And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all
Israel. And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying,
The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against
Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people
as thy people, and my horses as thy horses. And he said, Which way
shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of
Edom. 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 host, and for the cattle that followed them. And
the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three
kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab! But Jehoshaphat
said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of
the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and
said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the
hands of Elijah. 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. And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do
with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets
of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD
hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand
of Moab. And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I
stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat
the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee. But now
bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played,
that the hand of the LORD came upon him. And he said, Thus saith the
LORD, Make this valley full of ditches. For thus saith the LORD, Ye
shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall
be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and
your beasts. And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he
will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. And ye 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.
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.
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