2 Kings 3:7

7 Then he went and sent word to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?" And he said, "I will go up; ¹I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."

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2 Kings 3:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 3:7

And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying,
the king of Moab hath rebelled against me
By refusing to pay him tribute:

wilt thou go up with me against Moab to battle? and he said, I will go
up;
which he agreed to, partly to encourage in the reformation of religion which he had begun, and partly to chastise the Moabites for their invasion of his country, ( 2 Chronicles 20:1 ) .

I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses;
the same answer he returned to Ahab, (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:4).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

2 Kings 3:7 In-Context

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

6 And King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time and mustered all Israel.

7 Then he went and sent word to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?" And he said, "I will go up; I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."

8 He said, "Which way shall we go up?" And he answered, "The way of the wilderness of Edom."

9 So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey, and there was no water for the army or for the cattle that followed them.

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1. 1 Kings 22:4

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