2 Kings 3:22
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And they rose early in the morning, and the sun being now up, and shining upon the waters, the Moabites saw the waters over against them red, like blood,

This is blood

2 Kings 6:18-20 And the enemies came down to him: but Eliseus prayed to the Lord, saying: Strike, I beseech thee, this people with blindness: and the Lord struck them with blindness, according to the word of Eliseus. . . .

2 Kings 7:6 For the Lord had made them hear, in the camp of Syria, the noise of chariots, and of horses, and of a very great army: and they said one to another: Behold, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hethites, and of the Egyptians; and they are come upon us.

slain [heb] destroyed

Exodus 15:9 The enemy said: I will pursue and overtake, I will divide the spoils, my soul shall have its fill: I will draw my sword, my hand shall slay them.

Judges 5:30 Perhaps he is now dividing the spoils, and the fairest of the women is chosen out for him: garments of divers colours are given to Sisara for his prey, and furniture of different kinds is heaped together to adorn necks.

2 Chronicles 20:25 Then Josaphat came, and all the people with him to take away the spoils of the dead, and they found among the dead bodies, stuff of various kinds, and garments, and most precious vessels: and they took them for themselves, insomuch that they could not carry all, nor in three days take away the spoils, the booty was so great.

Isaiah 10:14 And my hand hath found the strength of the people as a nest; and as eggs are gathered, that are left, so have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or made the least noise.

Context
Joram Overcomes Moab's Rebellion
21And all the Moabites hearing that the kings were come up to fight against them, gathered together all that were girded with a belt upon them, and stood in the borders. 22And they rose early in the morning, and the sun being now up, and shining upon the waters, the Moabites saw the waters over against them red, like blood,23And they said: It is the blood of the sword: the kings have fought among themselves, and they have killed one another: go now, Moab, to the spoils.…
Cross References
2 Kings 3:21
And all the Moabites hearing that the kings were come up to fight against them, gathered together all that were girded with a belt upon them, and stood in the borders.

2 Kings 3:23
And they said: It is the blood of the sword: the kings have fought among themselves, and they have killed one another: go now, Moab, to the spoils.

Lexicon
When they got up early
וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ (way·yaš·kî·mū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7925: To load up, to start early in the morning

in the morning,
בַבֹּ֔קֶר (ḇab·bō·qer)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1242: Dawn, morning

the sun
וְהַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ (wə·haš·še·meš)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement

was shining
זָרְחָ֣ה (zā·rə·ḥāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2224: To irradiate, to rise, to appear

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the water,
הַמָּ֑יִם (ham·mā·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

and [it]
הַמַּ֖יִם (ham·ma·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

looked
וַיִּרְא֨וּ (way·yir·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

[as] red
אֲדֻמִּ֥ים (’ă·ḏum·mîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 122: Rosy

as blood
כַּדָּֽם׃ (kad·dām)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

to the Moabites
מוֹאָ֥ב (mō·w·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4124: Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled

across the way.
מִנֶּ֛גֶד (min·ne·ḡeḏ)
Preposition-m
Strong's Hebrew 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before


Additional Translations
When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way.And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:

And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood:

And they rose early in the morning, and the sun rose upon the waters, and Moab saw the waters on the opposite side red as blood.

And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun rose upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side red as blood.

And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood:

And they rose early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:

They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood.

And they rise early in the morning, and the sun hath shone on the waters, and the Moabites see, from over-against, the waters red as blood,
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