2 Kings 3:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

So 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 22:47 : 47 There was then no King in Edom: the deputie was King.
  • Exod 11:8 : 8 And all these thy seruants shall come downe vnto me, and fal before me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that are at thy feete, and after this will I depart. So he went out from Pharaoh very angry.
  • Exod 15:22 : 22 Then Moses brought Israel from the redde Sea, and they went out into the wildernesse of Shur: and they went three dayes in the wildernesse, and found no waters.
  • Exod 17:1 : 1 And all the Congregation of the children of Israel departed from the wildernesse of Sin, by their iourneyes at the commaundement of the Lord, and camped in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drinke.
  • Num 20:2 : 2 But there was no water for the Congregation, and they assembled them selues against Moses and against Aaron.
  • Num 20:4 : 4 Why haue ye thus brought the Congregation of the Lorde vnto his wildernesse, that both we, and our cattell should die there?
  • Num 21:5 : 5 And the people spake against God and against Moses, saying, Wherefore haue ye brought vs out of Egypt, to die in the wildernesse? for here is neither bread nor water, & our soule lotheth this light bread.
  • Num 33:14 : 14 And they remoued from Alush, and lay in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drinke.
  • Judg 4:10 : 10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and he went vp on his feete with ten thousand men, and Deborah went vp with him.
  • 1 Kgs 22:27 : 27 And say, Thus saith the King, Put this man in the prison house, and feede him with bread of affliction, and with water of affliction, vntill I returne in peace.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 3:6-8
    3 verses
    84%

    6Therefore King Iehoram went out of Samaria the same season, and nombred all Israel,

    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.

    8Then said he, What way shall we goe vp? And he answered, The way of the wildernesse of Edom.

  • 2 Kgs 3:10-13
    4 verses
    78%

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

    11But Iehoshaphat saide, Is there not here a Prophet of the Lorde, that we may inquire of the Lorde by him? And one of the King of Israels seruants answered, and said, Here is Elisha the sonne of Shaphat, which powred water on the handes of Eliiah.

    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.

    13And Elisha sayde vnto the King of Israel, What haue I to doe with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father and to the prophets of thy mother; the King of Israel saide vnto him, Nay: for the Lord hath called these three Kings, to giue them into the hande of Moab.

  • Judg 11:16-18
    3 verses
    77%

    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.

  • Exod 15:22
    75%

    22Then Moses brought Israel from the redde Sea, and they went out into the wildernesse of Shur: and they went three dayes in the wildernesse, and found no waters.

  • 2 Kgs 3:20-22
    3 verses
    74%

    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.

    22And they rose earely in the morning, when the sunne arose vpon the water, and the Moabites saw the water ouer against them, as red as blood.

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
    73%

    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.

  • Exod 17:1
    73%

    1And all the Congregation of the children of Israel departed from the wildernesse of Sin, by their iourneyes at the commaundement of the Lord, and camped in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drinke.

  • Num 20:17-21
    5 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Num 21:4
    71%

    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.

  • Jer 14:3
    71%

    3And their nobles haue sent their inferiours to the water, who came to the welles, and founde no water: they returned with their vessels empty: they were ashamed and confounded, and couered their heads.

  • Deut 10:7
    71%

    7From thence they departed vnto Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Iotbath a land of running waters.

  • Deut 2:1
    71%

    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.

  • Num 33:14
    71%

    14And they remoued from Alush, and lay in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drinke.

  • 1 Kgs 22:2
    70%

    2And in the third yeere did Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah come downe to ye King of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 22:29
    70%

    29So the King of Israel and Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah went vp to Ramoth Gilead.

  • 1 Kgs 18:5
    70%

    5And Ahab saide vnto Obadiah, Goe into the land, vnto all the fountaines of water, and vnto all the riuers, if so be that we may finde grasse to saue the horses and the mules aliue, lest we depriue the lande of the beastes.

  • Deut 2:8
    70%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 13:9
    70%

    9For so was it charged mee by the worde of the Lorde, saying, Eate no bread nor drinke water, nor turne againe by the same way that thou camest.

  • Amos 4:8
    70%

    8So two or three cities wandred vnto one citie to drinke water, but they were not satisfied: yet haue ye not returned vnto me, saith the Lord.

  • Num 21:22
    69%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 18:28
    69%

    28So the King of Israel and Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah went vp to Ramoth Gilead.

  • Deut 1:2
    69%

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

  • Num 10:33
    69%

    33So they departed from the mount of the Lorde, three dayes iourney: and the Arke of the couenant of the Lorde went before them in the three dayes iourney, to searche out a resting place for them.

  • 1 Kgs 13:17
    69%

    17For it was charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, Thou shalt eate no bread, nor drinke water there, nor turne againe to goe by the way that thou wentest.

  • Isa 48:21
    69%

    21And they were not thirstie: hee led them through the wildernesse: hee caused the waters to flowe out of the rocke for them: for he claue the rocke, and the water gushed out.

  • 2 Chr 18:32
    69%

    32For when the captaines of the charets saw that hee was not the King of Israel, they turned backe from him.

  • Exod 8:27
    68%

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

  • Judg 3:28
    68%

    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 Chr 21:9
    68%

    9And Iehoram went forth with his princes, and all his charets with him: and hee rose vp by night, & smote Edom, which had compassed him in, and the captaines of the charets.

  • 1 Kgs 17:7
    68%

    7And after a while the riuer dryed vp, because there fell no rayne vpon the earth.

  • 2 Kgs 8:21
    68%

    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 22:33
    68%

    33And when the captaines of the charets saw that he was not the King of Israel, they turned backe from him.

  • 2 Chr 18:3
    68%

    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.

  • Judg 5:4
    68%

    4Lorde, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou departedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heauens rained, the cloudes also dropped water.

  • Deut 3:1
    68%

    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.

  • Deut 1:19
    68%

    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.