2 Kings 3:9
So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom by a roundabout way for seven days: and there was no water for the army or for the beasts they had with them.
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8And he said, Which way are we to go? And he said in answer, By the waste land of Edom.
Cross References
Exodus 11:8And all these your servants will come to me, going down on their faces before me and saying, Go out, and all your people with you: and after that I will go out. And he went away from Pharaoh burning with wrath.
Exodus 17:1And the children of Israel went on from the waste land of Sin, by stages as the Lord gave them orders, and put up their tents in Rephidim: and there was no drinking-water for the people.
Numbers 20:4Why have you taken the Lord's people into this waste, for death to come to us and to our cattle there?
Numbers 33:14And they went on from Alush, and put up their tents in Rephidim, where there was no drinking-water for the people.
1 Kings 22:27And say, It is the king's order that this man is to be put in prison and given prison food till I come again in peace.
1 Kings 22:48\22:47\At that time there was no king in Edom;
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 3:7-20
The Expedition against Moab; Elisha Consulted. ( b. c. 895.) 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,… Read the whole commentary →