2 Kings 3:8
Good News Translation
What route shall we take for the attack?" "We will go the long way through the wilderness of Edom," Joram answered.

New Revised Standard Version
Then he asked, “By which way shall we march?” Jehoram answered, “By the way of the wilderness of Edom.”

Contemporary English Version
But which way should we go?" "We will march through Edom Desert," Joram replied.

New American Bible
He said, “By what route shall we attack?” and the other said, “By way of the wilderness of Edom.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: Which way shall we go up? But he answered: By the desert of Edom.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he said: Which way shall we go up? But he answered: By the desert of Edom.

the wilderness of Edom.

Numbers 13:21 And when they were gone up, they viewed the land from the desert of Sin, unto Rohob as you enter into Emath.

Numbers 13:21 And when they were gone up, they viewed the land from the desert of Sin, unto Rohob as you enter into Emath.

Numbers 21:4 And they marched from mount Hor, by the way that leadeth to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom. And the people began to be weary of their journey and labour:

Malachi 1:2,3 I have loved you, saith the Lord: and you have said: Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau brother to Jacob, saith the Lord, and I have loved Jacob, . . .

Context
Joram Overcomes Moab's Rebellion
7And he sent to Josaphat; king of Juda, saying: The king of Moab is revolted from me: come with me against him to battle. And he answered: I will come up: he that is mine, is thine: my people are thy people: and my horses, thy horses. 8And he said: Which way shall we go up? But he answered: By the desert of Edom.9So the king of Israel, and the king of Juda, and the king of Edom, went, and they fetched a compass of seven days journey, and there was no water for the army, and for the beasts, that followed them.…
Cross References
2 Kings 3:7
And he sent to Josaphat; king of Juda, saying: The king of Moab is revolted from me: come with me against him to battle. And he answered: I will come up: he that is mine, is thine: my people are thy people: and my horses, thy horses.

2 Kings 3:9
So the king of Israel, and the king of Juda, and the king of Edom, went, and they fetched a compass of seven days journey, and there was no water for the army, and for the beasts, that followed them.

2 Kings 3:7
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