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2 Kings 3:8

2 Kings chapter 3 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.7And 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, my horses as thy horses.

v.8This passage

v.9So 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 21:4

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

  • Malachi 1:2

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