Verse 13
2 Kings 3:13
American Standard Version
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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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר אֱלִישָׁ֜ע אֶל מֶ֤לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מַה לִּ֣/י וָ/לָ֔/ךְ לֵ֚ךְ אֶל נְבִיאֵ֣י אָבִ֔י/ךָ וְ/אֶל נְבִיאֵ֖י אִמֶּ֑/ךָ וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר ל/וֹ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַ֗ל כִּֽי קָרָ֤א יְהוָה֙ לִ/שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת֙ הַ/מְּלָכִ֣ים הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה לָ/תֵ֥ת אוֹתָ֖/ם בְּ/יַד מוֹאָֽב
English Translation
And Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What do I have to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother.” And the king of Israel said to him, “No, for the Lord has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
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Chapter 3 Context
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Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshap...
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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...
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Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin;...
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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 hun...
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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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And king Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
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And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled agains...
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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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So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of...
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And the king of Israel said, Alas! for Jehovah hath called these three kings together to deliver the...
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But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah, that we may inquire of Jehovah by him?...
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And Jehoshaphat said, The word of Jehovah is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the...
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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 th...
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And Elisha said, As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard...
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But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Jehovah...
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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 f...
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And this is but a light thing in the sight of Jehovah: he will also deliver the Moabites into your h...
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And ye shall smite every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and...
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And it came to pass in the morning, about the time of offering the oblation, that, behold, there cam...
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Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered the...
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And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the wa...
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and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed, and they have smitten each man his fel...
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And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that the...
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And they beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and fi...
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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 m...
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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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