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3:16 and he said <0559>, “This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, ‘Make <06213> many <01356> cisterns <01356> in this <02088> valley <05158>,’ 3:17 for <03588> this is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, ‘You will not <03808> feel <07200> any wind <07307> or <03808> see <07200> any rain <01653>, but this valley <05158> will be full <04390> of water <04325> and you <0859> and your cattle <04735> and animals <0929> will drink <08354>.’ 3:18 This <02063> is an easy task <07043> for the Lord <03068>; he will also hand <05414> Moab <04124> over <05414> to you. 3:19 You will defeat <05221> every <03605> fortified <04013> city <05892> and every <03605> important <04004> city <05892>. You must chop down <05307> every <03605> productive <02896> tree <06086>, stop up <05640> all <03605> the springs <04325> <04599>, and cover <03510> all <03605> the cultivated <02896> land <02513> with stones <068>.” 3:20 Sure enough, the next <05927> morning <01242>, at the time of the morning sacrifice <04503>, water <04325> came <0935> flowing down <01870> from Edom <0123> and filled <04390> the land <0776>. 3:21 Now all <03605> Moab <04124> had heard <08085> that <03588> the kings <04428> were attacking <03898> <05927>, so everyone <03605> old enough <04605> to fight <02290> <02296> was mustered <06817> and placed <05975> at <05921> the border <01366>. 3:22 When they got up early <07925> the next morning <01242>, the sun <08121> was shining <02224> on <05921> the water <04325>. To the Moabites <04124>, who were some distance <05048> away, the water <04325> looked red <0122> like blood <01818>. 3:23 The Moabites said <0559>, “It’s <02088> blood <01818>! The kings <04428> are totally destroyed <02717> <02717>! They have struck <05221> one <0376> another <07453> down <05221>! Now <06258>, Moab <04124>, seize the plunder <07998>!” 3:24 When they approached <0935> the Israelite <03478> camp <04264>, the Israelites <03478> rose up <06965> and struck down <05221> the Moabites <04124>, who then ran <05127> from <06440> them. The Israelites thoroughly defeated <05221> Moab <04124>. 3:25 They tore down <02040> the cities <05892> and each man <0376> threw <07993> a stone <068> into every <03605> cultivated <02896> field <02513> until they were covered <04390>. They stopped up <05640> every <03605> spring <04325> <04599> and chopped down <05307> every <03605> productive <02896> tree <06086>. Only <05704> Kir Hareseth <07025> was left <07604> intact <068>, but the slingers <07051> surrounded <05437> it and attacked <05221> it. 3:26 When the king <04428> of Moab <04124> realized <07200> he was losing <02388> the battle <04421>, he and 700 <03967> <07651> swordsmen <02719> <08025> <0376> tried to break through <01234> and attack the king <04428> of Edom <0123>, but they failed <03201> <03808>. 3:27 So he took <03947> his firstborn <01060> son <01121>, who <0834> was to succeed <08478> him as king <04427>, and offered <05927> him up <05927> as a burnt sacrifice <05930> on <05921> the wall <02346>. There was an outburst <01961> of divine <01419> anger <07110> against <05921> Israel <03478>, so they broke off <05265> the attack and returned <07725> to their homeland <0776>.

• 2Ki 3:1-27 -- Moab Fights with Israel

• ELISHA

  [ebd] God his salvation, the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, who became the attendant and disciple of Elijah (1 Kings 19:16-19). His name first occurs in the command given to Elijah to anoint him as his successor (1 Kings 19:16). ...
  [isbe] ELISHA - e-li'-sha 'elisha`, "God is salvalion"; Septuagint Eleisaie; New Testament Elisaios, Eliseus, (Lk 4:27 the King James Version)): I. HIS CALL AND PREPARATION 1. His Call 2. His Preparation 3. The Parting Gift of Elij...
  [smith] (God his salvation), son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah; the attendant and disciple of Elijan, and subsequently his successor as prophet of the kingdom of Israel. The earliest mention of his name is in the command to Elijah in th...
  

• Jehoshaphat

  [ebd] Jehovah-judged. (1.) One of David's body-guard (1 Chr. 11:43). (2.) One of the priests who accompanied the removal of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:24). (3.) Son of Ahilud, "recorder" or annalist under David and Solomon (2...
  [nave] JEHOSHAPHAT 1. David's recorder, 2 Sam. 8:16; 20:24; 1 Kin. 4:3; 1 Chr. 18:15. 2. One of Solomon's commissariat officers, 1 Kin. 4:17. 3. King of Judah. Succeeds Asa, 1 Kin. 15:24; 22:41; 1 Chr. 3:10; 2 Chr. 17:1; Matt. 1:...
  

• MESHA

  [ebd] middle district, Vulgate, Messa. (1.) A plain in that part of the boundaries of Arabia inhabited by the descendants of Joktan (Gen. 10:30). (2.) Heb. meysh'a, "deliverance," the eldest son of Caleb (1 Chr. 2:42), and brother...
  [isbe] MESHA - me'-sha: (1) (mesha`; Codex Vaticanus, Marisa; Codex Alexandrinus, Marisas): Caleb's firstborn son, the father of Ziph, probably the ancestor of the Ziphites (1 Ch 2:42). (2) (mesha'; Codex Vaticanus, Misa; Codex Ale...
  

• Zoar

  [ebd] small, a town on the east or south-east of the Dead Sea, to which Lot and his daughters fled from Sodom (Gen. 19:22, 23). It was originally called Bela (14:2, 8). It is referred to by the prophets Isaiah (15:5) and Jeremiah ...
  

• Armies

  [nave] ARMIES Who of the Israelites were subject to service in, Num. 1:2, 3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5; who were exempt from service in, Num. 1:47-50; 2:33; Deut. 20:5-9; Judg. 7:3. Enumeration of Israel's military forces, Num. 1:2, 3; 26...
  

• DEAD SEA, THE

  [isbe] DEAD SEA, THE - || I. PRESENT AREA II. FORMER ENLARGEMENT III. LEVEL OF THE DEAD SEA IN EARLY HISTORIC TIMES IV. CONSTITUTION OF THE WATER V. CLIMATE VI. ROADS VII. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 1. The Plain of the Jordan 2. Ain Jidi ...
  

• Moabites

  [nave] MOABITES Descendants of Lot through his son Moab, Gen. 19:37. Called the people of Chemosh, Num. 21:29. The territory E. of Jordan, bounded on the N. by the river Arnon, Num. 21:13; Judg. 11:18. Children of Israel command...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Moabite Stone

  [ebd] a basalt stone, bearing an inscription by King Mesha, which was discovered at Dibon by Klein, a German missionary at Jerusalem, in 1868. It was 3 1/2 feet high and 2 in breadth and in thickness, rounded at the top. It consis...
  

• Colour

  [ebd] The subject of colours holds an important place in the Scriptures. White occurs as the translation of various Hebrew words. It is applied to milk (Gen. 49:12), manna (Ex. 16:31), snow (Isa. 1:18), horses (Zech. 1:8), raiment...
  

• Kir-haraseth

  [ebd] built fortress, a city and fortress of Moab, the modern Kerak, a small town on the brow of a steep hill about 6 miles from Rabbath-Moab and 10 miles from the Dead Sea; called also Kir-haresh, Kir-hareseth, Kir-heres (Isa. 16...
  [nave] KIR-HARASETH, called also Kirharesh, Kir-hareseth, and Kir-heres. A city of Moab, 2 Kin. 3:25; Isa. 16:7, 11; Jer. 48:31, 36. Called Kir of Moab, Isa. 15:1.
  

• Water

  [nave] WATER Creation of, Psa. 148:4, 5. Covered the whole earth, Gen. 1:9. Daily allowance of, Ezek. 4:11. City waterworks, 2 Kin. 20:20. Vision of, by Ezekiel, Ezek. 47:1-5. Of separation, Num. 19:2-22. Libation of, 1 Sam. ...
  

• Jehoram

  [ebd] Jehovah-exalted. (1.) Son of Toi, king of Hamath, sent by his father to congratulate David on the occasion of his victory over Hadadezer (2 Sam. 8:10). (2.) A Levite of the family of Gershom (1 Chr. 26:25). (3.) A priest sen...
  

• Miracles

  [nave] MIRACLES. Index of Sub-topics Catalog of, and Supernatural Events, Of Jesus, in Chronological Order, Of the Disciples of Jesus; Convincing Effect of; Design of; Miraculous Gifts of the Holy Spirit; Miscellany of Minor Sub-...
  

• FORTIFICATION; FORT; FORTIFIED CITIES; FORTRESS

  [isbe] FORTIFICATION; FORT; FORTIFIED CITIES; FORTRESS - for-ti-fi-ka'-shun (including): I. IN RECENT EXCAVATIONS 1. Excavation of Tells 2. Sites 3. Primitive Character 4. Walls 5. Towers 6. Acropolis or Castle 7. Masonry 8. Gates ...
  

• SIEGE

  [isbe] SIEGE - sej (matsor (Dt 28:52,53; 1 Ki 15:27; 2 Ki 25:2; Isa 29:3; Ezek 4:2); "to be besieged," "to suffer siege," ba-matsor bo' (Dt 20:19; 2 Ki 24:10; 25:2)): 1. In Early Hebrew History 2. In the Monarchy 3. Preliminaries t...
  

• Stones

  [nave] STONES Commandments engraved upon, Ex. 24:12; 31:18; 34:1-4; Deut. 4:13; 5:22; 9:9-11; 10:1-3. The law of Moses written upon, Josh. 8:32. Houses built of, Isa. 9:10; Amos 5:11. Temple built of, 1 Kin. 5:17, 18; 7:9-12; Ma...
  

• Idolatry

  [nave] IDOLATRY. Wicked Practices of Human sacrifices, Lev. 18:21; 20:2-5; Deut. 12:31; 18:10; 2 Kin. 3:26, 27; 16:3; 17:17, 18; 21:6; 23:10; 2 Chr. 28:3; 33:6; Psa. 106:37, 38; Isa. 57:5; Jer. 7:31; 19:4-7; 32:35; Ezek. 16:20, 2...
  

• GOOD

  [isbe] GOOD - good (Tobh, Tubh, yaTabh; agathos, agathon, kalos, kalon): In English "good" is used in various senses, most of which are represented in the Bible. (1) In the Old Testament the commonest word is Tobh, occurring very f...
  

• Sling

  [ebd] With a sling and a stone David smote the Philistine giant (1 Sam. 17:40, 49). There were 700 Benjamites who were so skilled in its use that with the left hand they "could sling stones at a hair breadth, and not miss" (Judg. ...
  [nave] SLING Used for throwing stones, Prov. 26:8. David slays Goliath with, 1 Sam. 17:40-50. Dexterous use of, Judg. 20:16. Used in war, Judg. 20:16; 2 Kin. 3:25; 2 Chr. 26:14. See: Armies; Arms.
  

• Moab Revolts

  

• What is the significance of firstborn in the Bible?
  I'm going to copy some articles on this subject, but let me give you my summation of all of them. In the Old Testament, the firstborn son was the one who normally received a double inheritance, and was the one who would inher...

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