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2 Kings 19:24

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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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  1. 1 Kings 20:10Rank 1 from verse 24
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    10And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

  2. 2 Samuel 17:13Rank 2 from verse 24
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    13Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.

  3. Daniel 4:30Rank 3 from verse 24
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    30The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

  4. Exodus 15:9Rank 4 from verse 24
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    9The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

  5. Isaiah 19:6Rank 5 from verse 24
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    6And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

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2 Kings 19:24

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drunk

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Having swallowed liquid; or intoxicated and impaired by strong drink.

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strange

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Foreign; belonging to another country. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity.

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dried

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of dry, meaning to become or make free from moisture.

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besieged

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Surrounded and shut in by hostile forces seeking to take or subdue a city, place, or people; under siege.

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places

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1. Physical locations or rooms. 2. Positions or offices. 3. Occasions, circumstances, or passages.

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23By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.

24I 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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25Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.

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