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2 Kings 3:8
“He said, "Which way shall we go up?" He answered, "The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
Verse in context — 2 Kings 3
King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
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?" He said, "I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.
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.
About 2 Kings
The decline of both kingdoms, leading to exile in Assyria and Babylon.
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