2 Kings 3:9

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 22:47 : 47 There was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
  • Exod 11:8 : 8 All these your servants shall come down to me, and bow down themselves to me, saying, "Get out, with all the people who follow you;" and after that I will go out.'" He went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
  • Exod 15:22 : 22 Moses led Israel onward 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 All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to Yahweh's commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.
  • Num 20:2 : 2 There was no water for the congregation: and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
  • Num 20:4 : 4 Why have you brought the assembly of Yahweh into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals?
  • Num 21:5 : 5 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, and there is no water; and our soul loathes this light bread."
  • Num 33:14 : 14 They traveled from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
  • Judg 4:10 : 10 Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
  • 1 Kgs 22:27 : 27 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."'"

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  • 2 Kgs 3:6-8
    3 verses
    84%

    6King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.

    7He 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?" He said, "I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."

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

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

    10The king of Israel said, "Alas! For Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab."

    11But Jehoshaphat said, "Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him?" One of the king of Israel's servants answered, "Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah."

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

    13Elisha 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." The king of Israel said to him, "No; for Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab."

  • Judg 11:16-18
    3 verses
    77%

    16but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;

    17then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, 'Please let me pass through your land;' but the king of Edom didn't listen. In the same way, he sent to the king of Moab; but he would not: and Israel stayed in Kadesh.

    18Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they didn't come within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.

  • Exod 15:22
    75%

    22Moses led Israel onward 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%

    20It happened in the morning, about the time of offering the offering, that behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

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

    22They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood.

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
    73%

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

  • Exod 17:1
    73%

    1All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to Yahweh's commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.

  • Num 20:17-21
    5 verses
    73%

    17"Please let us pass through your land: we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go along the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your border."

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

    19The children of Israel said to him, "We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of your water, I and my livestock, then will I give its price: let me only, without [doing] anything [else], pass through on my feet."

    20He said, "You shall not pass through." Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand.

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

  • Num 21:4
    71%

    4They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

  • Jer 14:3
    71%

    3Their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.

  • Deut 10:7
    71%

    7From there they traveled to Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water.

  • Deut 2:1
    71%

    1Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Yahweh spoke to me; and we encircled Mount Seir many days.

  • Num 33:14
    71%

    14They traveled from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

  • 1 Kgs 22:2
    70%

    2It happened in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came 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 Ramoth Gilead.

  • 1 Kgs 18:5
    70%

    5Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals."

  • Deut 2:8
    70%

    8So we passed by from our brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah 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 Yahweh, saying, 'You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that you came.'"

  • Amos 4:8
    70%

    8So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.

  • Num 21:22
    69%

    22"Let me pass through your land: we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's highway, until we have passed your border."

  • 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%

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

  • Num 10:33
    69%

    33They set forward from the Mount of Yahweh three days' journey. The ark of the covenant of Yahweh went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting place for them.

  • 1 Kgs 13:17
    69%

    17For it was said to me by the word of Yahweh, 'You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that you came.'"

  • Isa 48:21
    69%

    21They didn't 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%

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

  • Exod 8:27
    68%

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

  • Judg 3:28
    68%

    28He said to them, "Follow me; for Yahweh has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand." They followed him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and didn't allow any man to pass over.

  • 2 Chr 21:9
    68%

    9Then Jehoram passed over with his captains, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, along with the captains of the chariots.

  • 1 Kgs 17:7
    68%

    7It happened after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

  • 2 Kgs 8:21
    68%

    21Then Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.

  • 1 Kgs 22:33
    68%

    33It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

  • 2 Chr 18:3
    68%

    3Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, "Will you go with me to Ramoth Gilead?" 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%

    4"Yahweh, when you went forth out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped 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%

    19We traveled from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw, by the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as Yahweh our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh Barnea.