Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Elisha died and they buried him. Now the raiding parties of Moab came {in the spring}.
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.
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.
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.
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
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 13:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elisha Passes Away
19 [Yet] the man of God became angry against him and said, "For striking five or six times, then you would have defeated Aram until finishing [them], but now you will defeat Aram [only] three times." 20 Elisha died and they buried him. Now the raiding parties of Moab came {in the spring}. 21 And it happened that they [were] burying a man; suddenly they saw the marauding band, so they threw the man in the grave of Elisha. [As he] went [in], the man touched the bones of Elisha, and became alive and got up on his feet!
Cross References
2 Kings 24:2
So Yahweh sent against him raiding bands of Chaldeans, raiding bands of Aram, raiding bands of Moab, and raiding bands of the {Ammonites}. He had sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Yahweh that he had spoken by the hand of his servants the prophets.
2 Kings 3:7
He went and sent [a message] to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab for the battle?" And he said, "I will go up. {I am like you}; {my people are like your people}; {my horses are like your horses}."
Judges 3:12
And again the {Israelites} did evil in the eyes of Yahweh. So Yahweh strengthened Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because they did evil in the eyes of Yahweh.
Judges 6:3-6
And whenever Israel sowed seed, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of [the] east would come up against them.
2 Kings 3:5
It happened that when Ahab died, Mesha king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
2 Kings 3:24-27
But when they came to the camp of Israel, Israel stood up and killed Moab, so that they fled from before them. They came at her and defeated Moab.
2 Kings 5:2
When the Arameans went [on] a raid, they brought back a young girl from the land of Israel, and {she came into the service of} the wife of Naaman.
2 Kings 6:23
So he made a great feast for them, and they ate and drank; then he sent them, and they went to their master. And the bands of the Arameans did not come again into the land of Israel.
2 Chronicles 24:16
And they buried him in the city of David with the kings, for he did good in Israel and with respect to God and his house.
Acts 8:2
And devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him.