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2 Kings 3:20

EsauEdom
Miracles and God's intervention

18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.

19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.

And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

21 And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.

22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The next morning, at the time of the morning sacrifice, water suddenly flowed from the direction of Edom and filled the land.
KJV
And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
WEB
In the morning, about the time of offering the sacrifice, behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
ASV
And it came to pass in the morning, about the time of offering the oblation, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
DARBY
And it came to pass in the morning, when the oblation was offered up, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
BLB
And it came to pass in the morning at the ascending of the grain offering, that, behold, waters were coming from the way of Edom, and the land was filled with the waters.
ÅB
Og morgenen etter, ved den tid matofferet blir båret fram, da kom det vann fra Edoms-kanten, og landet fyltes med vann.
OTB
Neste morgen, omtrent ved tiden for morgenofferet, kom plutselig vann fra Edoms retning, og landet ble fylt med vann.
B1930
Og morgenen efter, ved den tid matofferet blir båret frem, da kom det vann fra Edoms-kanten, og landet fyltes med vann.

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  • Exodus 29:39–40

    The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:

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  • Isaiah 35:6–7

    Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

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  • 1 Kings 18:36

    And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.

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  • Psalms 78:20

    Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

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  • Psalms 78:15–16

    He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

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  • Daniel 9:21

    Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.

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