2 Kings 3:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 3:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 3:8 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 3:8 — KJV
“And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.”
— 2 Kings 3:8 (KJV)
2 Kings 3:8 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 3:8
“But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. harnessed: or, by five in a rank”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 3:8: way, through, wilderness
“Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 3:8: way, through, edom
“And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 3:8: way, through, wilderness
“And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 3:8: way, through, wilderness
“Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 3:8: through, wilderness, edom
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