2 Kings 3 · Verse 6

2 Kings 3:6

And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.
2 Kings 3:6, King James Version

2 Kings 3:6 in other translations

BSBSo at that time King Jehoram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel.
WEBKing Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
ASVAnd king Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
YLTAnd king Jehoram goeth out in that day from Samaria, and inspecteth all Israel,
DARBYAnd at that time king Jehoram went out of Samaria and inspected all Israel.
BBEAt that time, King Jehoram went out from Samaria and got all Israel together in fighting order.
WebsterAnd king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.

What does 2 Kings 3:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 3:4-6

4-6. Mesha king of Moab, &c.--As his dominions embraced an extensive pasture country, he paid, as annual tribute, the wool of a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand rams. It is still common in the East to pay custom and taxes in the fruits or natural produce of the land.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 3:6-19
The king of Israel laments their distress, and the danger they were in. He called these kings together, yet he charges it upon Providence. Thus the foolishness of man perverteth his way, and then his heart fretteth against the Lord, Pr 19:3. It was well that Jehoshaphat inquired of the Lord now, but it had been much better if he had done it before he engaged in this war. Good men sometimes neglect their duty, till necessity and affliction drive them to it. Wicked people often fare the better for the friendship and society of the godly. To try their faith and obedience, Elisha bids them make the valley full of pits to receive water. Those who expect God's blessings, must dig pools for the rain to fill, as in the valley of Baca, and thus make even that a well, Psa 84:6. We need not inquire whence the water came. God is not tied to second causes. They that sincerely seek for the dew of God's grace, shall have it, and by it be made more than conquerors.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Kings 3:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּצֵ֞אvai.ye.Tze'and he went outH3318
הַמֶּ֧לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
יְהוֹרָ֛םye.ho.RamJehoramH3088
בַּיּ֥וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117
הַה֖וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
מִשֹּׁמְר֑וֹןmi.sho.me.Ronfrom SamariaH8111
וַיִּפְקֹ֖דvai.yif.Kodand he musteredH6485
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 3:6

  • 1 Kings 20:27

    And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.

  • 1 Samuel 15:4

    And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

  • 1 Samuel 11:8

    And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

  • 2 Samuel 24:1-25

    And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people. And Joab said unto the king, Now the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing? Notwithstanding the king’s word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3109. B.C. 895. numbered.
1Sa 11:8; 15:4; 2Sa 24:1-25; 1Ki 20:27

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Context

  • 2 Kings 3:5

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

  • 2 Kings 3:6

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

  • 2 Kings 3:7

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

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2 Kings 3:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y salió entonces de Samaria el rey Joram, é inspeccionó á todo Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le roi Joram sortit en ce temps-là de Samarie, et passa en revue tout Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und der König Joram zog in selbiger Zeit von Samaria aus und musterte ganz Israel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Egressus est igitur rex Joram in die illa de Samaria, et recensuit universum Israël.