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Complete Jewish Bible

2 Kings 3:20

The next morning, around the time for making the offering, water came from the direction of Edom, and the countryside was filled with water.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Miracles;   Moabites;   Water;   Thompson Chain Reference - Fulfilment of Prophecy;   Jehoshaphat;   Prophecy;   Providence, Divine;   Supplies, Divine;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Water;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Mesha;   Moabites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Edom;   Moab;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Jehoshaphat;   Kir-Haraseth;   Moabite Stone;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dibon;   Pentateuch;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Kir-Hareseth;   Mesha;   Oracles;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Edom, Edomites;   Jehoshaphat;   Medeba;   Mesha;   Way;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Joram, Jehoram;   Mesha ;   Miracles;   Moab, Moabites ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Kirharaseth;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Armor;   Arms;   Jehoshaphat;   Mesha;   Moab;   Samaria;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'sha;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
About the time for the grain offering the next morning, water suddenly came from the direction of Edom and filled the land.
Hebrew Names Version
It happened in the morning, about the time of offering the offering, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
The next morning, about the time of offering the sacrifice, behold, water came from the direction of Edom, till the country was filled with water.
New Century Version
The next morning, about the time the sacrifice was offered, water came from the direction of Edom and filled the valley.
New English Translation
Sure enough, the next morning, at the time of the morning sacrifice, water came flowing down from Edom and filled the land.
Amplified Bible
It happened in the morning, when the sacrifice was offered, that suddenly water came [miraculously] from the area of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
New American Standard Bible
And it happened in the morning about the time of offering the sacrifice, that behold, water came from the direction of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And in the morning whe the meat offring was offred, beholde, there came water by the way of Edom: and the countrey was filled with water.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then it happened in the morning about the time of offering the sacrifice, that behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
Contemporary English Version
The next morning, while the sacrifice was being offered, water suddenly started flowing from the direction of Edom, and it flooded the land.
Darby Translation
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
In the morning, at the time for the morning sacrifice, water began flowing from the direction of Edom and filled the valley.
George Lamsa Translation
And it came to pass in the morning, when the sacrifice was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the land was covered with water.
Good News Translation
The next morning, at the time of the regular morning sacrifice, water came flowing from the direction of Edom and covered the ground.
Lexham English Bible
It happened in the morning about the time of the morning offering, that water was suddenly coming from the direction of Edom and the land was filled with water.
Literal Translation
And it happened in the morning, when the food offering was caused to go up, behold, water came by the way of Edom; and the country was filled with water.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
On the morow, whan the meatofferynge is offered, beholde, there came water ye waye from Edom, and fylled ye londe with water.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
Now in the morning, about the time when the offering was made, they saw water flowing from the direction of Edom till the country was full of water.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And in the morning when the meate offering was offered, beholde, there came water by the way of Edom, and the cuntrey was filled with water.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass in the morning, about the time of making the offering, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe in the morning when the meate offering was offered, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the countrey was filled with water.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass in the morning, when the sacrifice was offered, that, behold! waters came from the way of Edom, and the land was filled with water.
English Revised Version
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.
Berean Standard Bible
The next morning, at the time of the morning sacrifice, water suddenly flowed from the direction of Edom and filled the land.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor it was doon eerli, whanne sacrifice is wont to be offrid, and, lo! watris camen bi the weie of Edom, and the lond was fillid with watris.
Young's Literal Translation
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,
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass in the morning, about the time of offering the oblation, that, look, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
World English Bible
It happened in the morning, about the time of offering the offering, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
New King James Version
Now it happened in the morning, when the grain offering was offered, that suddenly water came by way of Edom, and the land was filled with water.
New Living Translation
The next day at about the time when the morning sacrifice was offered, water suddenly appeared! It was flowing from the direction of Edom, and soon there was water everywhere.
New Life Bible
The next morning, about the time when the gift is given on the altar, water came by the way of Edom. The country was filled with water.
New Revised Standard
The next day, about the time of the morning offering, suddenly water began to flow from the direction of Edom, until the country was filled with water.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, in the morning, when the offering ascended, that lo! waters, were coming in from the way of Edom, - and the land was filled with the water.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And it came to pass, in the morning, when the sacrifices used to be offered, that behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
Revised Standard Version
The next morning, about the time of offering the sacrifice, behold, water came from the direction of Edom, till the country was filled with water.
THE MESSAGE
In the morning—it was at the hour of morning sacrifice—the water had arrived, water pouring in from the west, from Edom, a flash flood filling the valley with water.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
It happened in the morning about the time of offering the sacrifice, that behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

Contextual Overview

20 The next morning, around the time for making the offering, water came from the direction of Edom, and the countryside was filled with water. 21 When all Mo'av heard that the kings had come up to attack them, every man was summoned, from the youngest capable of bearing arms to older ones, and stationed on the border. 22 They rose early in the morning, when the sun was shining on the water. Mo'av, when they saw the water in the distance looking as red as blood, 23 said, "That's blood! The kings must have quarreled, and their soldiers killed each other. Mo'av! To the plunder!" 24 When they arrived at the camp of Isra'el, Isra'el launched an attack, so that Mo'av fled before them. But they advanced on Mo'av and struck it. 25 They made ruins of the cities. Each man threw his stone on every good field, covering it. They stopped up all the wells. They chopped down all the good trees. Finally, all that remained was Kir-Hareset behind its stone wall, with the slingers surrounding and attacking it. 26 When the king of Mo'av saw that the fighting was too much for him, he took with him 700 men armed with swords and tried to break through to the king of Edom; but they couldn't do it. 27 Then he took his firstborn son, who was to have succeeded him as king, and offered him as a burnt offering on the wall. Following this, such great anger came upon Isra'el that they left him and went back to their own land.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

when the meat: Exodus 29:39, Exodus 29:40, 1 Kings 18:36, Daniel 9:21

there came water: This supply was altogether miraculous; for there was neither wind nor rain, nor any other natural means to furnish it.

filled: Psalms 78:15, Psalms 78:16, Psalms 78:20, Isaiah 35:6, Isaiah 35:7

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 16:15 - the morning

Cross-References

Genesis 2:20
(S: iii) So the person gave names to all the livestock, to the birds in the air and to every wild animal. But for Adam there was not found a companion suitable for helping him.
Genesis 2:23
The man-person said, "At last! This is bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh. She is to be called Woman , because she was taken out of Man ."
Genesis 5:29
whom he called Noach [restful]; for he said, "This one will comfort us in our labor, in the hard work we do with our hands [to get what comes] from the ground that Adonai cursed."
Genesis 16:11
The angel of Adonai said to her, "Look, you are pregnant, and you will give birth to a son. You are to call him Yishma‘el [God pays attention] because Adonai has paid attention to your misery.
Genesis 35:18
But she died in childbirth. As she was dying she named her son Ben-Oni [son of my grief], but his father called him Binyamin [son of the right hand, son of the south].
Exodus 2:10
Then, when the child had grown some, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter; and she began to raise him as her son. She called him Moshe [pull out], explaining, "Because I pulled him out of the water."
1 Samuel 1:20
She conceived; and in due time she gave birth to a son, whom she named Sh'mu'el, "because I asked Adonai for him."
Matthew 1:21
She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Yeshua, [which means ‘ Adonai saves,'] because he will save his people from their sins."
Matthew 1:23
"The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him ‘Immanu El." (The name means, "God is with us.")
Acts 17:26
"From one man he made every nation living on the entire surface of the earth, and he fixed the limits of their territories and the periods when they would flourish.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered,.... At Jerusalem; which always went along with the daily burnt offering of the lamb, which might not indeed be offered before break of day, yet quickly after; for no sacrifice could be offered before that, :-,

that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom; not from the heavens, but it may be out of some rock, rolling along on the earth from the hills and mountains, down into the valleys, where the armies were:

and the country was filled with water; all round about them. Who has not heard of the "thundering" legion, as it was called by the Emperor M. Aurelius, who, when the army under him was about to engage with the Germans and Sarmatians, and sadly distressed with thirst, fell down on their knees and prayed, upon which a large shower of rain came down to the refreshment of the army, and thunder bolts, which annoyed and put the enemy to flight i? at the battle of the Romans with Jugurtha, a sudden and unexpected shower of rain fell, to the refreshment of the Romans, in intolerable thirst k.

i Euseb. Hist. Eccl. l. 5. c. 5. Orosii Hist. l. 7. c. 15. p. 120. k Orosii Hist. l. 5. c. 15. p. 77.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When the meat offering was offered - i. e. about sunrise, when the morning sacrifice was offered. Compare 1 Kings 18:29.

There came water by the way of Edom - The Wady-el-Ahsy drains a considerable portion of northern Edom. Heavy rain had fallen during the night in some part of this tract, and with the morning a freshet of water came down the valley, filling the pits.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 3:20. When the meat-offering was offered — This was the first of all offerings, and was generally made at sun-rising.

There came water — This supply was altogether miraculous, for there was neither wind nor rain, nor any other natural means by which it could be supplied.


 
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