2 Kings 3:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then said he, What way shall we goe vp? And he answered, The way of the wildernesse of Edom.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 21:4 : 4 After, they departed from the mount Hor by the way of the red Sea, to compasse the land of Edom: and the people were sore grieued because of the way.
  • Mal 1:2-3 : 2 I haue loued you, sayth the Lorde: yet yee say, Wherein hast thou loued vs? Was not Esau Iaakobs brother, saith the Lord? yet I loued Iaakob, 3 And I hated Esau, and made his mountaines wast, & his heritage a wildernes for dragons.

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  • 2 Kgs 3:9-10
    2 verses
    84%

    9So went the King of Israel & the king of Iudah, and the King of Edom, and when they had compassed the way seuen dayes, they had no water for the hoste, nor for the cattell that followed them.

    10Therefore the King of Israel sayde, Alas, that the Lord hath called these three Kings, to giue them into the hand of Moab.

  • 2 Kgs 3:7
    81%

    7And went, and sent to Iehoshaphat King of Iudah, saying, The King of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou goe with me to battell against Moab? And he answered, I will goe vp: for I am, as thou art, my people, as thy people, and mine horses as thine horses.

  • Judg 11:16-19
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    78%

    16But when Israel came vp from Egypt, and walked through the wildernesse vnto the redde Sea, then they came to Kadesh.

    17And Israel sent messengers vnto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, goe thorowe thy lande: but the King of Edom woulde not consent: and also they sent vnto the King of Moab, but he would not: therefore Israel abode in Kadesh.

    18Then they went through the wildernesse, and compassed the lande of Edom, and the lande of Moab, and came by the Eastside of the lande of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, and came not within the coast of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.

    19Also Israel sent messengers vnto Sihon, King of the Amorites, the King of Heshbon, and Israel said vnto him, Let vs passe, we pray thee, by thy lande vnto our place.

  • Deut 2:8
    78%

    8And when we were departed from our brethren the children of Esau which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plaine, from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and went by the way of the wildernes of Moab.

  • Num 20:17-21
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    78%

    17I pray thee that we may passe through thy countrey: we will not goe through the fieldes nor the vineyardes, neither will we drinke of the water of the welles: we will goe by the kings way, and neither turne vnto the right hand nor to the left, vntill we be past thy borders.

    18And Edom answered him, Thou shalt not passe by mee, least I come out against thee with the sword.

    19Then the children of Israel said vnto him, We will goe vp by the hie way: and if I and my cattell drinke of thy water, I will then pay for it: I will onely (without any harme) goe through on my feete.

    20Hee answered againe, Thou shalt not goe through. The Edom came out against him with much people, and with a mightie power.

    21Thus Edom denyed to giue Israel passage through his countrey: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

  • Deut 2:1-2
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    76%

    1Then we turned, and tooke our iourney into the wildernes, by the way of the red Sea, as the Lorde spake vnto me: and we compassed mount Seir a long time.

    2And the Lord spake vnto me, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 3:12
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    12Then Iehoshaphat saide, The worde of the Lorde is with him. Therefore the King of Israel, and Iehoshaphat, and the King of Edom went downe to him.

  • Deut 3:1
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    1Then we turned, and went vp by the way of Bashan: and Og King of Bashan came out against vs, he, and all his people to fight at Edrei.

  • Gen 33:12
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    12And he saide, Let vs take our iourney and go, and I will goe before thee.

  • 2 Kgs 6:3
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    3And one said, Vouchsafe, I pray thee, to go with thy seruants, and he answered, I will goe.

  • Ps 60:9
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    9Who will leade me into the strong citie? who will bring me vnto Edom?

  • Num 21:4
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    4After, they departed from the mount Hor by the way of the red Sea, to compasse the land of Edom: and the people were sore grieued because of the way.

  • Deut 1:40-41
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    74%

    40But as for you, turne backe, and take your iourney into the wildernesse by the way of the red Sea.

    41Then ye answered and sayd vnto me, We haue sinned against the Lord, we wil go vp, and fight, according to all that the Lorde our God hath commaunded vs: and ye armed you euery man to the warre, and were ready to goe vp into the mountaine.

  • Exod 8:27
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    27Let vs go three dayes iourney in the desert, and sacrifice vnto the Lord our God, as he hath commanded vs.

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
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    26And when the King of Moab saw that the battel was too sore for him, he tooke with him seuen hudreth men that drew the sword, to break through vnto the King of Edom: but they could not.

  • 2 Chr 18:3
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    3And Ahab King of Israel saide vnto Iehoshaphat King of Iudah, Wilt thou goe with mee to Ramoth Gilead? And hee answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people, and wee will ioyne with thee in the warre.

  • Deut 1:19
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    19Then we departed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wildernesse (as yee haue seene) by the way of the mountaine of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commaunded vs: and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

  • Ps 108:10
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    10Who will leade mee into the strong citie? Who will bring me vnto Edom?

  • Judg 3:28
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    28Then said he vnto them, Follow me: for the Lorde hath deliuered your enemies, euen Moab into your hand. So they went downe after him, & tooke the passages of Iorden towarde Moab, and suffred not a man to passe ouer.

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

    20And in the morning whe the meat offring was offred, beholde, there came water by the way of Edom: and the countrey was filled with water.

    21And when al the Moabites heard that the Kings were come vp to fight against them, they gathered all that was able to put on harnesse, & vpwarde, and stood in their border.

  • Deut 2:27
    72%

    27Let me passe through thy land: I will go by the hie way: I will neither turne vnto the right hand nor to the left.

  • 2 Chr 18:28
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    28So the King of Israel and Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah went vp to Ramoth Gilead.

  • Deut 2:29
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    29(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did vnto me) vntill I be come ouer Iorden, into the land which the Lord our God giueth vs.

  • 1 Kgs 22:29
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    29So the King of Israel and Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah went vp to Ramoth Gilead.

  • 2 Kgs 8:21
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    21Therefore Ioram went to Zair, and all his charets with him, and he arose by night, & smote the Edomites which were about him with the captains of the charets, and the people fled into their tents.

  • 1 Kgs 22:4
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    4And he sayde vnto Iehoshaphat, Wilt thou goe with mee to battel against Ramoth Gilead? And Iehoshaphat saide vnto the King of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and mine horses as thine horses.

  • Num 20:14
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    14Then Moses sent messengers from Kadesh vnto the king of Edom, saying, Thus sayth thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the trauaile that we haue had,

  • Deut 2:13
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    13Now rise vp, sayd I, and get you ouer the riuer Zered: and we went ouer the riuer Zered.

  • Num 21:22
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    22Let me goe through thy land: we wil not turne aside into the fieldes, nor into the vineyardes, neither drinke of the waters of ye welles: we will goe by the kings way, vntill we be past thy countrey.

  • Num 21:33
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    33And they turned and went vp toward Bashan: and Og the King of Bashan came out against them, hee, and all his people, to fight at Edrei.

  • Deut 1:2
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    2There are eleuen dayes iourney from Horeb vnto Kadesh-barnea, by the way of mout Seir.

  • Num 10:31
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    31Then he sayd, I pray thee, leaue vs not: for thou knowest our camping places in the wildernesse: therefore thou mayest be our guide.

  • Deut 2:17
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    17Then the Lord spake vnto me, saying,

  • 2 Chr 20:16
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    16To morowe goe yee downe against them: beholde, they come vp by the cleft of Ziz, and ye shall finde them at the ende of the brooke before the wildernesse of Ieruel.

  • Exod 13:18
    70%

    18But God made the people to go about by the way of the wildernesse of the red sea: and the children of Israel went vp armed out of the land of Egypt.