2 Kings 19:24 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 19:24

I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”

BSB

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ASV

I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.

KJV

I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I have dipped and drunk strange waters - I have conquered strange countries, in which I have digged wells for my army; or, I have gained the wealth of strange countries. With the sole of my feet - My infantry have been so numerous that they alone have been sufficient to drink up the rivers of the places I have besieged.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Nothing could stand before him or be withheld from him; no hills too high for him to climb, no trees too strong for him to fell, no waters too deep for him to dry up; as if he had the power of a God, to speak and it is done. (2.) He took to himself the glory of doing these great things, whereas they were all the Lord's doing,

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֲנִ֣י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
קַ֔רְתִּי	Kar.ti	I have dug	H6979 →
וְשָׁתִ֖יתִי	ve.sha.Ti.ti	and I have drunk	H8354 →
מַ֣יִם	Ma.yim	water	H4325 →
זָרִ֑ים	za.Rim	strange	H2114 →
וְאַחְרִב֙	ve.'ach.Riv	so I may dry up	H2717 →
בְּכַף־	be.khaf-	with [the] sole of	H3709 →
פְּעָמַ֔י	pe.'a.Mai	feet my	H6471 →
כֹּ֖ל	kol	all	H3605 →
יְאֹרֵ֥י	ye.'o.Rei	[the] canals of	H2975 →
מָצֽוֹר׃	ma.Tzor	Egypt	H4693 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Daniel 4:30
the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
leads to
- Proverbs 16:18
  Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Luke 14:11
  For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- Ezekiel 29:3
  Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says,…
Through
Exodus 15:9
The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
leads to
- Judges 5:30
  ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
- Exodus 14:5
  When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”
- Isaiah 53:12
  Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the…
Through
1 Kings 20:10
Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
leads to
- 1 Kings 19:2
  So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those…
Through
Isaiah 19:6
The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.
leads to
- Isaiah 37:25
  I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About 2 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About 2 Kings