He wentוַיֵּלֶךְand sentוַיִּשְׁלַחtoאֶלJehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָטkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהsaying,לֵאמֹר“The kingמֶלֶךְof Moabמוֹאָבhas rebelledפָּשַׁעagainst me.בִּיWill you goהֲתֵלֵךְwith meאִתִּיtoאֶלMoabמוֹאָבfor battle?”לַמִּלְחָמָהHe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“I will go up;אֶעֱלֶהI amכָּמוֹנִיas you are,כָמוֹךָmy peopleכְּעַמִּיas your people,כְעַמֶּךָmy horsesכְּסוּסַיas your horses.”כְּסוּסֶיךָ
2 Kings 3:7
Study it in the app“He went and sent to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to Moab for battle?” He said, “I will go up; I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 3:7, word by word
- He wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- and sentיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appears- 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- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- has rebelledפָּשַׁעpasha
rebel
To rise up against a king.
Where else “pasha” appears- for battleמִּלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- “I will go upאֶעֱלֶהeele
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “eele” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “ami” appears- my horsesסוּסַsusa
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “susa” appears
Places in this verse
Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
The context
6King Joram went out on that day from Samaria and mustered all Israel.
7 · This verse (above)
8He said, “Which way shall we go up?” He said, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”