2Ki 3 | ABEn | STEP | And Jehoram son of Ahab reigned in Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. And he reigned twelve years.

2 Kings 3

CHAPTER 3 War against Edom and Moab

1 And Jehoram son of Ahab reigned in Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. And he reigned twelve years. 2 And he did the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord, only not as his father and his mother. And he removed the monuments of Baal which [²made ¹his father]. 3 Except in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin, he cleaved to; he did not abstain from it. 4 And Mesha king of Moab was a shepherd, and he restored to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams with fleece. 5 And it came to pass after the dying of Ahab, Moab annulled allegiance with the king of Israel. 6 And [³went forth ¹king ²Jehoram] in that day from out of Samaria, and he numbered Israel. 7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab annulled allegiance with me. Shall you go with me unto Moab for war? And he said, I will go; likened to you, likened to me; as your people, so my people; as your horses, so my horses. 8 And he said, What way shall we ascend? And he said, The way of the wilderness of Edom. 9 And [⁴went ¹the ²king ³of Israel], and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom. And they encircled a journey of seven days. And there was no water for the camp, and for the cattle, the ones at their feet. 10 And [⁴said ¹the ²king ³of Israel], O that the lord called [²three ³kings ¹these] to deliver them up into the hand of Moab. 11 And Jehoshaphat said to him, Is there not here a prophet of the lord, that we should seek anxiously the lord by him? And answered one of the servants of the king of Israel, and said, [⁴is here ¹Elisha ²son ³of Shaphat], who poured water upon the hands of Elijah. 12 And Jehoshaphat said, [³is ⁴with ⁵him ¹The word ²of the lord]. And [³went down ⁴to ⁵him ¹the king ²of Israel], and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and the king of Edom. 13 And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What is there between me and you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother. And [⁴said ⁵to him ¹the ²king ³of Israel], Is it that the lord calls [²three ³kings ¹these] to deliver them into the hands of Moab?

Moab Defeated by the Kings

14 And Elisha said, As [⁴lives ¹the lord ²of the ³forces], in whom I stand before him, that if it were not the face of Jehoshaphat king of Judah which I receive, shall I have looked upon you or beheld you, no. 15 And now bring to me one for strumming! And it came to pass as [³strummed ¹the ²one strumming], that [³came ⁴upon ⁵him ¹the hand ²of the lord]. 16 And he said, Thus says the lord, Make this dry stream cistern upon cistern. 17 For thus says the lord, You shall not see wind, and you shall not see rain; but this dry stream shall be filled with water, and you shall drink, you and your possessions, and your cattle. 18 But it is a light thing in the eyes of the lord. And I will deliver up Moab into your hands. 19 And you shall strike every [²city ¹fortified], and every [²city ¹choice]; and every [²tree ¹good] you shall throw down, and all springs of water you shall obstruct, and every [²portion of land ¹good] you shall make useless with stones. 20 And it came to pass in the morning of the ascending of the sacrifice, that behold, waters came from out of the way of Edom, and [³was filled ¹the ²earth] of the waters. 21 And all Moab heard that [³ascended ¹the ²kings] to wage war against them, and they yelled out from all sides girding on the belt, and went forward, and they stood at the border. 22 And they rose early in the morning, and the sun rose upon the waters. And Moab beheld the waters right opposite fiery red as blood. 23 And they said, This is blood of a broadsword. [³did combat ¹The ²kings], and [³struck ¹each ²man] his neighbor. And now, [³are for ¹the ²spoils] Moab. 24 And they entered into the camp of Israel. And Israel rose up and struck Moab. And they fled in front of them; and they entered going and beating Moab. 25 And [²the ³cities ¹they demolished], and every [²portion of land ¹good] [²tossed ¹each man] his stone, and they filled it. And every spring of water they obstructed, and every [²tree ¹good] they threw down unto leaving behind the stones of the wall being demolished. And [³encircled ¹the ²slingers] and struck it. 26 And [⁴beheld ¹the ²king ³of Moab] that [³overpowered ⁴him ¹the ²battle]; and he took with himself seven hundred men unsheathing the broadsword to cut through the king of Edom; but they were not able. 27 And he took [³son ¹his ²first-born] whom he gave reign instead of him, and offered him as a whole burnt-offering upon the wall. And came to pass [²repentance ¹a great] in Israel. And they departed from him, and they returned to the land.