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II Kings
Chapter 3
1
Now Jehoram the son of Ahab
began
to reign over Israel in Samaria
the
eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah,
and
reigned twelve years.
2
And he wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah/God;
but
not like his father,
and
like his mother . . .
for
he put away the image of Baal
that
his father had made.
3
Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam
the
son of Nebat,
who
made Israel to sin;
he
departed not there from.
4
And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master,
and
rendered unto the king of Israel
an
hundred thousand lambs,
and
an hundred thousand rams,
with
the wool.
5
But it came to pass,
when
Ahab was dead,
that
the king of Moab
rebelled
against the king of Israel.
6
And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time,
and
numbered all Israel.
7
And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying,
The
king of Moab has rebelled against me.
Will
you go with me against Moab to battle?
And
he said, I will go up.
I
am as you are . . .
my
people as your people . . .
and
my horses as your horses.
8
And he said, Which way shall we go up?
And
he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
9
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 army/host,
and
for the cattle that followed them.
10
And the king of Israel said, Alas!
That
Jehovah/God has called these three kings together,
to
deliver them into the hand of Moab!
11
But Jehoshaphat said,
Is
there not here a prophet of Jehovah/God,
that
we may inquire of Jehovah/God by him?
And
one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said,
Here
is Elisha the son of Shaphat,
who
poured water on the hands of Elijah.
12
And Jehoshaphat said,
The
word of Jehovah/God is with him.
So
the king of Israel
and
Jehoshaphat
and
the king of Edom
went
down to him.
13
And Elisha said unto the king of Israel,
What
have I to do with you?
Get
you to the prophets of your father,
and
to the prophets of your mother.
And
the king of Israel said unto him, No . . .
for
Jehovah/God has called these three kings together,
to
deliver them into the hand of Moab.
14
And Elisha said,
As
Jehovah/God of armies/hosts lives,
before
whom I stand, surely,
were
it not that I regard
the
presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah,
I
would not look toward you,
nor
see you.
15
But now bring me a minstrel.
And
it came to pass,
when
the minstrel played,
that
the hand of Jehovah/God came upon him.
16
And he said, Thus said Jehovah/God,
Make
this valley full of ditches.
17
For thus said Jehovah/God,
you
shall not see wind,
neither
shall you see rain;
yet
that valley shall be filled with water,
that
you may drink,
both
you, and your cattle, and your animals/beasts.
18
And this is but a light thing in the sight of Jehovah/God.
He
will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
19
And you shall smite every fenced city,
and
every choice city,
and
shall fell every good tree,
and
stop all wells of water,
and
mar every good piece of land with stones.
20
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.
21
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 armor,
and
upward, and stood in the border.
22
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.
23
And they said, This is blood.
The
kings are surely slain,
and
they have smitten one another
now
therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
24
And when they came to the camp of Israel,
the
Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites,
so
that they fled before them
but
they went forward smiting the Moabites,
even
in their country.
25
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 left they the stones thereof;
howbeit
the slingers went about it, and smote it.
26
And when the king of Moab
saw
that the battle was too bad/sore for him,
he
took with him seven hundred men who drew swords,
to
break through even unto the king of Edom
but
they could not.
27
Then he took his eldest son
who
should have reigned in his place/stead,
and
offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall.
And
there was great indignation against Israel
and
they departed from him,
and
returned to their own land.
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