2 Kings 3:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom, and they made a circuit of seven days' journey. And there was no water for the army and the cattle that followed them.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    So the king of Israel set out, along with the king of Judah and the king of Edom. After traveling a roundabout route for seven days, there was no water for the army or the animals with them.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, nor for the beasts that followed them.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    So the kynge of Israel, the kynge of Iuda, & the kynge of Edom wente forth. And whan they had gone aboute seue dayes iourney, ye hoost & the catell yt were amonge the had no water.

  • 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.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And so the king of Israel toke his iourney, and the king of Iuda, and the king of Edom: And when they had compassed the way seuen dayes, they had no water for the hoast, and for the cattayle that folowed them.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, nor for the animals that followed them.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the king of Israel goeth, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom, and they turn round the way seven days, and there hath been no water for the camp, and for the cattle that `are' at their feet,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, nor for the beasts that followed them.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, nor for the beasts that followed them.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey. There was no water for the army, nor for the animals that followed them.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So the kings of Israel, Judah, and Edom set out together. They wandered around on the road for seven days and finally ran out of water for the men and animals they had with them.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 22:47 : 47 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
  • Exod 11:8 : 8 And all these your servants shall come down to me, and bow down to me, saying, Get out, and all the people that follow you: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in great anger.
  • Exod 15:22 : 22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.
  • Exod 17:1 : 1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, following their travels, according to the commandment of the LORD, and camped in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
  • Num 20:2 : 2 And there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron.
  • Num 20:4 : 4 And why have you brought the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness so that we and our livestock should die here?
  • Num 21:5 : 5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loathes this light bread.
  • Num 33:14 : 14 They moved from Alush, and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
  • Judg 4:10 : 10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet, and Deborah went up with him.
  • 1 Kgs 22:27 : 27 And say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 3:6-8
    3 verses
    84%

    6So king Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time and numbered all Israel.

    7And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab to battle?" And he said, "I will go up; I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."

    8And he said, "Which way shall we go up?" And he answered, "The way through the wilderness of Edom."

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

    10And the king of Israel said, "Alas, that the LORD has 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 inquire of the LORD by him?" And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, "Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah."

    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.

    13And Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother." And the king of Israel said to him, "No, for the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab."

  • Judg 11:16-18
    3 verses
    77%

    16But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness to the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;

    17Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray you, pass through your land: but the king of Edom would not listen. And in like manner they sent to the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel stayed in Kadesh.

    18Then they went through the wilderness, and bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and camped on the other side of Arnon, but did not enter the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.

  • Exod 15:22
    75%

    22So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.

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

    20And it happened in the morning, when the grain offering was offered, that suddenly water came from the way of Edom, and the land was filled with water.

    21And when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered all who were able to put on armor, and stood at the border.

    22And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood.

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
    73%

    26And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew swords to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.

  • Exod 17:1
    73%

    1And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, following their travels, according to the commandment of the LORD, and camped in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

  • Num 20:17-21
    5 verses
    73%

    17Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass through fields or vineyards, nor will we drink water from wells; we will go along the King's Highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territories."

    18But Edom said to him, "You shall not pass through my land, lest I come out against you with the sword."

    19So the children of Israel said to him, "We will go by the highway, and if I or my livestock drink any of your water, then I will pay for it; let me only pass through on foot, without doing anything else."

    20Then he said, "You shall not pass through." So Edom came out against them with many men and with a strong army.

    21Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory; so Israel turned away from him.

  • Num 21:4
    71%

    4And they journeyed from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

  • Jer 14:3
    71%

    3And their nobles have sent their little ones to the water; they came to the wells and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

  • Deut 10:7
    71%

    7From there, they journeyed to Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of rivers of waters.

  • Deut 2:1
    71%

    1Then we turned and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea, as the LORD spoke unto me; and we circled Mount Seir many days.

  • Num 33:14
    71%

    14They moved from Alush, and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

  • 1 Kgs 22:2
    70%

    2And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went down to the king of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 22:29
    70%

    29So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead.

  • 1 Kgs 18:5
    70%

    5And Ahab said to Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we do not lose all the beasts.

  • Deut 2:8
    70%

    8And when we passed by from our brethren, the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath and from Ezion-geber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

  • 1 Kgs 13:9
    70%

    9For so was it commanded me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the same way that you came.

  • Amos 4:8
    70%

    8So two or three cities wandered to one city to drink water, but they were not satisfied: yet you have not returned to me, says the LORD.

  • Num 21:22
    69%

    22Let me pass through your land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's highway, until we have passed your borders.

  • 2 Chr 18:28
    69%

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

  • Deut 1:2
    69%

    2(It is eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea.)

  • Num 10:33
    69%

    33And they departed from the mount of the LORD, a three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.

  • 1 Kgs 13:17
    69%

    17For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor return to go by the way that you came.

  • Isa 48:21
    69%

    21And they did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he split the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

  • 2 Chr 18:32
    69%

    32For when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

  • Exod 8:27
    68%

    27We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.

  • Judg 3:28
    68%

    28And he said to them, Follow after me: for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and allowed not a man to pass over.

  • 2 Chr 21:9
    68%

    9Then Jehoram went out with his leaders and all his chariots with him; he rose by night and struck the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots.

  • 1 Kgs 17:7
    68%

    7And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

  • 2 Kgs 8:21
    68%

    21So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.

  • 1 Kgs 22:33
    68%

    33And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

  • 2 Chr 18:3
    68%

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

  • Judg 5:4
    68%

    4LORD, when you went out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens poured, the clouds also poured water.

  • Deut 3:1
    68%

    1Then we turned and went up the way to Bashan, and Og, the king of Bashan, came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.

  • Deut 1:19
    68%

    19And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which you saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh Barnea.