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2 Kings 3:8 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

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

2 Kings 3:8

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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.

8 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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Deuteronomy 2:8

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"And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab."

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Numbers 20:21

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"Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away"

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Judges 11:18

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"Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab."

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From This Chapter

2 Kings 3:1

"Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years."

2 Kings 3:2

"And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made."

2 Kings 3:3

"Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom."

2 Kings 3:4

"And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool."

2 Kings 3:5

"But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel."

2 Kings 3:6

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