2 Kings 3:16

Thus saith the Lord: Make the channel of this torrent full of ditches.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.

In Context

15But now bring me hither a minstrel. And when the minstrel played, the hand of the Lord came upon him, and he said:

17For thus saith the Lord: You shall not see wind, nor rain: and yet this channel shall be filled with waters, and you shall drink, you and your families, and your beasts.

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Cross References

2 Kings 4:3And he said to her: Go, borrow of all thy neighbours empty vessels not a few.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 3:7-20

The Expedition against Moab; Elisha Consulted. ( b. c. 895.) 6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel. 7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses. 8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom. 9 So the king of Israel went,… Read the whole commentary →

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