2 Kings 3:6

6 And king Jehoram goeth out in that day from Samaria, and inspecteth 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 sheep-master, and he rendered to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, [with] wool,

5 and it cometh to pass at the death of Ahab, that the king of Moab transgresseth against the king of Israel.

6 And king Jehoram goeth out in that day from Samaria, and inspecteth all Israel,

7 and goeth and sendeth unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, saying, `The king of Moab hath transgressed against me; dost thou go with me unto Moab for battle?' and he saith, `I go up, as I, so thou; as my people, so thy people; as my horses, so thy horses.

8 And he saith, `Where [is] this -- the way we go up?' and he saith, `The way of the wilderness of Edom.'