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 3:23 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional They said, “This is blood; the kings must have fought together, and killed one another. Now then, Moab, to the spoil!” Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 They said, “It’s blood! The kings must have fought each other and killed themselves! Now get the plunder, Moab!” Catholic Public Domain Version 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 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. |
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.
But when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and attacked the Moabites, who fled before them; as they entered Moab they continued the attack.
For the Lord had caused the Aramean army to hear the sound of chariots, and of horses, the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, “The king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to fight against us.”
When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the booty from them, they found livestock in great numbers, goods, clothing, and precious things, which they took for themselves until they could carry no more. They spent three days taking the booty, because of its abundance.
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.’
My hand has found, like a nest, the wealth of the peoples; and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken, so I have gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved a wing, or opened its mouth, or chirped.”
‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil?— A girl 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?’