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2 Kings 3:20
2 Kings 3:20 is verse 20 of 2 Kings chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
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.
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.
World English Bible
In the morning, about the time of offering the sacrifice, behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
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2 Kings 3:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible
18 This is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD, and He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
19 And you shall attack every fortified city and every city of importance. You shall cut down every good tree, stop up every spring, and ruin every good field with stones.”
20 The next morning, at the time of the morning sacrifice, water suddenly flowed from the direction of Edom and filled the land.
21 Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. So all who could bear arms, young and old, were summoned and stationed at the border.
22 When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 29:39Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight.
Exodus 29:40With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives, and a drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.
1 Kings 18:36At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.
Daniel 9:21while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
Psalms 78:15He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.
Psalms 78:16He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.
Psalms 78:20When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
Isaiah 35:6Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
Isaiah 35:7The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.