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Good News Translation

2 Kings 3:20

The next morning, at the time of the regular morning sacrifice, water came flowing from the direction of Edom and covered the ground.

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.
Complete Jewish Bible
The next morning, around the time for making the offering, water came from the direction of Edom, and the countryside was filled with water.
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.
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, at the time of the regular morning sacrifice, water came flowing from the direction of Edom and covered the ground. 21 When the Moabites heard that the three kings had come to attack them, all the men who could bear arms, from the oldest to the youngest, were called out and stationed at the border. 22 When they got up the following morning, the sun was shining on the water, making it look as red as blood. 23 "It's blood!" they exclaimed. "The three enemy armies must have fought and killed each other! Let's go and loot their camp!" 24 But when they reached the camp, the Israelites attacked them and drove them back. The Israelites kept up the pursuit, slaughtering the Moabites 25 and destroying their cities. As they passed by a fertile field, every Israelite would throw a stone on it until finally all the fields were covered; they also stopped up the springs and cut down the fruit trees. At last only the capital city of Kir Heres was left, and the slingers surrounded it and attacked it. 26 When the king of Moab realized that he was losing the battle, he took seven hundred swordsmen with him and tried to force his way through the enemy lines and escape to the king of Syria, but he failed. 27 So he took his oldest son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him on the city wall as a sacrifice to the god of Moab. The Israelites were terrified and so they drew back from the city and returned to their own country.

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
So the man named all the birds and all the animals; but not one of them was a suitable companion to help him.
Genesis 2:23
Then the man said, "At last, here is one of my own kind— Bone taken from my bone, and flesh from my flesh. ‘Woman' is her name because she was taken out of man."
Genesis 5:29
and said, "From the very ground on which the Lord put a curse, this child will bring us relief from all our hard work"; so he named him Noah.
Genesis 16:11
You are going to have a son, and you will name him Ishmael, because the Lord has heard your cry of distress.
Genesis 35:18
But she was dying, and as she breathed her last, she named her son Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.
Exodus 2:10
Later, when the child was old enough, she took him to the king's daughter, who adopted him as her own son. She said to herself, "I pulled him out of the water, and so I name him Moses."
1 Samuel 1:20
So it was that she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, and explained, "I asked the Lord for him."
Matthew 1:21
She will have a son, and you will name him Jesus—because he will save his people from their sins."
Matthew 1:23
"A virgin will become pregnant and have a son, and he will be called Immanuel" (which means, "God is with us").
Acts 17:26
From one human being he created all races of people and made them live throughout the whole earth. He himself fixed beforehand the exact times and the limits of the places where they would live.

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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