2 Reis 3:20

20 E sucedeu que, pela manhã, � hora de se oferecer o sacrifício, eis que vinham as águas pelo caminho de Edom, e a terra se encheu d'água:

2 Reis 3:20 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 3:20

And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was
offered
At Jerusalem; which always went along with the daily burnt offering of the lamb, which might not indeed be offered before break of day, yet quickly after; for no sacrifice could be offered before that, (See Gill on Exodus 29:39),

that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom;
not from the heavens, but it may be out of some rock, rolling along on the earth from the hills and mountains, down into the valleys, where the armies were:

and the country was filled with water;
all round about them. Who has not heard of the "thundering" legion, as it was called by the Emperor M. Aurelius, who, when the army under him was about to engage with the Germans and Sarmatians, and sadly distressed with thirst, fell down on their knees and prayed, upon which a large shower of rain came down to the refreshment of the army, and thunder bolts, which annoyed and put the enemy to flight ^F9? at the battle of the Romans with Jugurtha, a sudden and unexpected shower of rain fell, to the refreshment of the Romans, in intolerable thirst ^F11.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Euseb. Hist. Eccl. l. 5. c. 5. Orosii Hist. l. 7. c. 15. p. 120.
F11 Orosii Hist. l. 5. c. 15. p. 77.

2 Reis 3:20 In-Context

18 E ainda isso é pouco aos olhos do Senhor; também entregará ele os moabitas nas vossas mãos,

19 e ferireis todas as cidades fortes e todas as cidades escolhidas, cortareis todas as boas árvores, tapareis todas as fontes d'água, e cobrireis de pedras todos os bons campos.

20 E sucedeu que, pela manhã, � hora de se oferecer o sacrifício, eis que vinham as águas pelo caminho de Edom, e a terra se encheu d'água:

21 Ouvindo, pois, todos os moabitas que os reis tinham subido para pelejarem contra eles, convocaram-se todos os que estavam em idade de pegar armas, e daí para cima, e puseram-se �s fronteiras.

22 Levantaram-se os moabitas de madrugada e, resplandecendo o sol sobre as águas, viram diante de si as águas vermelhas como sangue;