2 Kings 3:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    When 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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And when the king{H4428} of Moab{H4124} saw{H7200} that the battle{H4421} was too sore{H2388} for him, he took{H3947} with him seven{H7651} hundred{H3967} men{H376} that drew{H8025} sword,{H2719} to break through{H1234} unto the king{H4428} of Edom;{H123} but they could{H3201} not.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And when the king{H4428} of Moab{H4124} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} that the battle{H4421} was too sore{H2388}{(H8804)} for him, he took{H3947}{(H8799)} with him seven{H7651} hundred{H3967} men{H376} that drew{H8025}{(H8802)} swords{H2719}, to break through{H1234}{(H8687)} even unto the king{H4428} of Edom{H123}: but they could{H3201}{(H8804)} not.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But wha the kynge of ye Moabites sawe yt the battayll was to stroge for him, he toke to him seuen C. men, which drue ye swerde, to fall vpon the kynge of Edom: neuertheles they were not able.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And when the King of Moab saw that the battel was too sore for him, he tooke with him seuen hudreth men that drew the sword, to break through vnto the King of Edom: but they could not.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And when the king of Moab saw that the battaile was to sore for him, he toke with him seuen hundred men that drew ye sword, to haue gone through euen vnto the king of Edom: but they could not.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through [even] unto the king of Edom: but they could not.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew sword, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the king of Moab seeth that the battle has been too strong for him, and he taketh with him seven hundred men, drawing sword, to cleave through unto the king of Edom, and they have not been able,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to break through unto the king of Edom; but they could not.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to break through unto the king of Edom; but they could not.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And when the king of Moab saw that the fight was going against him, he took with him seven hundred men armed with swords, with the idea of forcing a way through to the king of Aram, but they were not able to do so.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew sword, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    When the king of Moab realized he was losing the battle, he and 700 swordsmen tried to break through and attack the king of Edom, but they failed.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 3:9 : 9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom, and they made a circuit of seven days' journey. And there was no water for the army and the cattle that followed them.
  • Amos 2:1 : 1 Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

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  • 2 Kgs 3:18-25
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    81%

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

    19 And 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."

    20 And 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.

    21 And when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered all who were able to put on armor, and stood at the border.

    22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood.

    23 And they said, "This is blood; the kings are surely slain, and they have struck one another. Now, Moab, to the spoil!"

    24 So when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and attacked the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they continued attacking and defeated the Moabites in their land.

    25 And they destroyed the cities, and in every good piece of land each man threw a stone and filled it, and they stopped all the springs of water and cut down all the good trees. Only in Kir Haraseth did they leave its stones intact; however, the slingers surrounded it and attacked it.

  • Judg 3:28-30
    3 verses
    76%

    28 And he said to them, Follow after me: for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and allowed not a man to pass over.

    29 And they killed of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all strong, and all men of valor; and not a man escaped.

    30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years.

  • 2 Kgs 3:27
    75%

    27 Then he took his eldest son, who was to reign in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath against Israel, and they departed from him and returned to their own land.

  • 2 Kgs 3:7-10
    4 verses
    74%

    7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab to battle?" And he said, "I will go up; I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your 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, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom, and they made a circuit of seven days' journey. And there was no water for the army and the cattle that followed them.

    10 And the king of Israel said, "Alas, that the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab!"

  • Num 22:3-4
    2 verses
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    3 And Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

    4 And Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now this company will lick up all around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.

  • 1 Kgs 11:15
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    15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army had gone up to bury the slain, after he had killed every male in Edom.

  • Num 20:18
    72%

    18 But Edom said to him, "You shall not pass through my land, lest I come out against you with the sword."

  • Judg 11:17
    72%

    17 Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray you, pass through your land: but the king of Edom would not listen. And in like manner they sent to the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel stayed in Kadesh.

  • 2 Chr 20:23
    72%

    23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.

  • 1 Chr 19:7
    72%

    7 So they hired thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered together from their cities, and came to battle.

  • Deut 3:1
    72%

    1 Then we turned and went up the way to Bashan, and Og, the king of Bashan, came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.

  • 2 Kgs 3:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder and rendered to the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs and one hundred thousand rams, with the wool.

    5 But it happened, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

  • Num 20:20
    72%

    20 Then he said, "You shall not pass through." So Edom came out against them with many men and with a strong army.

  • Jer 25:21
    72%

    21 Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon,

  • 2 Chr 20:10
    71%

    10 And now, see, the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them and did not destroy them;

  • Num 21:33
    71%

    33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to battle at Edrei.

  • 2 Sam 8:2
    71%

    2 And he defeated Moab and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; with two lines he measured to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants and brought gifts.

  • 2 Chr 25:13
    71%

    13 But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Bethhoron, and killed three thousand of them, and took much spoil.

  • Judg 11:25
    71%

    25 And now, are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,

  • Amos 2:1
    71%

    1 Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

  • 2 Chr 20:1
    71%

    1 It happened after this that the children of Moab and the children of Ammon, and with them others besides the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat for battle.

  • 2 Sam 10:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.

    7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men.

  • Num 21:26
    70%

    26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even to Arnon.

  • 2 Chr 21:9
    70%

    9 Then Jehoram went out with his leaders and all his chariots with him; he rose by night and struck the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots.

  • Num 21:30
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    30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even to Dibon, and we have laid them waste even to Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.

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