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2 Kings 3:9 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 3 · verse 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.2 Kings 3:9 · King James Version
2 Kings 3:9 in context
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, and my horses as thy horses.
8And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
9So 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.
10And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
11But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- compassçâbabto revolve, surround, or borderH5437 →
- journeydereka roadH1870 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- JudahYᵉhûwdâhJehudah , the name of five IsraelitesH3063 →
- sevenshebaʻsevenH7651 →
- days'yôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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Jehoram has no sooner got the sceptre into his hand than he takes the sword into his hand, to reduce Moab. Crowns bring great cares and perils to the heads that wear them; no sooner in honour than in war. Now here we have, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-19