2Kings:3

---

Seeker Overlay ON

* Now Jehoram the son of Ahab #Ach #ab # began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth sh @moneh # year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah , and reigned twelve sh @nayim # years . * And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD ; but not like his father , and like his mother : for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made . * Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , which made Israel to sin ; he departed not therefrom . * And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster , and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs , and an hundred thousand rams , with the wool . * But it came to pass , when Ahab #Ach #ab # was dead , that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel Yisra #el #. * And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time , and numbered all Israel Yisra #el #. * And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah , saying , The king of Moab hath rebelled against me : wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle ? And he said , I will go up : I am as thou art , my people as thy people , and my horses as thy horses . * 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 . * And the king of Israel said , Alas ! that the LORD hath called # these three kings together , to deliver them into the hand of Moab Mow #ab #! * 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 Israels 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 Yisra #el #, 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 Mow #ab #. * 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 . * But now bring me a minstrel . And it came to pass , when the minstrel played , that the hand of the LORD came upon him . * And he said , Thus saith the LORD , Make this valley full of ditches . * For thus saith the LORD , Ye shall not see wind , neither shall ye see rain ; yet that valley shall be filled with water , that ye may drink , both ye , and your cattle , and your beasts . * And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD : he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand . * And ye shall smite every fenced city , and every choice city , and shall fell every good tree , and stop all wells of water , and mar ka ' every good piece of land with stones . * And it came to pass in the morning , when the meat offering was offered , that , behold , there came water by the way of Edom , and the country was filled with water . * And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them , they gathered all that were able to put on armour , and upward ma #al #, 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 as red as blood : * And they said , This is blood : the kings are surely slain , and they have smitten one another : now therefore , Moab Mow #ab #, to the spoil . * And when they came to the camp of Israel Yisra #el #, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites Mow #ab #, so that they fled before them : but they went forward smiting the Moabites Mow #ab #, even in their country . * And they beat down the cities , and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone , and filled it ; and they stopped all the wells of water , and felled all the good trees : only in Kirharaseth Qiyrleft they the stones thereof ; howbeit the slingers went about it , and smote it . * And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him , he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords , to break through even unto the king of Edom : but they could not . * 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 against Israel Yisra #el #: and they departed from him , and returned to their own land .

---