2 Kings 3:6

6 King Joram immediately left Samaria to prepare Israel's army for war.

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 King Mesha of Moab raised sheep. [Each year] he had to pay the king of Israel 100,000 male lambs and the wool from 100,000 rams.

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

6 King Joram immediately left Samaria to prepare Israel's army for war.

7 He sent this message to King Jehoshaphat of Judah: "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you fight Moab with me?" Jehoshaphat answered, "I'll go. I will do what you do. My troops will do what your troops do. My horses will do what your horses do."

8 Joram asked, "Which road should we take?" Jehoshaphat answered, "The road through the desert of Edom."