Scripture · Old Testament
2 Kings 3:8
2 Kings 3:8 is verse 8 of 2 Kings chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then he asked, “Which way shall we go up?” “By way of the Desert of Edom,” replied Joram.
King James Version
And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
World English Bible
Then he said, “Which way shall we go up?” Jehoram answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
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2 Kings 3:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible
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.”
8 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!”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Numbers 21:4Then 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
Malachi 1:2“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,
Malachi 1:3but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”