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drb @2Kings:3:1 @And Joram the son of Achab reigned over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of m Josaphat king of Juda . And he reigned twelve years . drb @2Kings:3:2 @And he did evil before the Lord , but not like his father and his mother : for he took away the statues of Baal , which his father had made . drb @2Kings:3:3 @Nevertheless he stuck to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat , who made Israel to sin , nor did he depart from them . drb @2Kings:3:4 @Now Mesa , king of Moab , nourished many sheep , and he paid to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs , and a hundred thousand rams with their fleeces . drb @2Kings:3:5 @And when Achab was dead , he broke the league which he had made with the king of Israel . drb @2Kings:3:6 @And king Joram went out that day from Samaria , and mustered all Israel . drb @2Kings:3:7 @And he sent to Josaphat king of Juda , saying : The king of Moab is revolted from me , come with me against him to battle . And he answered : I will come up : he that is mine , is thine : my people , thy people : and my horses , thy horses . drb @2Kings:3:8 @And he said : Which way shall we go up ? But he answered : By the desert of Edom . drb @2Kings:3:9 @So the king of Israel , and the king of Juda , and the king of Edom went , and they fetched a compass of seven days ' journey , and there was no water for the army , and for the beasts , that followed them . drb @2Kings:3:10 @And the king of Israel said : Alas , alas , alas , the Lord hath gathered us three kings together , to deliver us into the hands of Moab ! drb @2Kings:3:11 @And Josaphat said : Is there not here a prophet of the Lord , that we may beseech the Lord by him ? And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered : Here is Eliseus the son of Saphat , who poured water on the hands of Elias . drb @2Kings:3:12 @And Josaphat said : The word of the Lord is with him . And the king of Israel , and Josaphat king of Juda , and the king of Edom went down to him . drb @2Kings:3:13 @And Eliseus said to the king of Israel : What have I to do with thee ? go to the prophets of thy father , and thy mother . And the king of Israel said to him : Why hath the Lord gathered together these three kings , to deliver them into the hands of Moab ? drb @2Kings:3:14 @And Eliseus said to him : As the Lord of hosts liveth , in whose sight I stand , if I did not reverence the face of Josaphat king of Juda , I would not have hearkened to thee , nor looked on thee . drb @2Kings:3:15 @But now bring me hither a minstrel . And when the minstrel played , the hand of the Lord came upon him , and he said : drb @2Kings:3:16 @Thus saith the Lord : Make the channel of this torrent full of ditches . drb @2Kings:3:17 @For thus saith the Lord : You shall not see wind , nor rain : and yet this channel shall be filled with waters , and you shall drink , you and your families , and your beasts . drb @2Kings:3:18 @And this is a small thing in the sight of the Lord : moreover he will deliver also Moab into your hands . drb @2Kings:3:19 @And you shall destroy every fenced city , and every choice city , and shall cut down every fruitful tree , and shall stop up all the springs of waters , and every goodly field you shall cover with stones . drb @2Kings:3:20 @And it came to pass in the morning , when the sacrifices used to be offered , that behold , water came by the way of Edom , and the country was filled with water . drb @2Kings:3:21 @And all the Moabites hearing that the kings were come up to fight against them , gathered together all that were girded with a belt upon them , and stood in the borders . drb @2Kings:3:22 @And they rose early in the morning , and the sun being now up , and shining upon the waters , the Moabites saw the waters over against them red , like blood , drb @2Kings:3:23 @And they said : It is the blood of the sword : the kings have fought among themselves , and they have killed one another : go now , Moab , to the spoils . drb @2Kings:3:24 @And they went into the camp of Israel : but Israel rising up defeated Moab , who fled before them . And they being conquerors , went and smote Moab . drb @2Kings:3:25 @And they destroyed the cities : and they filled every goodly field , every man casting his stone : and they stopt up all the springs of waters : and cut down all the trees that bore fruit , so that brick walls only remained : and the city was beset by the slingers , and a great part thereof destroyed . drb @2Kings:3:26 @And when the king of Moab saw this , to wit , that the enemies had prevailed , he took with him seven hundred men that drew the sword , to break in upon the king of Edom : but they could not . drb @2Kings:3:27 @Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead , and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall : and there was great indignation in Israel , and presently they departed from him , and returned into their own country .

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