2 Kings 3:14 BSB — MannaFest

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21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֱלִישָׁ֗ע	'e.li.Sha'	Elisha	H477 →
חַי־	chai-	[by] [the] life	H2416 →
יְהוָ֤ה	Yah.weh	of Yahweh	H3068 →
צְבָאוֹת֙	tze.va.'Ot	of hosts	H6635 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	whom	H834 →
עָמַ֣דְתִּי	'a.Mad.ti	I stand	H5975 →
לְפָנָ֔יו	le.fa.Nav	<to> before him	H6440 →
כִּ֗י	Ki	for	H3588 →
לוּלֵ֛י	lu.Lei	if not	H3884 →
פְּנֵ֛י	pe.Nei	[the] face of	H6440 →
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט	ye.ho.sha.Fat	Jehoshaphat	H3092 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־	Me.lekh-	[the] king of	H4428 →
יְהוּדָ֖ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
אֲנִ֣י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
נֹשֵׂ֑א	no.Se'	[am] lifting up	H5375 →
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
אַבִּ֥יט	'a.Bit	I will look	H5027 →
אֵלֶ֖יךָ	'e.Lei.kha	to you	H413 →
וְאִם־	ve.'im-	and if	H518 →
אֶרְאֶֽךָּ׃	'er.'E.ka	I will see you	H7200 →

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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.

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Jeremiah 1:18
Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of…
leads to
- Isaiah 50:7
  Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.
- Ezekiel 3:8–9
  Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
- Jeremiah 15:20
  Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver…
- Jeremiah 6:27
  “I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.
- Micah 3:8–9
  As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
Through
1 Kings 17:1
Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in…
leads to
- Luke 4:25–26
  But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all…
- James 5:17
  Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
- Luke 1:17
  And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

2 Kings 5:16But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And although Naaman urged him to accept it, he refused.1 Kings 17:1Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”1 Samuel 15:26–31“I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”Jeremiah 1:18Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.1 Kings 21:20When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.Matthew 22:16They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.1 Kings 18:15Then Elijah said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today.”1 Kings 14:5–18But the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised.”Psalms 15:4who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,Daniel 5:17–23In response, Daniel said to the king, “You may keep your gifts for yourself and give your rewards to someone else. Nevertheless, I will read the inscription for the king and interpret it for him.2 Chronicles 17:3–9Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek out the Baals,2 Chronicles 19:3–4However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”

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