2 Kings 3:17-19

3:17 for this is what the Lord says, ‘You will not feel ¹  any wind or see any rain, but this valley will be full of water and you and your cattle and animals will drink.’ 3:18 This is an easy task for the Lord; ²  he will also hand Moab over to you. 3:19 You will defeat every fortified city and every important ³  city. You must chop down ⁴  every productive ⁵  tree, stop up all the springs, and cover all the cultivated land with stones.” ⁶ 

2 Kings 3:1

Moab Fights with Israel

3:1 In the eighteenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Jehoram became king over Israel in Samaria; ⁷  he ruled for twelve years.

2 Kings 20:13

20:13 Hezekiah welcomed ⁸  them and showed them his whole storehouse, with its silver, gold, spices, and high quality olive oil, as well as his armory and everything in his treasuries. Hezekiah showed them everything in his palace and in his whole kingdom. ⁹ 

2 Kings 20:1

Hezekiah is Healed

20:1 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. ¹⁰  The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Give your household instructions, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’” ¹¹ 

[3:17]  ¹ tn Heb “see.”

[3:18]  ² tn Heb “and this is easy in the eyes of the Lord.”

[3:19]  ³ tn Heb “choice” or “select.”

[3:19]  ⁴ tn Elisha places the object first and uses an imperfect verb form. The stylistic shift may signal that he is now instructing them what to do, rather than merely predicting what would happen.

[3:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “good.”

[3:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “and ruin every good portion with stones.”

[3:1]  ⁷ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[20:13]  ⁸ tc Heb “listened to.” Some Hebrew mss, as well as the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate versions agree with the parallel passage in Isa 39:2 and read, “was happy with.”

[20:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “there was nothing which Hezekiah did not show them in his house and in all his kingdom.”

[20:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “was sick to the point of dying.”

[20:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “will not live.”