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2Kings 3
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War between Israel and Moab

3In the eighteenth year of the reign of King Jehoshaphat of Judah, Joram son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he ruled in Samaria for twelve years.H3088H1121H256H4427H3478H8111H8083H6240H8141H3092H4428H3063H4427H8147H6240H8141
2He sinned against the LORD, but he was not as bad as his father or his mother Jezebel; he pulled down the image his father had made for the worship of Baal.H6213H7451H5869H3068H1H517H5493H4676H1168H1H6213
3Yet, like King Jeroboam son of Nebat before him, he led Israel into sin and would not stop.H1692H2403H3379H1121H5028H3478H2398H5493
4King Mesha of Moab raised sheep, and every year he gave as tribute to the king of Israel 100,000 lambs and the wool from 100,000 sheep.H4338H4428H4124H5349H7725H4428H3478H3967H505H3733H3967H505H352H6785
5But when King Ahab of Israel died, Mesha rebelled against Israel.H256H4194H4428H4124H6586H4428H3478
6At once King Joram left Samaria and gathered all his troops.H4428H3088H3318H8111H3117H6485H3478
7He sent word to King Jehoshaphat of Judah: "The king of Moab has rebelled against me; will you join me in war against him?" "I will," King Jehoshaphat replied. "I am at your disposal, and so are my men and my horses.H3212H7971H3092H4428H3063H559H4428H4124H6586H3212H4124H4421H559H5927H5971H5971H5483H5483
8What route shall we take for the attack?" "We will go the long way through the wilderness of Edom," Joram answered.H559H1870H5927H559H1870H4057H123
9So King Joram and the kings of Judah and Edom set out. After marching seven days, they ran out of water, and there was none left for the men or the pack animals.H4428H3478H3212H4428H3063H4428H123H5437H7651H3117H1870H4325H4264H929H7272
10"We're done for!" King Joram exclaimed. "The LORD has put the three of us at the mercy of the king of Moab!"H4428H3478H559H162H3068H7121H7969H4428H7121H5414H3027H4124
11King Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there a prophet here through whom we can consult the LORD?" An officer of King Joram's forces answered, "Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He was Elijah's assistant."H3092H559H5030H3068H1875H3068H259H4428H3478H5650H6030H559H477H1121H8202H3332H4325H3027H452
12"He is a true prophet," King Jehoshaphat said. So the three kings went to Elisha.H3092H559H1697H3068H3426H4428H3478H3092H4428H123H3381
13"Why should I help you?" Elisha said to the king of Israel. "Go and consult those prophets that your father and mother consulted." "No!" Joram replied. "It is the LORD who has put us three kings at the mercy of the king of Moab."H477H559H4428H3478H3212H5030H1H5030H517H4428H3478H559H3068H7121H7969H4428H7121H5414H3027H4124
14Elisha answered, "By the living LORD, whom I serve, I swear that I would have nothing to do with you if I didn't respect your ally, King Jehoshaphat of Judah.H477H559H3068H6635H2416H6440H5975H3884H5375H6440H3092H4428H3063H5027H7200
15Now get me a musician." As the musician played his harp, the power of the LORD came on Elisha,H3947H5059H5059H5059H3027H3068
16and he said, "This is what the LORD says: 'Dig ditches all over this dry stream bed.H559H559H3068H6213H5158H1356
17Even though you will not see any rain or wind, this stream bed will be filled with water, and you, your livestock, and your pack animals will have plenty to drink.' "H559H3068H7200H7307H7200H1653H5158H4390H4325H8354H4735H929
18And Elisha continued, "But this is an easy thing for the LORD to do; he will also give you victory over the Moabites.H7043H5869H3068H5414H4124H3027
19You will conquer all their beautiful fortified cities; you will cut down all their fruit trees, stop all their springs, and ruin all their fertile fields by covering them with stones."H5221H4013H5892H4004H5892H5307H2896H6086H5640H4599H4325H3510H2896H2513H68
20The next morning, at the time of the regular morning sacrifice, water came flowing from the direction of Edom and covered the ground.H1242H4503H5927H935H4325H1870H123H776H4390H4325
21When the Moabites heard that the three kings had come to attack them, all the men who could bear arms, from the oldest to the youngest, were called out and stationed at the border.H4124H8085H4428H5927H3898H6817H2296H2290H4605H5975H1366
22When they got up the following morning, the sun was shining on the water, making it look as red as blood.H7925H1242H8121H2224H4325H4124H7200H4325H5048H122H1818
23"It's blood!" they exclaimed. "The three enemy armies must have fought and killed each other! Let's go and loot their camp!"H559H1818H4428H2717H2717H5221H376H7453H4124H7998
24But when they reached the camp, the Israelites attacked them and drove them back. The Israelites kept up the pursuit, slaughtering the MoabitesH935H4264H3478H3478H6965H5221H4124H5127H6440H5221H5221H4124
25and destroying their cities. As they passed by a fertile field, every Israelite would throw a stone on it until finally all the fields were covered; they also stopped up the springs and cut down the fruit trees. At last only the capital city of Kir Heres was left, and the slingers surrounded it and attacked it.H2040H5892H2896H2513H7993H376H68H4390H5640H4599H4325H5307H2896H6086H7025H7604H68H7051H5437H5221
26When the king of Moab realized that he was losing the battle, he took seven hundred swordsmen with him and tried to force his way through the enemy lines and escape to the king of Syria, but he failed.H4428H4124H7200H4421H2388H3947H7651H3967H376H8025H2719H1234H4428H123H3201
27So he took his oldest son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him on the city wall as a sacrifice to the god of Moab. The Israelites were terrified and so they drew back from the city and returned to their own country.H3947H1060H1121H4427H5927H5930H2346H1419H7110H3478H5265H7725H776


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