2 Kings 3:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said, Which way are we to go? And he said in answer, By the waste land of Edom.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Num 21:4 : 4 Then they went on from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, going round the land of Edom: and the spirit of the people was overcome with weariness on the way.
  • Mal 1:2-3 : 2 You have been loved by me, says the Lord. But you say, Where was your love for us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord: but Jacob was loved by me, 3 And Esau was hated, and I sent destruction on his mountains, and gave his heritage to the beasts of the waste land.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Kgs 3:9-10
    2 verses
    84%

    9So 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.

    10And the king of Israel said, Here is trouble: for the Lord has got these three kings together to give them into the hands of Moab.

  • 2 Kgs 3:7
    81%

    7And he sent to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has got free from my authority: will you go with me to make war on Moab? And he said, I will go with you: I am as you are, my people as your people, and my horses as your horses.

  • Judg 11:16-19
    4 verses
    78%

    16But when they came up from Egypt, Israel went through the waste land to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh;

    17Then Israel sent men to the king of Edom saying, Let me now go through your land; but the king of Edom did not give ear to them. And in the same way he sent to the king of Moab, but he would not; so Israel went on living in Kadesh.

    18Then he went on through the waste land and round the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and put up their tents on the other side of the Arnon; they did not come inside the limit of Moab, for the Arnon was the limit of Moab.

    19And Israel sent men to Sihon, king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, Let me now go through your land to my place.

  • Deut 2:8
    78%

    8So we went on past our brothers, the children of Esau, living in Seir, by the road through the Arabah, from Elath and Ezion-geber. And turning, we went by the road through the waste land of Moab.

  • Num 20:17-21
    5 verses
    78%

    17Let us now go through your land: we will not go into field or vine-garden, or take the water of the springs; we will go by the highway, not turning to the right or to the left, till we have gone past the limits of your land.

    18And Edom said, You are not to go through my land, for if you do I will come out against you with the sword.

    19And the children of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway: and if we or our cattle take of your water, we will give you a price for it: only let us go through on our feet, nothing more.

    20But he said, You are not to go through. And Edom came out against them in his strength, with a great army.

    21So Edom would not let Israel go through his land; and Israel went in another direction.

  • Deut 2:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1Then we went back, journeying into the waste land by the way to the Red Sea, as the Lord had said to me: and we were a long time going round Mount Seir.

    2And the Lord said to me,

  • 2 Kgs 3:12
    76%

    12And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the Lord is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

  • Deut 3:1
    75%

    1Then turning we took the road to Bashan: and Og, king of Bashan, came out against us with all his people, and made an attack on us at Edrei.

  • Gen 33:12
    74%

    12And he said, Let us go on our journey together, and I will go in front.

  • 2 Kgs 6:3
    74%

    3And one of them said, Be pleased to go with your servants. And he said, I will go.

  • Ps 60:9
    74%

    9Who will take me into the strong town? who will be my guide into Edom?

  • Num 21:4
    74%

    4Then they went on from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, going round the land of Edom: and the spirit of the people was overcome with weariness on the way.

  • Deut 1:40-41
    2 verses
    74%

    40But as for you, go back, journeying into the waste land by the way of the Red Sea.

    41Then you said to me, We have done evil against the Lord, we will go up to the attack, as the Lord our God has given us orders. And arming yourselves every one, you made ready to go up without care into the hill-country.

  • Exod 8:27
    73%

    27But we will go three days' journey into the waste land and make an offering to the Lord our God as he may give us orders.

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
    73%

    26And when the king of Moab saw that the fight was going against him, he took with him seven hundred men armed with swords, with the idea of forcing a way through to the king of Aram, but they were not able to do so.

  • 2 Chr 18:3
    73%

    3For Ahab, king of Israel, said to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he said, I am as you are, and my people as your people; we will be with you in the war.

  • Deut 1:19
    73%

    19Then we went on from Horeb, through all that great and cruel waste which you saw, on our way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as the Lord gave us orders; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

  • Ps 108:10
    73%

    10Who will take me into the strong town? who will be my guide into Edom?

  • Judg 3:28
    73%

    28And he said to them, Come after me; for the Lord has given the Moabites, your haters, into your hands. So they went down after him and took the crossing-places of Jordan against Moab, and let no one go across.

  • 2 Kgs 3:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20Now in the morning, about the time when the offering was made, they saw water flowing from the direction of Edom till the country was full of water.

    21Now all Moab, hearing that the kings had come to make war against them, got together all who were able to take up arms and went forward to the edge of the country.

  • Deut 2:27
    72%

    27Let me go through your land: I will keep to the highway, not turning to the right or to the left;

  • 2 Chr 18:28
    72%

    28So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead.

  • Deut 2:29
    71%

    29As the children of Esau did for me in Seir and the Moabites in Ar; till I have gone over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God is giving us.

  • 1 Kgs 22:29
    71%

    29So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead.

  • 2 Kgs 8:21
    71%

    21Then Joram went over to Zair, with all his war-carriages; ... made an attack by night on the Edomites, whose forces were all round him, ... the captains of the war-carriages; and the people went in flight to their tents.

  • 1 Kgs 22:4
    71%

    4And he said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead to make war? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as you are: my people as your people, my horses as your horses.

  • Num 20:14
    71%

    14Then Moses sent men from Kadesh to the king of Edom to say to him, Your brother Israel says, You have knowledge of all the things we have been through;

  • Deut 2:13
    70%

    13Get up now, and go over the stream Zered. So we went over the stream Zered.

  • Num 21:22
    70%

    22Let me go through your land: we will not go into field or vine-garden, or take the water of the springs; we will go by the highway till we have gone past the limits of your land.

  • Num 21:33
    70%

    33Then turning they went up by the way of Bashan; and Og, king of Bashan, went out against them with all his people, to the fight at Edrei.

  • Deut 1:2
    70%

    2It is eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.

  • Num 10:31
    70%

    31And he said, Do not go from us; for you will be eyes for us, guiding us to the right places in the waste land to put up our tents.

  • Deut 2:17
    70%

    17The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • 2 Chr 20:16
    70%

    16Go down against them tomorrow: see, they are coming up by the slope of Ziz; at the end of the valley, before the waste land of Jeruel, you will come face to face with them.

  • Exod 13:18
    70%

    18But God took the people round by the waste land near the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up in fighting order out of the land of Egypt.