2 Kings 3:7
in 2 Kings 3And he sent a message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” “I will go,” replied Jehoshaphat. “I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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, my horses as thy horses.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 2 Kings 3
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, the king of Moab hath rebelled against me,.... By refusing to pay him tribute: wilt thou go up with me against Moab to battle? and he said, I will go up; which he agreed to, partly to encourage in the reformation of religion which he had begun, and partly to chastise the Moabites for their invasion of his country, 2Ch 20:
This site's exposition
and numbered all Israel
on 2 Kings 3:6-8
Jehoram's muster and his message to Jehoshaphat, wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle, repeat Ahab's own summons before Ramoth-gilead in 1 Ki 22:4 almost word for word, down to Jehoshaphat's identical answer, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses. Jehoshaphat's readiness to yoke Judah to a northern king's war is the same pattern the chronicler will later rebuke him for at 2 Chr 19:2, lovest thou them that hate the LORD. The route chosen, through the wilderness of Edom, adds a third king and a longer march to an alliance already made.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Those are no friends to their own peace and strength who can never find in their hearts to forgive and forget an old injury, and unite with those that have formerly broken in upon their rights. Quod initio non vulvit, tractu temporis invalescit--That which was originally destitute of authority in the progress of time acquires it.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The close alliance between the two kingdoms still subsisted. Jehoram therefore sends confidently to make the same request with respect to Moab that his father had made two years before with respect to Syria (marginal reference). Jehoshaphat consented at once, notwithstanding that his former compliance had drawn upon him the rebuke of a prophet 2Ch 19:2. Perhaps Jehoram’s removal of the Baal-worship 2Ki 3:2 weighed with him.
My people as thy people - We find that Jehoshaphat maintained the same friendly intercourse with the son, as he did with the father. See 1Ki 22:4.
The words behind it
24 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּ֡לֶךְ | vaiyelekh | and he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ | vaiyishlach | and he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יְהוֹשָׁפָ֨ט | yehoshafat | Jehoshaphat | H3092 → | 84 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוּדָ֜ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| לֵאמֹ֗ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| מֶ֤לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| מוֹאָב֙ | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| פָּשַׁ֣ע | pasha' | he has rebelled | H6586 → | 41 times |
| בִּ֔י | bi | against me | ||
| הֲתֵלֵ֥ךְ | hatelekh | ¿ will you go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אִתִּ֛י | ʾiti | with me | H854 → | 929 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | against | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מוֹאָ֖ב | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה | lamilchamah | for <the> battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֶעֱלֶ֔ה | ʾeeleh | I will go up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| כָּמ֧וֹנִי | kamoni | as me | H3644 → | 143 times |
| כָמ֛וֹךָ | khamokha | as you | H3644 → | 143 times |
| כְּעַמִּ֥י | keami | as people my | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| כְעַמֶּ֖ךָ | kheamekha | as people your | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| כְּסוּסַ֥י | kesusai | as horses my | H5483 → | 140 times |
| כְּסוּסֶֽיךָ׃ | kesuseikha | as horses your | H5483 → | 140 times |
וַיֵּ֡לֶךְand he went
vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times
וַיִּשְׁלַח֩and he sent
vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֨טJehoshaphat
yehoshafatH3092 →84 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
יְהוּדָ֜הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
לֵאמֹ֗ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
מֶ֤לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
מוֹאָב֙Moab
moavH4124 →181 times
פָּשַׁ֣עhe has rebelled
pasha'H6586 →41 times
בִּ֔יagainst me
bi
הֲתֵלֵ֥ךְ¿ will you go
hatelekhH1980 →1546 times
אִתִּ֛יwith me
ʾitiH854 →929 times
אֶל־against
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מוֹאָ֖בMoab
moavH4124 →181 times
לַמִּלְחָמָ֑הfor <the> battle
lamilchamahH4421 →320 times
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֶעֱלֶ֔הI will go up
ʾeelehH5927 →890 times
כָּמ֧וֹנִיas me
kamoniH3644 →143 times
כָמ֛וֹךָas you
khamokhaH3644 →143 times
כְּעַמִּ֥יas people my
keamiH5971 →1873 times
כְעַמֶּ֖ךָas people your
kheamekhaH5971 →1873 times
כְּסוּסַ֥יas horses my
kesusaiH5483 →140 times
כְּסוּסֶֽיךָ׃as horses your
kesuseikhaH5483 →140 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 22:4So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
it leads to
- Ephesians 5:11
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 139:21–22
Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
- 2 Chronicles 18:3
Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am like you, and my people are your people; we will join you in…
- 1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- 2 John 1:11
Whoever greets such a person shares in his evil deeds.
- Ephesians 5:11
Through
2 Chronicles 18:3Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am like you, and my people are your people; we will join you in…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 22:4
So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
- 2 John 1:10–11
If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.
- Psalms 139:21
Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
- 1 Kings 22:4
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PlaceTransjordanMoabThe high country east of the Dead Sea, home of Lot's descendants, where Balak hired Balaam, where Ruth was born, and where Moses l…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.