23And they said, This is blood: the kings are entirely destroyed, and have smitten one another; and now, Moab, to the spoil!


In Context

20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the oblation was offered up, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

21 And all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, and they were called together, all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood by the border.

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

23 And they said, This is blood: the kings are entirely destroyed, and have smitten one another; and now, Moab, to the spoil!

24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, and they fled before them; and they entered in and smote Moab.

25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone and filled it, and they stopped every well of water, and felled every good tree, until they left only the stones at Kirhareseth; and the slingers went about it, and smote it.

2 Kings 3:23 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:23"That's blood!" they said. "Those kings must have fought and slaughtered each other. Now to the plunder, Moab!"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:23And they said, This [is] blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:23And they said: It is the blood of the sword: the kings have fought among themselves, and they have killed one another: go now, Moab, to the spoils.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:23and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed, and they have smitten each man his fellow: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:23and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed, and they have smitten each man his fellow: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:23And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:23They said, |This is blood. The kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each other. Now therefore, Moab, to the spoil!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:23and say, 'Blood this is; the kings have been surely destroyed, and they smite each his neighbour; and now for spoil, Moab!'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:23And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.