Now Jehoram{H3088} the son{H1121} of Ahab{H256} began to reign{H4427} over Israel{H3478} in Samaria{H8111} in the eighteenth{H8083} year{H8141} of Jehoshaphat{H3092} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} and reigned{H4427} twelve{H8147} years.{H8141}

And he did{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} but not like his father,{H1} and like his mother;{H517} for he put away{H5493} the pillar{H4676} of Baal{H1168} that his father{H1} had made.{H6213}

Nevertheless he cleaved{H1692} unto the sins{H2403} of Jeroboam{H3379} the son{H1121} of Nebat,{H5028} wherewith he made Israel{H3478} to sin;{H2398} he departed{H5493} not therefrom.

Now Mesha{H4338} king{H4428} of Moab{H4124} was a sheep-master;{H5349} and he rendered{H7725} unto the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} the wool{H6785} of a hundred{H3967} thousand{H505} lambs,{H3733} and of a hundred{H3967} thousand{H505} rams.{H352}

But it came to pass, when Ahab{H256} was dead,{H4194} that the king{H4428} of Moab{H4124} rebelled{H6586} against the king{H4428} of Israel.{H3478}

And king{H4428} Jehoram{H3088} went out{H3318} of Samaria{H8111} at that time,{H3117} and mustered{H6485} all Israel.{H3478}

And he went{H3212} and sent{H7971} to Jehoshaphat{H3092} the king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} saying,{H559} The king{H4428} of Moab{H4124} hath rebelled{H6586} against me: wilt thou go{H3212} with me against Moab{H4124} to battle?{H4421} And he said,{H559} I will go up:{H5927} I am as thou art, my people{H5971} as thy people,{H5971} my horses{H5483} as thy horses.{H5483}

And he said,{H559} Which way{H1870} shall we go up?{H5927} And he answered,{H559} The way{H1870} of the wilderness{H4057} of Edom.{H123}

So the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} went,{H3212} and the king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} and the king{H4428} of Edom;{H123} and they made a circuit{H5437} of seven{H7651} days'{H3117} journey:{H1870} and there was no water{H4325} for the host,{H4264} nor for the beasts{H929} that followed{H7272} them.

And the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} said,{H559} Alas!{H162} for Jehovah{H3068} hath called{H7121} these three{H7969} kings{H4428} together{H7121} to deliver{H5414} them into the hand{H3027} of Moab.{H4124}

But Jehoshaphat{H3092} said,{H559} Is there not here a prophet{H5030} of Jehovah,{H3068} that we may inquire{H1875} of Jehovah{H3068} by him? And one{H259} of the king{H4428} of Israel's{H3478} servants{H5650} answered{H6030} and said,{H559} Elisha{H477} the son{H1121} of Shaphat{H8202} is here, who poured{H3332} water{H4325} on the hands{H3027} of Elijah.{H452}

And Jehoshaphat{H3092} said,{H559} The word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} is{H3426} with him. So the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} and Jehoshaphat{H3092} and the king{H4428} of Edom{H123} went down{H3381} to him.

And Elisha{H477} said{H559} unto the king{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} What have I to do with thee? get{H3212} thee to the prophets{H5030} of thy father,{H1} and to the prophets{H5030} of thy mother.{H517} And the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} said{H559} unto him, Nay; for Jehovah{H3068} hath called{H7121} these three{H7969} kings{H4428} together{H7121} to deliver{H5414} them into the hand{H3027} of Moab.{H4124}

And Elisha{H477} said,{H559} As Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} liveth,{H2416} before{H6440} whom I stand,{H5975} surely, were it not that{H3884} I regard{H5375} the presence{H6440} of Jehoshaphat{H3092} the king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} I would not look{H5027} toward thee, nor see{H7200} thee.

But now bring{H3947} me a minstrel.{H5059} And it came to pass, when the minstrel{H5059} played,{H5059} that the hand{H3027} of Jehovah{H3068} came upon him.

And he said,{H559} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Make{H6213} this valley{H5158} full of trenches.{H1356}

For thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Ye shall not see{H7200} wind,{H7307} neither shall ye see{H7200} rain;{H1653} yet that valley{H5158} shall be filled{H4390} with water,{H4325} and ye shall drink,{H8354} both ye and your cattle{H4735} and your beasts.{H929}

And this is but a light thing{H7043} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah:{H3068} he will also deliver{H5414} the Moabites{H4124} into your hand.{H3027}

And ye shall smite{H5221} every fortified{H4013} city,{H5892} and every choice{H4004} city,{H5892} and shall fell{H5307} every good{H2896} tree,{H6086} and stop{H5640} all fountains{H4599} of water,{H4325} and mar{H3510} every good{H2896} piece{H2513} of land with stones.{H68}

And it came to pass in the morning,{H1242} about the time of offering{H4503} the oblation,{H5927} that, behold, there came{H935} water{H4325} by the way{H1870} of Edom,{H123} and the country{H776} was filled{H4390} with water.{H4325}

Now when all the Moabites{H4124} heard{H8085} that the kings{H4428} were come up{H5927} to fight{H3898} against them, they gathered{H6817} themselves together, all that were able to put{H2296} on armor,{H2290} and upward,{H4605} and stood{H5975} on the border.{H1366}

And they rose up early{H7925} in the morning,{H1242} and the sun{H8121} shone{H2224} upon the water,{H4325} and the Moabites{H4124} saw{H7200} the water{H4325} over against{H5048} them as red{H122} as blood:{H1818}

and they said,{H559} This is blood;{H1818} the kings{H4428} are surely{H2717} destroyed,{H2717} and they have smitten{H5221} each man{H376} his fellow:{H7453} now therefore, Moab,{H4124} to the spoil.{H7998}

And when they came{H935} to the camp{H4264} of Israel,{H3478} the Israelites{H3478} rose up{H6965} and smote{H5221} the Moabites,{H4124} so that they fled{H5127} before{H6440} them; and they went forward{H5221} into the land smiting{H5221} the Moabites.{H4124}

And they beat down{H2040} the cities;{H5892} and on every good{H2896} piece{H2513} of land they cast{H7993} every man{H376} his stone,{H68} and filled{H4390} it; and they stopped{H5640} all the fountains{H4599} of water,{H4325} and felled{H5307} all the good{H2896} trees,{H6086} until in Kir-hareseth{H7025} [only] they left{H7604} the stones{H68} thereof; howbeit the slingers{H7051} went about{H5437} it, and smote{H5221} it.

And when the king{H4428} of Moab{H4124} saw{H7200} that the battle{H4421} was too sore{H2388} for him, he took{H3947} with him seven{H7651} hundred{H3967} men{H376} that drew{H8025} sword,{H2719} to break through{H1234} unto the king{H4428} of Edom;{H123} but they could{H3201} not.

Then he took{H3947} his eldest{H1060} son{H1121} that should have reigned{H4427} in his stead, and offered{H5927} him for a burnt-offering{H5930} upon the wall.{H2346} And there was great{H1419} wrath{H7110} against Israel:{H3478} and they departed{H5265} from him, and returned{H7725} to their own land.{H776}