2 Kings 3:17-20

3:17 for this is what the Lord says, ‘You will not feel ¹  any wind or see any rain, but this valley will be full of water and you and your cattle and animals will drink.’ 3:18 This is an easy task for the Lord; ²  he will also hand Moab over to you. 3:19 You will defeat every fortified city and every important ³  city. You must chop down ⁴  every productive ⁵  tree, stop up all the springs, and cover all the cultivated land with stones.” ⁶ 

3:20 Sure enough, the next morning, at the time of the morning sacrifice, water came flowing down from Edom and filled the land. ⁷ 

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¹ tn Heb “see.”

² tn Heb “and this is easy in the eyes of the Lord.”

³ tn Heb “choice” or “select.”

⁴ tn Elisha places the object first and uses an imperfect verb form. The stylistic shift may signal that he is now instructing them what to do, rather than merely predicting what would happen.

⁵ tn Heb “good.”

⁶ tn Heb “and ruin every good portion with stones.”

⁷ tn Heb “and in the morning, when the offering is offered up, look, water was coming from the way of Edom, and the land was filled with water.”