3:1 In
the
eighteenth
year
of
Jehoshaphat
king
of
Judah,
Jehoram
the
son
of
Ahab
became
king
over
Israel
in
Samaria,
and
he
reigned
twelve
years.
3:2 He
did
what
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
LORD,
though
not
like
his
father
and
mother,
for
he
put
away
the
pillar
of
Baal
that
his
father
had
made.
3:3 Nevertheless,
he
clung
to
the
sin
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
which
he
made
Israel
to
sin;
he
did
not
depart
from
it.
3:4 Now
Mesha
king
of
Moab
was
a
sheep
breeder,
and
he
had
to
deliver
to
the
king
of
Israel
100,000
lambs
and
the
wool
of
100,000
rams.
3:5 But
when
Ahab
died,
the
king
of
Moab
rebelled
against
the
king
of
Israel.
3:6 So
King
Jehoram
marched
out
of
Samaria
at
that
time
and
mustered
all
Israel.
3:7 And
he
went
and
sent
word
to
Jehoshaphat
king
of
Judah,
"The
king
of
Moab
has
rebelled
against
me.
Will
you
go
with
me
to
battle
against
Moab"
And
he
said,
"I
will
go.
I
am
as
you
are,
my
people
as
your
people,
my
horses
as
your
horses."
3:8 Then
he
said,
"By
which
way
shall
we
march"
Jehoram
answered,
"By
the
way
of
the
wilderness
of
Edom."
3:9 So
the
king
of
Israel
went
with
the
king
of
Judah
and
the
king
of
Edom.
And
when
they
had
made
a
circuitous
march
of
seven
days,
there
was
no
water
for
the
army
or
for
the
animals
that
followed
them.
3:10 Then
the
king
of
Israel
said,
"Alas!
The
LORD
has
called
these
three
kings
to
give
them
into
the
hand
of
Moab."
3:11 And
Jehoshaphat
said,
"Is
there
no
prophet
of
the
LORD
here,
through
whom
we
may
inquire
of
the
LORD"
Then
one
of
the
king
of
Israel's
servants
answered,
"Elisha
the
son
of
Shaphat
is
here,
who
poured
water
on
the
hands
of
Elijah."
3:12 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.
3:13 And
Elisha
said
to
the
king
of
Israel,
"What
have
I
to
do
with
you
Go
to
the
prophets
of
your
father
and
to
the
prophets
of
your
mother."
But
the
king
of
Israel
said
to
him,
"No;
it
is
the
LORD
who
has
called
these
three
kings
to
give
them
into
the
hand
of
Moab."
3:14 And
Elisha
said,
"As
the
LORD
of
hosts
lives,
before
whom
I
stand,
were
it
not
that
I
have
regard
for
Jehoshaphat
the
king
of
Judah,
I
would
neither
look
at
you
nor
see
you.
3:15 But
now
bring
me
a
musician."
And
when
the
musician
played,
the
hand
of
the
LORD
came
upon
him.
3:16 And
he
said,
"Thus
says
the
LORD,
'I
will
make
this
dry
streambed
full
of
pools.'
3:17 For
thus
says
the
LORD,
'You
shall
not
see
wind
or
rain,
but
that
streambed
shall
be
filled
with
water,
so
that
you
shall
drink,
you,
your
livestock,
and
your
animals.'
3:18 This
is
a
light
thing
in
the
sight
of
the
LORD.
He
will
also
give
the
Moabites
into
your
hand,
3:19 and
you
shall
attack
every
fortified
city
and
every
choice
city,
and
shall
fell
every
good
tree
and
stop
up
all
springs
of
water
and
ruin
every
good
piece
of
land
with
stones."
3:20 The
next
morning,
about
the
time
of
offering
the
sacrifice,
behold,
water
came
from
the
direction
of
Edom,
till
the
country
was
filled
with
water.
3:21 When
all
the
Moabites
heard
that
the
kings
had
come
up
to
fight
against
them,
all
who
were
able
to
put
on
armor,
from
the
youngest
to
the
oldest,
were
called
out
and
were
drawn
up
at
the
border.
3:22 And
when
they
rose
early
in
the
morning
and
the
sun
shone
on
the
water,
the
Moabites
saw
the
water
opposite
them
as
red
as
blood.
3:23 And
they
said,
"This
is
blood;
the
kings
have
surely
fought
together
and
struck
one
another
down.
Now
then,
Moab,
to
the
spoil!"
3:24 But
when
they
came
to
the
camp
of
Israel,
the
Israelites
rose
and
struck
the
Moabites,
till
they
fled
before
them.
And
they
went
forward,
striking
the
Moabites
as
they
went.
3:25 And
they
overthrew
the
cities,
and
on
every
good
piece
of
land
every
man
threw
a
stone
until
it
was
covered.
They
stopped
every
spring
of
water
and
felled
all
the
good
trees,
till
only
its
stones
were
left
in
Kir-hareseth,
and
the
slingers
surrounded
and
attacked
it.
3:26 When
the
king
of
Moab
saw
that
the
battle
was
going
against
him,
he
took
with
him
700
swordsmen
to
break
through,
opposite
the
king
of
Edom,
but
they
could
not.
3:27 Then
he
took
his
oldest
son
who
was
to
reign
in
his
place
and
offered
him
for
a
burnt
offering
on
the
wall.
And
there
came
great
wrath
against
Israel.
And
they
withdrew
from
him
and
returned
to
their
own
land.
