Verse 11
2 Kings 3:11
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And Josaphat said: Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may beseech the Lord by him? And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered: Here is Eliseus the son of Saphat, who poured water on the hands of Elias.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗ט הַ/אֵ֨ין פֹּ֤ה נָבִיא֙ לַֽ/יהוָ֔ה וְ/נִדְרְשָׁ֥ה אֶת יְהוָ֖ה מֵ/אוֹת֑/וֹ וַ֠/יַּעַן אֶחָ֞ד מֵ/עַבְדֵ֤י מֶֽלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וַ/יֹּ֔אמֶר פֹּ֚ה אֱלִישָׁ֣ע בֶּן שָׁפָ֔ט אֲשֶׁר יָ֥צַק מַ֖יִם עַל יְדֵ֥י אֵלִיָּֽהוּ
English Translation
And Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not a prophet of the Lord here, that we may inquire of the Lord by him?" And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered and said, "Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah."
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Chapter 3 Context
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And Joram the son of Achab reigned over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of m Josaphat king...
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And he did evil before the Lord, but not like his father and his mother: for he took away the statue...
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Nevertheless he stuck to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin, nor did he d...
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Now Mesa, king of Moab, nourished many sheep, and he paid to the king of Israel a hundred thousand l...
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And when Achab was dead, he broke the league which he had made with the king of Israel.
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And king Joram went out that day from Samaria, and mustered all Israel.
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And he sent to Josaphat king of Juda, saying: The king of Moab is revolted from me, come with me aga...
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And he said: Which way shall we go up? But he answered: By the desert of Edom.
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So the king of Israel, and the king of Juda, and the king of Edom went, and they fetched a compass o...
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10
And the king of Israel said: Alas, alas, alas, the Lord hath gathered us three kings together, to de...
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And Josaphat said: Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may beseech the Lord by him? And...
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And Josaphat said: The word of the Lord is with him. And the king of Israel, and Josaphat king of Ju...
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13
And Eliseus said to the king of Israel: What have I to do with thee? go to the prophets of thy fathe...
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And Eliseus said to him: As the Lord of hosts liveth, in whose sight I stand, if I did not reverence...
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But now bring me hither a minstrel. And when the minstrel played, the hand of the Lord came upon him...
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Thus saith the Lord: Make the channel of this torrent full of ditches.
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For thus saith the Lord: You shall not see wind, nor rain: and yet this channel shall be filled with...
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And this is a small thing in the sight of the Lord: moreover he will deliver also Moab into your han...
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And you shall destroy every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall cut down every fruitful tr...
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And it came to pass in the morning, when the sacrifices used to be offered, that behold, water came...
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And all the Moabites hearing that the kings were come up to fight against them, gathered together al...
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And they rose early in the morning, and the sun being now up, and shining upon the waters, the Moabi...
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And they said: It is the blood of the sword: the kings have fought among themselves, and they have k...
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And they went into the camp of Israel: but Israel rising up defeated Moab, who fled before them. And...
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And they destroyed the cities: and they filled every goodly field, every man casting his stone: and...
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And when the king of Moab saw this, to wit, that the enemies had prevailed, he took with him seven h...
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Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offer...
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