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2 Kings 3:9

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So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they marched for seven days along a circuitous route. There was no water for the army or for the animals that followed them.

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2 Kings 3:9 in other translations

So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days’ journey: and there was no water for the host, nor for the beasts that followed them.

2 Kings 3:9 · American Standard Version

2 Kings 3:9 in context

  1. 7He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab to battle?”
    He said, “I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
  2. 8He said, “Which way shall we go up?”
    He answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
  3. 9So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they marched for seven days along a circuitous route. There was no water for the army or for the animals that followed them.
  4. 10The king of Israel said, “Alas! For Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
  5. 11But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there a prophet of Yahweh here, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him?”
    One of the king of Israel’s servants answered, “Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah, is here.”