8"By what route shall we attack?" he asked. "Through the Desert of Edom," he answered.


In Context

5 But after Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

6 So at that time King Joram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel.

7 He also sent this message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?" "I will go with you," he replied. "I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."

8 "By what route shall we attack?" he asked. "Through the Desert of Edom," he answered.

9 So the king of Israel set out with the king of Judah and the king of Edom. After a roundabout march of seven days, the army had no more water for themselves or for the animals with them.

10 "What!" exclaimed the king of Israel. "Has the Lord called us three kings together only to hand us over to Moab?"

2nd Kings 3:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:8And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:8And he said: Which way shall we go up? But he answered: By the desert of Edom.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:8And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he said, By way of the wilderness of Edom.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:8And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8And he said, which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8He said, |Which way shall we go up?| He answered, |The way of the wilderness of Edom.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8And he saith, 'Where is this — the way we go up?' and he saith, 'The way of the wilderness of Edom.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:8And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.