2 Kings 3:6

6 And at that time king Jehoram went out of Samaria and inspected 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 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool.

5 And it came to pass when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

6 And at that time king Jehoram went out of Samaria and inspected all Israel.

7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.

8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he said, By way of the wilderness of Edom.