2 Kings 3:14

And Elisaie said, As the Lord of hosts before whom I + 3:14 Gr. stood.stand lives, unless I + 3:14 Gr. regard.regarded the presence of Josaphat the king of Juda, I would not have looked on thee, nor seen thee.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.

In Context

13And Elisaie said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? go to the prophets of thy father, and the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said to him, + 3:13 Gr. is it that.Has the Lord called the three kings to deliver them into the hands of Moab?

15And now fetch me a harper. And it came to pass, as the harper harped, that the hand of the Lord came upon him.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 15:26And Samuel said to Saul, I will not turn back with thee, for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord will reject thee from being king over Israel.

1 Kings 17:1And Eliu the prophet, the Thesbite of Thesbæ of Galaad, said to Achaab, As the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, + 17:1 Gr. if there shall be, etc.there shall not be these years dew nor rain, except by the + 17:1 Gr. mouth of my word.word of my mouth.

1 Kings 21:20smote each one the man next to him; and each one a second time smote the man next to him: and Syria fled, and Israel pursued them; and the son of Ader, even the king of Syria, escapes on the horse of a horseman.

2 Chronicles 17:3And the Lord was with Josaphat, for he walked in the first ways of his father, and did not seek to idols;

Psalms 15:4Their weaknesses have been multiplied; afterward they hasted. I will by no means assemble their bloody meetings, neither will I make mention of their names with my lips.

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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