003:005 But it happened, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. 003:006 King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel. 003:007 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? He said, I will go up: I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses. 003:008 He said, Which way shall we go up? He answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom. 003:009 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the army, nor for the animals that followed them. 003:010 The king of Israel said, Alas! for Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab. 003:011 But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him? One of the king of Israel's servants answered, Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah. 003:012 Jehoshaphat said, The word of Yahweh is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. 003:013 Elisha said to 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. The king of Israel said to him, No; for Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab. 003:014 Elisha said, As Yahweh of Armies 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. 003:015 But now bring me a minstrel. It happened, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Yahweh came on him. 003:016 He said, Thus says Yahweh, Make this valley full of trenches. 003:017 For thus says Yahweh, You shall not see wind, neither shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and you shall drink, both you and your livestock and your animals. 003:018 This is but a light thing in the sight of Yahweh: he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand. 003:019 You shall strike every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones. 003:020 It happened in the morning, about the time of offering the offering, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water. 003:021 Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all who were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.