2 Kings 3:6

6 So at that time King Joram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel.

2 Kings 3:6 in Other Translations

6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.

6 So King Jehoram marched out of Samaria at that time and mustered all Israel.

6 So King Joram promptly mustered the army of Israel and marched from Samaria.

6 So King Joram set out from Samaria and prepared Israel for war.

6 So King Joram marched out from Samaria at that time and mobilized all Israel.

2 Kings 3:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 3:6

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.

2 Kings 3:6 In-Context

4 Now Mesha king of Moab raised sheep, and he had to pay the king of Israel a tribute of a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.

5 But after Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

6 So at that time King Joram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel.

7 He also sent this 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 with you,” he replied. “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”

8 “By what route shall we attack?” he asked. “Through the Desert of Edom,” he answered.