2 Kings 3:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he said, "Thus says the LORD: 'Make this valley full of ditches.'

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  • Num 2:16-18 : 16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were one hundred and fifty-one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. They shall set forth in the second rank. 17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall move forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp. As they camp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards. 18 On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies. The captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
  • 2 Kgs 4:3 : 3 Then he said, Go, borrow vessels abroad from all your neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

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    17For thus says the LORD: 'You shall not see wind, nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you may drink, both you and your cattle and your animals.'

    18And this is but a trivial thing in the sight of the LORD; He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.

    19And you shall attack every fortified city and every choice city, and shall cut down every good tree, and stop up all the springs of water, and ruin every good piece of land with stones."

    20And it happened in the morning, when the grain offering was offered, that suddenly water came from the way of Edom, and the land was filled with water.

  • 1 Kgs 17:2-3
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    73%

    2And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

    3Get yourself away from here, and turn eastward, and hide by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

  • 2 Kgs 3:15
    72%

    15But now bring me a musician. And it happened, when the musician played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

  • 1 Kgs 18:35
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    35And the water ran around the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

  • Joel 3:18
    72%

    18And it shall come to pass in that day that the mountains shall drip with new wine, the hills shall flow with milk, and all the brooks of Judah shall flow with water, and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

  • Isa 41:18
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    18I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

  • Ezek 37:2
    71%

    2And caused me to pass by them all around: and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed, they were very dry.

  • 1 Kgs 17:7-8
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    7And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

    8And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

  • Deut 8:7
    70%

    7For the LORD your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;

  • Isa 43:16
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    16Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters;

  • Isa 37:25
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    25I have dug, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet I have dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

  • Nah 3:14
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    14Draw water for the siege, fortify your strongholds: go into clay and tread the mortar, make strong the brick kiln.

  • Ps 84:6
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    6Passing through the valley of Baca, they make it a spring; the rain also covers it with pools.

  • Deut 11:11
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    11But the land which you go to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water from the rain of heaven:

  • Ps 107:35
    69%

    35He turns the wilderness into pools of water, and dry land into water springs.

  • 1 Kgs 17:5
    69%

    5So he went and did according to the word of the LORD: for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

  • 2 Kgs 4:3
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    3Then he said, Go, borrow vessels abroad from all your neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

  • Zech 10:1
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    1Ask the LORD for rain in the time of the latter rain. The LORD will make bright clouds and give them showers of rain, to everyone grass in the field.

  • Ezek 22:23
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    23And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • Isa 44:27
    69%

    27Who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers:

  • 2 Kgs 2:19
    69%

    19And the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, I pray you, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees: but the water is bad, and the ground barren.

  • Nah 1:4
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    4He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers: Bashan languishes, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languishes.

  • Ps 78:15-16
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    69%

    15He split the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as from the great depths.

    16He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

  • Job 38:26-27
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    69%

    26To cause it to rain on the earth where no one is, on the wilderness, where there is no man;

    27To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the sprout of tender grass to spring forth?

  • Isa 42:15
    69%

    15I will lay waste the mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

  • Ps 107:33
    69%

    33He turns rivers into a wilderness, and the water springs into dry ground;

  • Ezek 6:3
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    3And say, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.

  • Joel 3:14
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    14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision, for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

  • 1 Kgs 20:28
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    28And there came a man of God, and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, Thus says the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD.

  • Isa 19:5
    68%

    5The waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

  • Jer 4:3
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    3For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your unplowed ground, and sow not among thorns.

  • Deut 11:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14That I will give you the rain of your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your wine, and your oil.

    15And I will send grass in your fields for your cattle, that you may eat and be full.

  • 1 Kgs 17:14
    68%

    14For thus says the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, nor shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain upon the earth.

  • 2 Kgs 3:11
    68%

    11But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?" And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, "Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah."

  • 2 Kgs 19:24
    68%

    24I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet I have dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

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    10You water its ridges abundantly; You settle its furrows; You make it soft with showers; You bless its growth.

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    11For behold, the LORD commands, and He will strike the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

  • Amos 9:5
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  • Isa 40:3
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    3The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

  • Deut 2:17
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    17that the LORD spoke unto me, saying,

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