Verse 8
2 Kings 3:8
World English Bible, British Edition
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Then he said, “Which way shall we go up?”
Jehoram answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר אֵי זֶ֥ה הַ/דֶּ֖רֶךְ נַעֲלֶ֑ה וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר דֶּ֖רֶךְ מִדְבַּ֥ר אֱדֽוֹם
English Translation
And he said, "Where is the way we should go?" And he said, "The way through the wilderness of Edom."
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Chapter 3 Context
1
Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the
eighteenth year of Jehoshap...
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2
He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, but not like his father
and like his mother, for he...
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3
Nevertheless he held to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which
he made Israel to sin. He...
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4
Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder; and he supplied the
king of Israel with one hundred thou...
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5
But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of
Israel.
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6
King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
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7
He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, “The king of
Moab has rebelled against me...
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8
Then he said, “Which way shall we go up?”
Jehoram answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
9
So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king
of Edom, and they marched for seven d...
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10
The king of Israel said, “Alas! For the LORD has called these three
kings together to deliver them i...
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11
But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there a prophet of the LORD here,
that we may enquire of the LORD by hi...
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12
Jehoshaphat said, “The LORD’s word is with him.” So the king
of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king...
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13
Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you?
Go to the prophets of your father, a...
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14
Elisha said, “As the LORD of Armies lives, before whom I stand,
surely, were it not that I respect t...
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15
But now bring me a musician.” When the musician played, the LORD’s hand
came on him.
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16
He said, “The LORD says, ‘Make this valley full of trenches.’
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17
For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind, neither will you see rain,
yet that valley will be filled...
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18
This is an easy thing in the LORD’s sight. He will also deliver the
Moabites into your hand.
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19
You shall strike every fortified city and every choice city, and shall
fell every good tree, and sto...
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20
In the morning, about the time of offering the sacrifice, behold,
water came by the way of Edom, and...
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21
Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to
fight against them, they gathered them...
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22
They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and
the Moabites saw the water op...
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23
They said, “This is blood. The kings are surely destroyed, and they
have struck each other. Now ther...
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24
When they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up
and struck the Moabites, so that they f...
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25
They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land each man
cast his stone, and filled it. T...
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26
When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, he
took with him seven hundred men...
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27
Then he took his oldest son who would have reigned in his place, and
offered him for a burnt offerin...
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