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* And Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah , and reigned twelve years . * And he did evil in the sight of the LORD , but not like his father and his mother ; for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made . * But he clung to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , who made Israel to sin . He did not depart from them . * And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster , and paid to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs , and a hundred thousand rams with the wool . * And it happened when Ahab was dead , the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel . * And king Jehoram went out of Samaria at the same time and numbered all Israel . * And 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 ? And he said , I will go up . I [am ] as you are ], my people as your people , my horses as your horses . * And he said , Which way shall we go up ? And he answered , The way through the wilderness of Edom . * And the king of Israel and the king of Judah , and the king of Edom went . And they went around behind for seven days ' journey . And there was no water for the army , and for the cattle that followed them . * And the king of Israel said , Alas ! that the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab ! * And Jehoshaphat said , [Is there ] not here a prophet of the LORD , that we may ask of the LORD by him ? And one of the king of Israel 's servants answered and said , Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat , who poured water on the hands of Elijah . * And Jehoshaphat said , The word of the LORD is with him . And the king of Israel , and Jehoshaphat , and the king of Edom went down to him . * And Elisha said to the king of Israel , What do I have to do with you ? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother . And the king of Israel said to him , No , for the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab . * And Elisha said , [As ] the LORD of hosts lives , before whom I stand , surely if it were not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah , I would not look toward you nor see you . * And now bring me a minstrel . And it happened when the minstrel played , the hand of the LORD came on him . * And he said , So says the LORD , Make this valley full of ditches . * For so says the LORD , You shall not see wind , nor shall you see rain . Still that valley shall be filled [with ] water , so that you may drink , both you and your cattle , and your animals . * And this is a light thing in the sight of the LORD . He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand . * And you shall strike every fortified city , and every choice city . And you shall cut down every good tree and stop all wells of water , and mar every good piece [of land ] with stones . * And it happened in the morning when the food offering was offered , behold , water came by the way of Edom , and the country was filled with water . * And all Moab had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them , they gathered all that were able to put on [armor ], and upward , and stood in the border . * And they rose up early in the morning , and the sun shone upon the water , and the Moabites saw the water on the other side red [like ] blood . * And they said , This [is ] blood . The kings are surely slain , and they have stricken one another . And now , Moab , to the spoil ! * And they came to the camp of Israel , and the Israelites rose up and struck the Moabites , so that they fled before them . But they [entered it and ] struck Moab . * And they beat down the cities , and each man cast his stone on every good piece [of land ], and filled it . And they stopped all the wells of water , and cut down all the good trees . Only in Kir-haraseth did they leave the stones of it . But the slingers surrounded it and struck it . * And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too strong for him , he took with him seven hundred men who drew swords , in order to break through to the king of Edom . And they could not . * And he took his oldest son , who would have reigned in his place , and offered him [for ] a burnt offering on the wall . And there was great anger against Israel . And they left him , and returned to the land .

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