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Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָטsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“The wordדְּבַרof YHWHיְהוָהisיֵשׁwith him.”אוֹתוֹSo the kingמֶלֶךְof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלand Jehoshaphatוִיהוֹשָׁפָטand the kingוּמֶלֶךְof Edomאֱדוֹםwent downוַיֵּרְדוּto him.אֵלָיו
2 Kings 3:12
Study it in the app“Jehoshaphat said, “The word of YHWH is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 3:12, word by word
- Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָטyehoshafat
Jehoshaphat
Jehoshaphat: the name of several men; among them David's recorder (2 Samuel 8:16) and a king of Judah (1 Kings 22). It means "YHWH has judged." It is also the name of a valley (Joel 3).
Where else “yehoshafat” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “The wordדְּבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- So the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- of Edomאֱדוֹםedom
Edom
See it on the mapWhere else “edom” appears- went downיֵּרְדוּyerdu
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yerdu” appears
Places in this verse
Edom
Today: southern Jordan and the southern Negev
A mountain region south of the Dead Sea, in what is now southwest Jordan.
The Edomites came from Esau, Jacob's brother (Gen 36:1). Edom would not let Israel pass through its land (Num 20:14-21).
The context
11Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not here a prophet of YHWH, that we may consult YHWH through him?” One of the servants of the king of Israel answered and said, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.”
12 · This verse (above)
13Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I and you to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother.” The king of Israel said to him, “No, for YHWH has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.”