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


In Context

20 The next morning, about the time for offering the sacrifice, there it was-water flowing from the direction of Edom! And the land was filled with water.

21 Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come to fight against them; so every man, young and old, who could bear arms was called up and stationed on the border.

22 When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water. To the Moabites across the way, the water looked red-like blood.

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

24 But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and fought them until they fled. And the Israelites invaded the land and slaughtered the Moabites.

25 They destroyed the towns, and each man threw a stone on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up all the springs and cut down every good tree. Only Kir Hareseth was left with its stones in place, but men armed with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.

2nd Kings 3:23 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:23And they said, This is blood: the kings are entirely destroyed, and have smitten one another; and now, 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.