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2 Kings 3:9

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So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.

So the king {H4428} of Israel {H3478} went {H3212}, and the king {H4428} of Judah {H3063}, and the king {H4428} of Edom {H123}: and they fetched a compass {H5437} of seven {H7651} days {H3117}' journey {H1870}: and there was no water {H4325} for the host {H4264}, and for the cattle {H929} that followed {H7272} them.

So the king of Isra'el set out, along with the king of Y'hudah and the king of Edom. After a roundabout journey of seven days, there was no water for either the army or the animals following them.

So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals.

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: and there was no water for the host, nor for the beasts that followed them.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Kings 22:47 (4 votes)

    [There was] then no king in Edom: a deputy [was] king.

  • Numbers 20:4 (2 votes)

    And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?

  • Exodus 17:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and [there was] no water for the people to drink.

  • Judges 4:10 (2 votes)

    ¶ And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.

  • Exodus 15:22 (2 votes)

    ¶ So Moses brought Israel 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.

  • Numbers 20:2 (2 votes)

    And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

  • Numbers 33:14 (2 votes)

    And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.