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2 Kings 3:26

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.

KJV

Quod cum vidisset rex Moab, prævaluisse scilicet hostes, tulit secum septingentos viros educentes gladium, ut irrumperent ad regem Edom : et non potuerunt.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶδεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Μωὰβ ὅτι ἐκραταίωσεν ὑπὲρ αὐτὸν ὁ πόλεμος, καὶ ἔλαβεν μεθ’ ἑαυτοῦ ἑπτακοσίους ἄνδρας ἐσπασμένους ῥομφαίαν διακόψαι πρὸς βασιλέα Ἐδώμ· καὶ οὐκ ἠδυνήθησαν.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יַּרְא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֔ב כִּֽי חָזַ֥ק מִמֶּ֖/נּוּ הַ/מִּלְחָמָ֑ה וַ/יִּקַּ֣ח א֠וֹת/וֹ שְׁבַע מֵא֨וֹת אִ֜ישׁ שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חֶ֗רֶב לְ/הַבְקִ֛יעַ אֶל מֶ֥לֶךְ אֱד֖וֹם וְ/לֹ֥א יָכֹֽלוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱד֔וֹם
'dvm
proper_noun · 99×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הֶחֱזִ֗יק
hchzyq
verb · 289×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יוּכַ֣ל
yvkl
verb · 193×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
מֵא֖וֹת
m'vt
adjective · 581×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
מִּלְחָמָ֔ה
mlchmh
noun · 316×
מוֹאָ֔ב
mv'b
proper_noun · 180×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×
שֹׁ֣לֵֽף
shlp
verb · 25×
תִּבָּקַ֥ע
tbq'
verb · 51×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Amos 2:1 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
  • Judg 8:10 — Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thou
  • Judg 20:2 — And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.