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2Ki 3:4 — And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

a sheepmaster		Gen 13:2; Gen 26:13,14; 2Ch 26:10; Job 1:3; Job 42:12
rendered		2Sa 8:2; 1Ch 18:2; Psa 60:8; Psa 108:9,10
lambs		Isa 16:1

Correlating Passages

a sheepmaster

	Gen 13:2	And Abram [was] very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
	Gen 26:13	And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
	Gen 26:14	For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
	2Ch 26:10	Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen [also], and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
	Job 1:3	His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
	Job 42:12	So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

rendered

	2Sa 8:2	And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And [so] the Moabites became David's servants, [and] brought gifts.
	1Ch 18:2	And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, [and] brought gifts.
	Psa 60:8	Moab [is] my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
	Psa 108:9	Moab [is] my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
	Psa 108:10	Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

lambs

Isa 16:1

Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Kings 3:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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