2 Kings 3:23 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²³ And they said, “This is blood; the kings have surely fought together, and slain one another. Now then, Moab, to the spoil!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ and they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ And they said, This is blood; the kings have surely been fighting and have slain one another. Now then, Moab, to the spoil!

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed, and they have smitten each man his fellow: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

Common English Bible

²³ They said, “It’s blood! The kings must have fought each other and killed themselves! Now get the plunder, Moab!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And they said: "It is the blood of the sword! The kings have fought among themselves, and they have slain one another. Go now, Moab, to the spoils!"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ And they said: It is the blood of the sword: the kings have fought among themselves, and they have killed one another. Go now, Moab, to the spoils.

2 Kings 3:23 Cross References

2 Kings 3:22

And when they rose early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood.

2 Kings 3:24

But when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose and attacked the Moabites, till they fled before them; and they went forward, slaughtering the Moabites as they went.

2 Kings 7:6

For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians hear the sound of chariots, and of horses, the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to come upon us.”

2 Chronicles 20:25

When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil from them, they found cattle in great numbers, goods, clothing, and precious things, which they took for themselves until they could carry no more. They were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much.

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.’

Isaiah 10:14

My hand has found like a nest the wealth of the peoples; and as men gather eggs that have been forsaken so I have gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved a wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.”

Judges 5:30

‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil?— A maiden or two for every man; spoil of dyed stuffs for Sisera, spoil of dyed stuffs embroidered, two pieces of dyed work embroidered for my neck as spoil?’