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Bible in Basic English
And death came to Elisha and they put his body into the earth. Now in the spring of the year, armed bands of Moabites frequently came, overrunning the land.
New American Standard Bible
Elisha died, and they buried him. Now
King James Version
And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
Holman Bible
Then Elisha died and was buried.
Now Moabite raiders
International Standard Version
Later, Elisha died and was buried. Now at that time, various Moabite marauders had been invading the land each spring.
A Conservative Version
And Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
American Standard Version
And Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
Amplified
Elisha died, and they buried him. Now marauding bands of Moabites would invade the land in the spring of the year.
Darby Translation
And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
Julia Smith Translation
And Elisha will die, and they will bury him. And the troops of Moab will come against the land, the year came in.
King James 2000
And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land in the spring of the year.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Elisha died and they buried him. Now the raiding parties of Moab came {in the spring}.
Modern King James verseion
And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at first of the year.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When Elisha was dead and buried the soldiers of the Moabites came into the land, the year following.
NET Bible
Elisha died and was buried. Moabite raiding parties invaded the land at the beginning of the year.
New Heart English Bible
Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
The Emphasized Bible
And Elisha died, and they buried him, - now, troops of Moabites, used to enter the land, at the coming in of the year;
Webster
And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
World English Bible
Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Elisha dieth, and they bury him, and troops of Moab come in to the land, at the coming in of the year,
Themes
the Death of saints » Exemplified » Elisha
Elisha » Model spiritual leader » Had a wonderful posthumous influence
Jehoash » Also called joash » Successor of jehoahaz
Kings » Who reigned over israel » Jehoash or joash
Moabites » Israelites had war with
Prophecy » Miscellaneous, fulfilled » The striking of syria by joash
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 13:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elisha Passes Away
19 Then the man of God was angry with him and said, If you had done it five or six times, then you would have overcome Aram completely; but now you will only overcome them three times. 20 And death came to Elisha and they put his body into the earth. Now in the spring of the year, armed bands of Moabites frequently came, overrunning the land. 21 And while they were putting a dead man into the earth, they saw a band coming; and they put the man quickly into the place where Elisha's body was; and the dead man, on touching Elisha's bones, came to life again, and got up on his feet.
Cross References
2 Kings 24:2
And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldaeans and of the Edomites and of the Moabites and of the children of Ammon; sending them against Judah for its destruction, as he had said by his servants the prophets.
2 Kings 3:7
And he sent to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has got free from my authority: will you go with me to make war on Moab? And he said, I will go with you: I am as you are, my people as your people, and my horses as your horses.
Judges 3:12
Then the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord made Eglon, king of Moab, strong against Israel, because they had done evil in the Lord's eyes.
Judges 6:3-6
And whenever Israel's grain was planted, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east came up against them;
2 Kings 3:5
But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab got free from the authority of the king of Israel.
2 Kings 3:24-27
But when they came to the tents of Israel, the Israelites came out and made a violent attack on the Moabites, so that they went in flight before them; and they went forward still attacking them;
2 Kings 5:2
Now the Aramaeans had gone out in bands, and taken prisoner from Israel a little girl, who became servant to Naaman's wife.
2 Kings 6:23
So he made ready a great feast for them, and when they had had food and drink, he sent them away and they went back to their master. And no more bands of Aramaeans came into the land of Israel.
2 Chronicles 24:16
And they put him into his last resting-place in the town of David, among the kings, because he had done good in Israel for God and for his house.
Acts 8:2
And God-fearing men put Stephen's body in its last resting-place, making great weeping over him.