2 Kings 3:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““This is blood!” they exclaimed. “The kings have clashed swords and slaughtered one another. Now to the plunder, Moab!””
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““This is blood!” they exclaimed. “The kings have clashed swords and slaughtered one another. Now to the plunder, Moab!””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and say, `Blood this <FI>is<Fi> ; the kings have been surely destroyed, and they smite each his neighbour; and now for spoil, Moab!'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Kings 3:23 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 15:9The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
- Judges 5:30‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil— a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
- 2 Kings 6:18As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.
- 2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:25Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables—more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much.
- Isaiah 10:14My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”
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