Philistines stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham, filling them with soil.
2 Kings 19:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I dug wells and drank water in foreign lands. I dried up all the streams of Egypt with the soles of my feet.” Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I dug wells and drank foreign waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all [the defense and] the streams of Egypt. American Standard Version (1901) I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt. Common English Bible I have dug wells, have drunk waters in foreign lands. With my own feet, I dried up all of Egypt’s streams.’ Catholic Public Domain Version I have cut down. And I drank foreign waters, and I dried up all the enclosed waters with the steps of my feet.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I have cut down, and I have drunk strange waters: and have dried up with the soles of my feet all the shut-up waters. |
Philistines stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham, filling them with soil.
If he retreats to some city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag its stones into the valley until not even a pebble can be found there.’
Then Ben-hadad sent messengers to him and said, ‘May the gods punish me and do so severely if Samaria’s dust amounts to a handful for each of the people who follow me.’
The enemy said: ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil. My desire will be gratified at their expense. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
The channels will stink; they will dwindle, and Egypt’s canals will be parched. Reed and rush will wilt.
the king exclaimed, ‘Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built to be a royal residence by my vast power and for my majestic glory? ’