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2 Kings 3:8

EsauEdom

6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.

7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.

And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.

9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days’ journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.

10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!

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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.

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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.

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Cross references

  • Malachi 1:2–3

    I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,

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  • Numbers 21:4

    And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

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