2 Kings 3:18

18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD; he will also deliver the Moabites into your hands.

2 Kings 3:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 3:18

And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord
To give them such a plenty of water in such an extraordinary manner: he would do for them what was greater, not only save them from falling into the hand of Moab, which they feared,

but he wilt deliver the Moabites into your hands;
which was more than was asked for, or expected.

2 Kings 3:18 In-Context

16 and he said, Thus hath the LORD said, Make this valley full of ditches.

17 For thus hath the LORD said, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet this valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye and your livestock and your beasts.

18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD; he will also deliver the Moabites into your hands.

19 And ye shall smite every fenced city and every choice city and shall fell every good tree and stop every fountain of water and mar every good piece of land with stones.

20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the present was offered, that water came by the way of Edom, and the land was filled with water.