. Focus ↗

7 And he sent to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has got free from my authority:... Focus ↗

8 And he said, Which way are we to go? And he said in answer, By the waste land of Edom. Focus ↗

9 So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom by a roundabout way for seven... Focus ↗

10 And the king of Israel said, Here is trouble: for the Lord has got these three kings together to giv... Focus ↗

11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no prophet of the Lord here, through whom we may get directions from... Focus ↗

12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the Lord is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and th... Focus ↗

13 But Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? go to the prophets of your father... Focus ↗

14 Then Elisha said, By the life of the Lord of armies whose servant I am, if it was not for the respec... Focus ↗

15 But now, get me a player of music, and it will come about that while the man is playing, the hand of... Focus ↗

16 And he said, The Lord says, I will make this valley full of water-holes. Focus ↗

17 For the Lord says, Though you see no wind or rain, the valley will be full of water, and you and you... Focus ↗

18 And this will be only a small thing to the Lord: in addition he will give the Moabites into your han... Focus ↗

19 And you are to put every walled town to destruction, cutting down every good tree, and stopping up e... Focus ↗

20 Now in the morning, about the time when the offering was made, they saw water flowing from the direc... Focus ↗

21 Now all Moab, hearing that the kings had come to make war against them, got together all who were ab... Focus ↗

22 And early in the morning they got up, when the sun was shining on the water, and they saw the water...

23 Then they said, This is blood: it is clear that destruction has come on the kings; they have been fi... Focus ↗

24 But when they came to the tents of Israel, the Israelites came out and made a violent attack on the... Focus ↗

25 Pulling down the towns, covering every good field with stones, stopping up all the water-springs, an... Focus ↗

26 And when the king of Moab saw that the fight was going against him, he took with him seven hundred m... Focus ↗

27 Then he took his oldest son, who would have been king after him, offering him as a burned offering o... Focus ↗

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