Verse 14
2 Kings 3:14
World English Bible
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Elisha said, “As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I respect the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor see you.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלִישָׁ֗ע חַי יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָמַ֣דְתִּי לְ/פָנָ֔י/ו כִּ֗י לוּלֵ֛י פְּנֵ֛י יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט מֶֽלֶךְ יְהוּדָ֖ה אֲנִ֣י נֹשֵׂ֑א אִם אַבִּ֥יט אֵלֶ֖י/ךָ וְ/אִם אֶרְאֶֽ/ךָּ
English Translation
And Elisha said, "As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, if it were not for the presence of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, I would not look at you or see you."
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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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He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, but not like his father, and like his mother, for he p...
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3
Nevertheless he held to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. He...
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4
Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder; and he supplied the king of Israel with the wool of one...
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5
But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
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6
King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
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7
He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me...
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8
He said, “Which way shall we go up?”
He answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
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9
So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they marched for seven d...
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10
The king of Israel said, “Alas! For Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them int...
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11
But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there a prophet of Yahweh here, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him?”...
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12
Jehoshaphat said, “Yahweh’s word is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of...
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13
Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, a...
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14
Elisha said, “As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I respect the...
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But now bring me a musician.” When the musician played, Yahweh’s hand came on him.
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16
He said, “Yahweh says, ‘Make this valley full of trenches.’
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17
For Yahweh says, ‘You will not see wind, neither will you see rain, yet that valley will be filled w...
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18
This is an easy thing in Yahweh’s sight. He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
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19
You shall strike every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and st...
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20
In the morning, about the time of offering the sacrifice, behold, water came by the way of Edom, and...
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21
Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered them...
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22
They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water op...
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23
They said, “This is blood. The kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each other. Now ther...
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24
When they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck the Moabites, so that they f...
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25
They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land each man cast his stone, and filled it. T...
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26
When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, he took with him seven hundred men...
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27
Then he took his oldest son who would have reigned in his place, and offered him for a burnt offerin...
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