Verse 15
2 Kings 3:15
American Standard Version
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But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Jehovah came upon him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עַתָּ֖ה קְחוּ לִ֣/י מְנַגֵּ֑ן וְ/הָיָה֙ כְּ/נַגֵּ֣ן הַֽ/מְנַגֵּ֔ן וַ/תְּהִ֥י עָלָ֖י/ו יַד יְהוָֽה
English Translation
And now take for me a musician, and it shall be when the musician plays that the hand of the Lord will be upon me.
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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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9
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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10
And the king of Israel said, Alas! for Jehovah hath called these three kings together to deliver the...
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11
But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah, that we may inquire of Jehovah by him?...
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12
And Jehoshaphat said, The word of Jehovah is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the...
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13
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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14
And Elisha said, As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard...
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15
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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18
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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19
And ye shall smite every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and...
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20
And it came to pass in the morning, about the time of offering the oblation, that, behold, there cam...
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21
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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