ASV_Strong : 2 Kings 3
1. 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].
2. 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].
3. 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 not therefrom[H5493].
4. 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].
5. But it came to pass[H256], when Ahab was dead[H4194], that the king[H4428] of Moab[H4124] rebelled[H6586] against the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478].
6. And king[H4428] Jehoram[H3088] went out[H3318] of Samaria[H8111] at that time[H3117], and mustered[H6485] all Israel[H3478].
7. 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[H3212]: wilt thou go with me against Moab[H4124] to battle[H4421]? And he said[H559], I will go up[H5927]: I am as thou art[H5971], my people as thy people[H5971], my horses[H5483] as thy horses[H5483].
8. 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].
9. 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 them[H7272].
10. 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].
11. 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[H259]? And one of the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478]'s servants[H5650] answered[H6030] and said[H559], Elisha[H477] the son[H1121] of Shaphat[H8202] is here[H3332], who poured water[H4325] on the hands[H3027] of Elijah[H452].
12. And Jehoshaphat[H3092] said[H559], The word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] is[H3426] with him[H4428]. So the king of Israel[H3478] and Jehoshaphat[H3092] and the king[H4428] of Edom[H123] went down to him[H3381].
13. And Elisha[H477] said[H559] unto the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], What have I to do with thee[H3212]? get 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[H3068], Nay; for Jehovah hath called[H7121] these three[H7969] kings[H4428] together[H7121] to deliver[H5414] them into the hand[H3027] of Moab[H4124].
14. And Elisha[H477] said[H559], As Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] liveth[H2416], before[H6440] whom I stand[H5975], surely[H3884], were it not that I regard[H5375] the presence[H6440] of Jehoshaphat[H3092] the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], I would not look[H5027] toward thee[H7200], nor see thee.
15. But now bring[H3947] me a minstrel[H5059]. And it came to pass[H5059], when the minstrel played[H5059], that the hand[H3027] of Jehovah came upon him[H3068].
16. And he said[H559], Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Make[H6213] this valley[H5158] full of trenches[H1356].
17. 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].
18. 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].
19. 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].
20. And it came to pass in the morning[H1242], about the time of offering[H4503] the oblation[H5927], that[H935], behold, there came water[H4325] by the way[H1870] of Edom[H123], and the country[H776] was filled[H4390] with water[H4325].
21. Now when all the Moabites[H4124] heard[H8085] that the kings[H4428] were come up[H5927] to fight[H3898] against them[H6817], they gathered themselves together[H2296], all that were able to put on armor[H2290], and upward[H4605], and stood[H5975] on the border[H1366].
22. 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]:
23. 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[H4124], Moab, to the spoil[H7998].
24. 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[H5221]; and they went forward into the land smiting[H5221] the Moabites[H4124].
25. 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[H5640]; and they stopped 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[H7051]; howbeit the slingers went about[H5437] it[H5221], and smote it.
26. And when the king[H4428] of Moab[H4124] saw[H7200] that the battle[H4421] was too sore[H2388] for him[H3947], he took 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 not[H3201].
27. Then he took[H3947] his eldest[H1060] son[H1121] that should have reigned[H4427] in his stead[H5927], and offered 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[H7725], and returned to their own land[H776].
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