2 Kings 3:23

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They said, "This is blood! The kings have fought and killed each other. Now, to the plunder, Moab!"

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  • Exod 15:9 : 9 The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.'
  • Judg 5:30 : 30 'Are they not finding and dividing the spoils: a girl or two for each man, colorful garments for Sisera, colorful garments embroidered, highly embroidered garments for my neck—all this as plunder?'
  • 2 Kgs 6:18-20 : 18 As the enemy came down toward him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, "Please strike this army with blindness." So He struck them with blindness, as Elisha had requested. 19 Then Elisha said to them, "This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you are looking for." And he led them to Samaria. 20 When they entered Samaria, Elisha said, "LORD, open the eyes of these men so they can see." The LORD opened their eyes, and they looked and realized they were inside Samaria.
  • 2 Kgs 7:6 : 6 For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so they said to one another, "Look, the king of Israel has hired the Hittite and Egyptian kings to attack us!"
  • 2 Chr 20:25 : 25 So Jehoshaphat and his men went to carry off their plunder, and they found among them a great amount of equipment, clothing, and articles of value—more than they could take away. There was so much plunder that it took three days to collect it.
  • Isa 10:14 : 14 My hand seized the wealth of nations like one finds a nest. As one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth; no wing fluttered, no beak opened to chirp.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 3:18-22
    5 verses
    85%

    18This is an easy thing in the sight of the LORD; He will also give Moab into your hands.

    19You will destroy every fortified city and every major town, cut down every good tree, stop up all the springs, and ruin every good field with stones.

    20The next morning, at the time of the offering, water came from the direction of Edom and filled the land.

    21When all the Moabites heard that the kings had come to fight against them, they called together everyone old enough to wear armor and stationed themselves at the border.

    22But when they arose early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and to the Moabites across the way, the water looked red—like blood.

  • 2 Kgs 3:24-26
    3 verses
    81%

    24When they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck down the Moabites, who fled before them. The Israelites invaded the land and continued to strike down the Moabites.

    25They destroyed the cities, threw stones onto every good field until it was covered, stopped up all the springs of water, and cut down all the good trees. Only the stones of Kir Hareseth were left standing, but the slingers surrounded and attacked it.

    26When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took seven hundred men with swords to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not.

  • Jer 48:14-16
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    74%

    14How can you say, 'We are warriors, men mighty in battle'?

    15Moab is devastated, and its towns have been destroyed! The best of its young men have gone down to slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

    16The calamity of Moab is near at hand, and her disaster is rushing swiftly.

  • Num 21:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    29Woe to you, Moab! You have been destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He has given up his sons as fugitives and his daughters as captives to Sihon, king of the Amorites.

    30But we overthrew them; Heshbon as far as Dibon is destroyed. We devastated Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.

  • Judg 3:28-30
    3 verses
    73%

    28He said to them, 'Follow me, for the Lord has given your enemies, the Moabites, into your hands.' So they followed him, captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.

    29At that time, they struck down about ten thousand Moabite men, all strong and able-bodied; not a single one escaped.

    30That day Moab was made subject to Israel, and the land had peace for eighty years.

  • 2 Chr 20:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the men from Mount Seir to destroy and annihilate them. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another.

    24When the men of Judah came to the place overlooking the desert and looked toward the vast army, they saw only dead bodies lying on the ground; no one had escaped.

  • Num 22:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3Moab became very afraid of the people because they were numerous. Moab was overcome with dread because of the Israelites.

    4Moab said to the elders of Midian, 'Now this horde will devour everything around us, like an ox eats the grass of the field.' At that time, Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab.

  • Jer 48:20
    72%

    20Moab is put to shame, for it is shattered. Wail and cry out! Proclaim at the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.

  • 2 Kgs 3:10
    72%

    10Then the king of Israel said, "Alas! The LORD has called these three kings together to hand them over to Moab."

  • Isa 15:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8For the cry has gone around the borders of Moab. Its wailing reaches Eglaim, and its lamentation goes all the way to Beer Elim.

    9The waters of Dimon are full of blood, and I will bring even more upon Dimon—a lion upon the survivors of Moab and upon those remaining in the land.

  • Jer 48:2-4
    3 verses
    71%

    2The glory of Moab is no more! In Heshbon, a plan for disaster was made against her: 'Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!' Even Madmen will be silenced; the sword will follow you.

    3A cry of distress comes from Horonaim: great destruction and devastation!

    4Moab is broken! A cry is heard; even her young ones make their distress known.

  • 2 Kgs 3:4-5
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    70%

    4Now Mesha, king of Moab, was a sheep breeder. He used to send to the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs and the wool of one hundred thousand rams as a tribute.

    5But when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

  • Jer 48:42
    70%

    42Moab will be destroyed as a people, because he exalted himself against the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 14:32
    70%

    32They pounced on the plunder and took sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate them, along with the blood.

  • Jer 48:24-26
    3 verses
    69%

    24to Kerioth, to Bozrah, and to all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.

    25The horn of Moab is cut off, and her arm is broken, declares the LORD.

    26Make her drunk, for she has magnified herself against the LORD. Moab will wallow in her vomit and become an object of ridicule.

  • Isa 16:7
    69%

    7Therefore, Moab will wail for Moab—everyone will wail. Mourn for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, utterly stricken and grieving.

  • Jer 48:39
    69%

    39How shattered Moab is! Cry out! How Moab has turned his back in shame. So Moab will become a ridicule and a horror to all his neighbors.

  • Isa 34:3
    69%

    3Their slain will be thrown out, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will be dissolved with their blood.

  • Isa 15:4
    69%

    4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore, the armed men of Moab cry out, and their souls are filled with dread.

  • Num 31:8
    69%

    8Among the slain, they killed the kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

  • Jer 48:10
    69%

    10Cursed is the one who does the LORD's work negligently, and cursed is the one who withholds their sword from blood.

  • Num 21:15
    69%

    15The ravines of the valleys that extend to the settlement of Ar and rest along the border of Moab.

  • 1 Kgs 2:31
    68%

    31The king said to him, 'Do as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and my father's house the guilt of the blood that Joab shed without cause.

  • Jer 48:46
    68%

    46Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh are destroyed. Your sons have been taken into exile, and your daughters into captivity.

  • Jer 25:21
    68%

    21Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon.

  • Isa 15:1
    68%

    1An oracle concerning Moab: In the night, Ar of Moab was devastated and destroyed. In the night, Kir of Moab was devastated and destroyed.

  • 2 Kgs 3:7
    68%

    7Then he sent a message to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?" And he replied, "I will go; I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."

  • Isa 16:13
    68%

    13This is the word the LORD spoke concerning Moab in the past.