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Good News Translation

2 Kings 3:6

At once King Joram left Samaria and gathered all his troops.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Faith;   Hindrances;   Jehoshaphat;   Tested;   Tests, Spiritual;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;   Moabites;   Samaria, Ancient;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Mesha;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   Moab;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Government;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jehoram;   Jehoshaphat;   Moabite Stone;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dibon;   Edom;   Holman Bible Dictionary - King, Kingship;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Kir-Hareseth;   Mesha;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Edom, Edomites;   Jehoshaphat;   Medeba;   Mesha;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Joram, Jehoram;   Mesha ;   Moab, Moabites ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Kirharaseth;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Armor;   Arms;   Jehoshaphat;   Mesha;   Moab;   Samaria;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'sha;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chemosh;   Joel (2);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So King Joram marched out from Samaria at that time and mobilized all Israel.
Hebrew Names Version
King Yehoram went out of Shomron at that time, and mustered all Yisra'el.
King James Version
And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.
English Standard Version
So King Jehoram marched out of Samaria at that time and mustered all Israel.
New Century Version
So King Joram went out from Samaria and gathered Israel's army.
New English Translation
At that time King Jehoram left Samaria and assembled all Israel for war.
Amplified Bible
So King Jehoram left Samaria at that time and assembled all [the fighting men of] Israel.
New American Standard Bible
So King Jehoram left Samaria for battle at that time and mustered all Israel.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore King Iehoram went out of Samaria the same season, and nombred all Israel,
Legacy Standard Bible
And King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time and mustered all Israel.
Contemporary English Version
One day, Joram left Samaria and called together Israel's army.
Complete Jewish Bible
Y'horam left Shomron and mustered all Isra'el.
Darby Translation
And at that time king Jehoram went out of Samaria and inspected all Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then King Joram went out of Samaria and gathered together all the men of Israel.
George Lamsa Translation
And King Joram went out of Samaria at the same time and numbered all Israel.
Lexham English Bible
So King Joram went out on that day from Samaria, and he mustered all of Israel.
Literal Translation
And King Jehoram went out in that day from Samaria, and called up all Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
At ye same tyme wete kynge Ioram fro Samaria, & mustered all Israel,
American Standard Version
And king Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
Bible in Basic English
At that time, King Jehoram went out from Samaria and got all Israel together in fighting order.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And king Iehoram went out of Samaria the same season, and numbred all Israel:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And king Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
King James Version (1611)
And king Iehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbred all Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And king Joram went forth in that day out of Samaria, and numbered Israel.
English Revised Version
And king Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
So at that time King Jehoram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor kyng Joram yede out of Samarie in that dai, and noumbride al Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
And king Jehoram goeth out in that day from Samaria, and inspecteth all Israel,
Update Bible Version
And king Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.
World English Bible
King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
New King James Version
So King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time and mustered all Israel.
New Living Translation
So King Joram promptly mustered the army of Israel and marched from Samaria.
New Life Bible
So King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time and called all Israel together.
New Revised Standard
So King Jehoram marched out of Samaria at that time and mustered all Israel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So King Jehoram went forth, on that day, out of Samaria, and numbered all Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And king Joram went out that day from Samaria, and mustered all Israel.
Revised Standard Version
So King Jeho'ram marched out of Sama'ria at that time and mustered all Israel.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time and mustered all Israel.

Contextual Overview

6 At once King Joram left Samaria and gathered all his troops. 7 He sent word to King Jehoshaphat of Judah: "The king of Moab has rebelled against me; will you join me in war against him?" "I will," King Jehoshaphat replied. "I am at your disposal, and so are my men and my horses. 8 What route shall we take for the attack?" "We will go the long way through the wilderness of Edom," Joram answered. 9 So King Joram and the kings of Judah and Edom set out. After marching seven days, they ran out of water, and there was none left for the men or the pack animals. 10 "We're done for!" King Joram exclaimed. "The Lord has put the three of us at the mercy of the king of Moab!" 11 King Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there a prophet here through whom we can consult the Lord ?" An officer of King Joram's forces answered, "Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He was Elijah's assistant." 12 "He is a true prophet," King Jehoshaphat said. So the three kings went to Elisha. 13 "Why should I help you?" Elisha said to the king of Israel. "Go and consult those prophets that your father and mother consulted." "No!" Joram replied. "It is the Lord who has put us three kings at the mercy of the king of Moab." 14 Elisha answered, "By the living Lord , whom I serve, I swear that I would have nothing to do with you if I didn't respect your ally, King Jehoshaphat of Judah. 15 Now get me a musician." As the musician played his harp, the power of the Lord came on Elisha,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3109, bc 895

numbered: 1 Samuel 11:8, 1 Samuel 15:4, 2 Samuel 24:1-25, 1 Kings 20:27

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
Now the snake was the most cunning animal that the Lord God had made. The snake asked the woman, "Did God really tell you not to eat fruit from any tree in the garden?"
Genesis 3:2
"We may eat the fruit of any tree in the garden," the woman answered,
Genesis 3:12
The man answered, "The woman you put here with me gave me the fruit, and I ate it."
Genesis 3:14
Then the Lord God said to the snake, "You will be punished for this; you alone of all the animals must bear this curse: From now on you will crawl on your belly, and you will have to eat dust as long as you live.
Genesis 3:15
I will make you and the woman hate each other; her offspring and yours will always be enemies. Her offspring will crush your head, and you will bite her offspring's heel."
Genesis 3:17
And he said to the man, "You listened to your wife and ate the fruit which I told you not to eat. Because of what you have done, the ground will be under a curse. You will have to work hard all your life to make it produce enough food for you.
Genesis 3:19
You will have to work hard and sweat to make the soil produce anything, until you go back to the soil from which you were formed. You were made from soil, and you will become soil again."
Genesis 6:2
some of the heavenly beings saw that these young women were beautiful, so they took the ones they liked.
Genesis 39:7
and after a while his master's wife began to desire Joseph and asked him to go to bed with her.
Joshua 7:21
Among the things we seized I saw a beautiful Babylonian cloak, about five pounds of silver, and a bar of gold weighing over one pound. I wanted them so much that I took them. You will find them buried inside my tent, with the silver at the bottom."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And King Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, e.] As soon as he came to the throne:

and numbered all Israel who were fit to bear arms, got them together at some certain place, and mustered them, and prepared for a war with Moab, to reduce them.


 
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