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2 Kings 3 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:1 - And Jehoram son of Ahab hath reigned over Israel, in Samaria, in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigneth twelve years,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:2 - and doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, only not like his father, and like his mother, and he turneth aside the standing-pillar of Baal that his father made;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:3 - only to the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to sin he hath cleaved, he hath not turned aside from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:4 - And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master, and he rendered to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with wool,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:5 - and it cometh to pass at the death of Ahab, that the king of Moab transgresseth against the king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:6 - And king Jehoram goeth out in that day from Samaria, and inspecteth all Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:7 - and goeth and sendeth unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, saying, 'The king of Moab hath transgressed against me; dost thou go with me unto Moab for battle?' and he saith, 'I go up, as I, so thou; as my people, so thy people; as my horses, so thy horses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:8 - And he saith, 'Where is this -- the way we go up?' and he saith, 'The way of the wilderness of Edom.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:9 - And the king of Israel goeth, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom, and they turn round the way seven days, and there hath been no water for the camp, and for the cattle that are at their feet,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:10 - and the king of Israel saith, 'Alas, for Jehovah hath called for these three kings, to give them into the hand of Moab.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:11 - And Jehoshaphat saith, 'Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah, and we seek Jehovah by him?' And one of the servants of the king of Israel answereth and saith, 'Here is Elisha son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:12 - And Jehoshaphat saith, 'The word of Jehovah is with him;' and go down unto him do the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:13 - And Elisha saith unto the king of Israel, 'What -- to me and to thee? go unto the prophets of thy father, and unto the prophets of thy mother;' and the king of Israel saith to him, 'Nay, for Jehovah hath called for these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:14 - And Elisha saith, 'Jehovah of Hosts liveth, before whom I have stood; for unless the face of Jehoshaphat king of Judah I am lifting up, I do not look unto thee, nor see thee;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:15 - and now, bring to me a minstrel; and it hath been, at the playing of the minstrel, that the hand of Jehovah is on him,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:16 - and he saith, 'Thus said Jehovah, Make this valley ditches -- ditches;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:17 - for thus said Jehovah, Ye do not see wind, nor do ye see rain, and that valley is full of water, and ye have drunk -- ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:18 - 'And this hath been light in the eyes of Jehovah, and he hath given Moab into your hand,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:19 - and ye have smitten every fenced city, and every choice city, and every good tree ye cause to fall, and all fountains of waters ye stop, and every good portion ye mar with stones.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:20 - And it cometh to pass in the morning, at the ascending of the morning-present, that lo, waters are coming in from the way of Edom, and the land is filled with the waters,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:21 - and all Moab have heard that the kings have come up to fight against them, and they are called together, from every one girding on a girdle and upward, and they stand by the border.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:22 - And they rise early in the morning, and the sun hath shone on the waters, and the Moabites see, from over-against, the waters red as blood,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:23 - and say, 'Blood this is; the kings have been surely destroyed, and they smite each his neighbour; and now for spoil, Moab!'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:24 - And they come in unto the camp of Israel, and the Israelites rise, and smite the Moabites, and they flee from their face; and they enter into Moab, so as to smite Moab,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25 - and the cities they break down, and on every good portion they cast each his stone, and have filled it, and every fountain of water they stop, and every good tree they cause to fall -- till one had left its stones in Kir-Haraseth, and the slingers go round and smite it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:26 - And the king of Moab seeth that the battle has been too strong for him, and he taketh with him seven hundred men, drawing sword, to cleave through unto the king of Edom, and they have not been able,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:27 - and he taketh his son, the first-born who reigneth in his stead, and causeth him to ascend -- a burnt-offering on the wall, and there is great wrath against Israel, and they journey from off him, and turn back to the land.
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The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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2 Kings Chapter 3 — Additional Translations:

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