World English Bible
"He said, "Which way shall we go up?" He answered, "The way of the wilderness of Edom.""
— 2 Kings 3:8, World English Bible
“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 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.”
But it happened, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab to battle?" He said, "I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."
He said, "Which way shall we go up?" He answered, "The way of the wilderness of Edom."
So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey. There was no water for the army, nor for the animals that followed them.
The king of Israel said, "Alas! For Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab."
But Jehoshaphat said, "Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him?" One of the king of Israel's servants answered, "Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah."