Catholic Public Domain Version
"And he said, “Along which way shall we ascend?” So he responded, “Along the desert of Idumea.” "
— 2 Kings 3:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.”
“And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom. ”
“He said, "Which way shall we go up?" He answered, "The way of the wilderness of Edom."”
“He then asked,“Which invasion route are we going to take?” Jehoram answered,“By the road through the wilderness of Edom.””
“And he said: Which way shall we go up? But he answered: By the desert of Edom.”
“And he said, Which way are we to go? And he said in answer, By the waste land of Edom.”
“And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.”
And when Ahab had died, he transgressed the pact that he had with the king of Israel.
Therefore, king Joram departed on that day from Samaria, and he took a count of all of Israel.
And he sent to Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, saying: “The king of Moab has withdrawn from me. Come to battle with me against him.” And he responded: “I will go up. What is mine, is yours. My people are your people. And my horses are your horses.”
And he said, “Along which way shall we ascend?” So he responded, “Along the desert of Idumea.”
Therefore, the king of Israel, and the king of Judah, and the king of Idumea, traveled, and they went by a circuitous path for seven days. But there was no water for the army or for the beasts of burden which were following them.
And the king of Israel said: “Alas, alas, alas! The Lord has gathered we three kings, so that he might deliver us into the hands of Moab.”
And Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord here, so that we may appeal to the Lord through him?” And one of the servants of the king of Israel responded, “Elisha, the son of Shaphat, is here, who poured water upon the hands of Elijah.”