2 Kings 3:8
6 So at that time King Jehoram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel.
7 And he sent a message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” “I will go,” replied Jehoshaphat. “I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
Then he asked, “Which way shall we go up?” “By way of the Desert of Edom,” replied Joram.
9 So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals.
10 “Alas,” said the king of Israel, “for the LORD has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab!”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then he asked, “Which way shall we go up?” “By way of the Desert of Edom,” replied Joram.
- KJV
- And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
- WEB
- Then he said, “Which way shall we go up?” Jehoram answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
- ASV
- And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.
- DARBY
- And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he said, By way of the wilderness of Edom.
- BLB
- And he said, “Where [is] this—the way we shall go up?” And he answered, “By the way of the Wilderness of Edom.”
- ÅB
- Og han spurte: Hvilken vei skal vi dra dit opp? Han svarte: Gjennom Edoms ørken.
- OTB
- Da spurte han: "Hvilken vei skal vi gå?" Joram svarte: "Gjennom Edoms ørken."
- B1930
- Og han spurte: Hvilken vei skal vi dra dit op? Han svarte: Gjennem Edoms ørken.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Malachi 1:2–3
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,
Read in contextNumbers 21:4
Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey
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