John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 3:9

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, etc.] The way of the wilderness of Edom, proposed by the latter: and the king of Edom; whom they took with them in their way, who was not properly a king, but a viceroy or deputy, (see <112247>1 Kings 22:47) and they fetched a compass of seven days journey; they went round the Dead Sea, and through the wilderness of Edom, and so to the borders of Moab: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them; neither for the soldiers in the army, nor the cattle that drew the carriages, being in a wilderness.

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