2 Kings 3:8

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

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WEBBE

Then he said, “Which way shall we go up?” Jehoram answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”

BSB

Then he asked, “Which way shall we go up?” “By way of the Desert of Edom,” replied Joram.

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

And he said, Which way are we to go? And he said in answer, By the waste land of Edom.

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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 אֵי־ 'ei- where H335 זֶה zeh this H2088 הַדֶּרֶךְ ha·de·rekh [is] the way H1870 נַעֲלֶה na·'a·leh [which] we will go up H5927 וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 דֶּרֶךְ de·rekh [the] way of H1870 מִדְבַּר mid·bar [the] wilderness of H4057 אֱדוֹם 'e·dom Edom H123

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 6–19

The king of Israel laments their distress, and the danger they were in. He called these kings together, yet he charges it upon Providence. Thus the foolishness of man perverteth his way, and then his heart fretteth against the Lord, Pr 19:3. It was well that Jehoshaphat inquired of the Lord now, but it had been much better if he had done it before he engaged in this war. Good men sometimes neglect their duty, till necessity and affliction drive them to it. Wicked people often fare the better for the friendship and society of the godly. To try their faith and obedience, Elisha bids them make the valley full of pits to receive water. Those who expect God's blessings, must dig pools for the rain to fill, as in the valley of Baca, and thus make even that a well, Psa 84:6. We need not inquire whence the water came. God is not tied to second causes. They that sincerely seek for the dew of God's grace, shall have it, and by it be made more than conquerors.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.