World English Bible
2 Kings 3:10
“The king of Israel said, "Alas! For Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
Verse in context — 2 Kings 3
He said, "Which way shall we go up?" He answered, "The way of the wilderness of Edom.
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.
The king of Israel said, "Alas! For Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
But 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.
Jehoshaphat said, "The word of Yahweh is with him." So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
About 2 Kings
The decline of both kingdoms, leading to exile in Assyria and Babylon.
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