King James Version
2 Kings 3:10 in the King James Version says “And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand o...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!”
2 Kings 3:10 · KJV
And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them. that: Heb. at their feet
And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“hath called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“that the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“to deliver”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“them into the hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
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