And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water. (2 Kings 3:20)
This probably has reference only to the hour of the day, when the daily meat (burnt) offering was offered. See 1 Kings 18:29, 36, where the hour is marked by a similar allusion to the Temple service. The morning sacrifice was probably offered about sunrise, at the dawn of day (see Vol. I, p. 698, and on Lev. 16:4).
Way of Edom.
How the water came from Edom the record does not reveal, but it does make clear that the water did not spring up from the ground.