King James Version
2 Kings 3:12 in the King James Version says “And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went ...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
2 Kings 3:12 · KJV
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.
And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And Jehoshaphat”
H3092jehoshaphat, the name of six israelites; also of a valley near jerusalem
“is”
H3426there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“The word”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“went down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“And Jehoshaphat”
H3092jehoshaphat, the name of six israelites; also of a valley near jerusalem
“of Edom”
H123edom, the elder twin-brother of jacob; hence the region (idumaea) occupied by him
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