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Second Book of Kings, Chapter 3

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2 Kings 3 NASB - New American Standard Bible2 Kings 3 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 3 of 2 Kings—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now Jehoram the son of Ahab became king over Israel at Samaria 1in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
  2. He did evil in the sight of the LORD, though not like his father and his mother; for 2he put away the sacred pillar of Baal 3which his father had made.
  3. Nevertheless, 4he clung to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, 5which he made Israel sin; he did not depart from them.
  4. ¶ Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and 6used to pay the king of Israel 100,000 lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.
  5. But 7when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
  6. And King Jehoram went out of Samaria [a]at that time and mustered all Israel.
  7. Then he went and sent word to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” And he said, “I will go up; 8I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
  8. He said, “Which way shall we go up?” And he [b]answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
  9. ¶ So 9the king of Israel went with 10the king of Judah and 11the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days’ journey, and there was no water for the army or for the cattle that followed them.
  10. Then the king of Israel said, “Alas! For the LORD has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.”
  11. But Jehoshaphat said, “12Is there not a prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?” And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, “13Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, 14who used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.”
  12. Jehoshaphat said, “The word of the LORD is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
  13. ¶ Now Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What do I have to do with you? 15Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother.” And the king of Israel said to him, “No, for the LORD has called these three kings together to give them into the hand of Moab.”
  14. Elisha said, “16As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look at you nor see you.
  15. But now 17bring me a minstrel.” And it came about, when the minstrel played, that 18the hand of the LORD came upon him.
  16. He said, “Thus says the LORD, ‘Make this valley full of trenches.’
  17. For thus says the LORD, ‘You shall not see wind nor shall you see rain; yet that valley 19shall be filled with water, so that you shall drink, both you and your cattle and your beasts.
  18. This is but a 20slight thing in the sight of the LORD; He will also give the Moabites into your hand.
  19. 21Then you shall strike every fortified city and every choice city, and fell every good tree and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.’”
  20. It happened in the morning 22about the time of offering the sacrifice, that behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
  21. ¶ Now all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. And all who were able to [c]put on armor and older were summoned and stood on the border.
  22. They rose early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood.
  23. Then they said, “This is blood; the kings have surely fought together, and they have slain one another. Now therefore, Moab, to the spoil!”
  24. But when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites arose and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward [d]into the land, [e]slaughtering the Moabites.
  25. 23Thus they destroyed the cities; and each one threw a stone on every piece of good land and filled it. So they stopped all the springs of water and felled all the good trees, until in 24Kir-hareseth only they left its stones; however, the slingers went about it and struck it.
  26. When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him 700 men who drew swords, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.
  27. Then he took his oldest son who was to reign in his place, and 25offered him as a burnt offering on the wall. And there came great wrath against Israel, and they departed from him and returned to their own land.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit in that day
  2. ^ Lit said
  3. ^ Lit gird themselves with a belt
  4. ^ Lit into it
  5. ^ Lit smiting

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 2Ki 1:17
  2. ^ Ex 23:24; 2Ki 10:18, 26-28
  3. ^ 1Ki 16:31, 32
  4. ^ 1Ki 12:28-32
  5. ^ 1Ki 14:9, 16
  6. ^ 2Sa 8:2; Is 16:1, 2
  7. ^ 2Ki 1:1
  8. ^ 1Ki 22:4
  9. ^ 2Ki 3:1
  10. ^ 2Ki 3:7
  11. ^ 1Ki 22:47
  12. ^ 1Ki 22:7
  13. ^ 2Ki 2:25
  14. ^ 1Ki 19:21; Jn 13:4, 5, 13, 14
  15. ^ 1Ki 18:19; 22:6-11, 22-25
  16. ^ 1Ki 17:1; 2Ki 5:16
  17. ^ 1Sa 16:23; 1Ch 25:1
  18. ^ 1Ki 18:46; Eze 1:3
  19. ^ Ps 107:35
  20. ^ Je 32:17, 27; Mr 10:27; Lu 1:37
  21. ^ 2Ki 3:25
  22. ^ Ex 29:39, 40
  23. ^ 2Ki 3:19
  24. ^ Is 16:7; Je 48:31, 36
  25. ^ Am 2:1; Mc 6:7

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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