2 Kings 3:18

“And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.”

"And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand." - 2 Kings 3:18
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What does 2 Kings 3:18 mean?

The verse 2 Kings 3:18 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand." This verse comes from the story of the alliance between the kings of Israel, Judah, and Edom against…

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Light Things in the Sight of the Lord

In the Book of 2 Kings, we find one of the many instances where God’s sovereignty and power are made manifest through His chosen leaders. The verse we focus on today is 2 Kings 3:18, where the prophet Elisha proclaims a message of hope and divine assurance in the face of…

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A Prayer for Divine Deliverance and Faithfulness

Heavenly Father, As I bow my head in humble adoration before You, I recall the profound promise found in 2 Kings 3:18, where it is written, "And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand." Lord, in this verse, You remind…

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2 Kings 3:18 - "And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand."
2 Kings 18:3 - "And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did."
2 Kings 3:15
2 Kings 3:15
2 Kings 3:15
2 Kings 14:18 - "And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"
2 Kings 3:16-19
2 Kings 1:18 - "Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?"
"And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did." - 2 Kings 18:3
1 Kings 18:3 - "And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:"
2 Corinthians 3:18
1 Kings 2:18 - "And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king."
2 Kings 18:18 - "And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder."
2 Kings 8:18 - "And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD."
1 Kings 18:2 - "And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria."
2 Kings 18:15 - "And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house."
2 Kings 18:36 - "But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not."
2 Kings 3:10 - "And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!"
"And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?" - 2 Kings 14:18
2 Kings 3:23 - "And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil."
2 Kings 18:33 - "Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?"
2 Kings 18:5 - "He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him."
2 Kings 3:6 - "¶ And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel."
2 Kings 16:18 - "And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria."
2 Kings 2:18 - "And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?"
2 Kings 4:18 - "¶ And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers."
2 Kings 25:18 - "¶ And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:"
1 Kings 3:18 - "And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house."
2 Kings 3:16 - "And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches."