Edom: 1 Kings 22:27
no water: Exodus 15:22, Exodus 17:1; Numbers 20:2, Numbers 20:4, Numbers 21:5, Numbers 33:14
that followed them: Heb. at their feet, Exodus 11:8 *marg. Judges 4:10
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2 Kings 3:9
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