3:1 Now
Jehoram
the
son
of
Ahab
began
to
reign
over
Israel
in
Samaria
in
the
eighteenth
year
of
Jehoshaphat
king
of
Judah,
and
reigned
twelve
years.
3:2 And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
but
not
like
his
father,
and
like
his
mother;
for
he
put
away
the
pillar
of
Baal
that
his
father
had
made.
3:3 Nevertheless
he
cleaved
unto
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
wherewith
he
made
Israel
to
sin;
he
departed
not
therefrom.
3:4 Now
Mesha
king
of
Moab
was
a
sheep-master;
and
he
rendered
unto
the
king
of
Israel
the
wool
of
a
hundred
thousand
lambs,
and
of
a
hundred
thousand
rams.
3:5 But
it
came
to
pass,
when
Ahab
was
dead,
that
the
king
of
Moab
rebelled
against
the
king
of
Israel.
3:6 And
king
Jehoram
went
out
of
Samaria
at
that
time,
and
mustered
all
Israel.
3:7 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,
my
horses
as
thy
horses.
3:8 And
he
said,
Which
way
shall
we
go
up
And
he
answered,
The
way
of
the
wilderness
of
Edom.
3:9 So
the
king
of
Israel
went,
and
the
king
of
Judah,
and
the
king
of
Edom;
and
they
made
a
circuit
of
seven
days'
journey:
and
there
was
no
water
for
the
host,
nor
for
the
beasts
that
followed
them.
3:10 And
the
king
of
Israel
said,
Alas!
for
Jehovah
hath
called
these
three
kings
together
to
deliver
them
into
the
hand
of
Moab.
3:11 But
Jehoshaphat
said,
Is
there
not
here
a
prophet
of
Jehovah,
that
we
may
inquire
of
Jehovah
by
him
And
one
of
the
king
of
Israel's
servants
answered
and
said,
Elisha
the
son
of
Shaphat
is
here,
who
poured
water
on
the
hands
of
Elijah.
3:12 And
Jehoshaphat
said,
The
word
of
Jehovah
is
with
him.
So
the
king
of
Israel
and
Jehoshaphat
and
the
king
of
Edom
went
down
to
him.
3:13 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
Jehovah
hath
called
these
three
kings
together
to
deliver
them
into
the
hand
of
Moab.
3:14 And
Elisha
said,
As
Jehovah
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.
3:15 But
now
bring
me
a
minstrel.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
minstrel
played,
that
the
hand
of
Jehovah
came
upon
him.
3:16 And
he
said,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
Make
this
valley
full
of
trenches.
3:17 For
thus
saith
Jehovah,
Ye
shall
not
see
wind,
neither
shall
ye
see
rain;
yet
that
valley
shall
be
filled
with
water,
and
ye
shall
drink,
both
ye
and
your
cattle
and
your
beasts.
3:18 And
this
is
but
a
light
thing
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah:
he
will
also
deliver
the
Moabites
into
your
hand.
3:19 And
ye
shall
smite
every
fortified
city,
and
every
choice
city,
and
shall
fell
every
good
tree,
and
stop
all
fountains
of
water,
and
mar
every
good
piece
of
land
with
stones.
3:20 And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
morning,
about
the
time
of
offering
the
oblation,
that,
behold,
there
came
water
by
the
way
of
Edom,
and
the
country
was
filled
with
water.
3:21 Now
when
all
the
Moabites
heard
that
the
kings
were
come
up
to
fight
against
them,
they
gathered
themselves
together,
all
that
were
able
to
put
on
armor,
and
upward,
and
stood
on
the
border.
3:22 And
they
rose
up
early
in
the
morning,
and
the
sun
shone
upon
the
water,
and
the
Moabites
saw
the
water
over
against
them
as
red
as
blood:
3:23 and
they
said,
This
is
blood;
the
kings
are
surely
destroyed,
and
they
have
smitten
each
man
his
fellow:
now
therefore,
Moab,
to
the
spoil.
3:24 And
when
they
came
to
the
camp
of
Israel,
the
Israelites
rose
up
and
smote
the
Moabites,
so
that
they
fled
before
them;
and
they
went
forward
into
the
land
smiting
the
Moabites.
3:25 And
they
beat
down
the
cities;
and
on
every
good
piece
of
land
they
cast
every
man
his
stone,
and
filled
it;
and
they
stopped
all
the
fountains
of
water,
and
felled
all
the
good
trees,
until
in
Kir-hareseth
[only]
they
left
the
stones
thereof;
howbeit
the
slingers
went
about
it,
and
smote
it.
3:26 And
when
the
king
of
Moab
saw
that
the
battle
was
too
sore
for
him,
he
took
with
him
seven
hundred
men
that
drew
sword,
to
break
through
unto
the
king
of
Edom;
but
they
could
not.
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
wrath
against
Israel:
and
they
departed
from
him,
and
returned
to
their
own
land.
