2 Kings 3:1 Explained in Context

Verse 1. ¹ Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

Verse 2. ² And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.

Verse 3. ³ Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

Verse 4. ⁴ And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.

Verse 5. ⁵ But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

Verse 6. ⁶ And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.

Verse 7. ⁷ And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.

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