2 Kings 3:1 Now Jehoram3088 the son1121 of Ahab256 began to reign4427 over Israel3478 in Samaria8111 the eighteenth8083 6240 year8141 of Jehoshaphat3092 king4428 of Judah,3063 and reigned4427 twelve8147 6240 years.8141 cr 2 And he wrought6213 evil7451 in the sight5869 of the LORD;3068 but not like his father,1 and like his mother:517 for he put away5493 the image4676{Heb. statue} of Baal1168 that his father1 had made.6213 cr 3 Nevertheless he cleaved1692 unto the sins2403 of Jeroboam3379 the son1121 of Nebat,5028 which made Israel3478 to sin;2398 he departed5493 not therefrom. cr

2 Kings 3:4 And Mesha4338 king4428 of Moab4124 was a sheepmaster,5349 and rendered7725 unto the king4428 of Israel3478 an hundred3967 thousand505 lambs,3733 and an hundred3967 thousand505 rams,352 with the wool.6785 cr 5 But it came to pass, when Ahab256 was dead,4194 that the king4428 of Moab4124 rebelled6586 against the king4428 of Israel.3478 cr

2 Kings 3:6 And king4428 Jehoram3088 went out3318 of Samaria8111 the same time,3117 and numbered6485 all Israel.3478 cr 7 And he went3212 and sent7971 to Jehoshaphat3092 the king4428 of Judah,3063 saying,559 The king4428 of Moab4124 hath rebelled6586 against me: wilt thou go3212 with me against Moab4124 to battle?4421 And he said,559 I will go up:5927 I am as thou art, my people5971 as thy people,5971 and my horses5483 as thy horses.5483 cr 8 And he said,559 Which way1870 shall we go up?5927 And he answered,559 The way1870 through the wilderness4057 of Edom.123 cr 9 So the king4428 of Israel3478 went,3212 and the king4428 of Judah,3063 and the king4428 of Edom:123 and they fetched a compass5437 of seven7651 days'3117 journey:1870 and there was no water4325 for the host,4264 and for the cattle929 that followed7272 them. cr 10 And the king4428 of Israel3478 said,559 Alas!162 that the LORD3068 hath called7121 2794 these three7969 kings4428 together,7121 to deliver5414 them into the hand3027 of Moab!4124 cr 11 But Jehoshaphat3092 said,559 Is there not here a prophet5030 of the LORD,3068 that we may enquire1875 of the LORD3068 by him? And one259 of the king4428 of Israel's3478 servants5650 answered6030 and said,559 Here is Elisha477 the son1121 of Shaphat,8202 which poured3332 water4325 on the hands3027 of Elijah.452 cr 12 And Jehoshaphat3092 said,559 The word1697 of the LORD3068 is3426 with him. So the king4428 of Israel3478 and Jehoshaphat3092 and the king4428 of Edom123 went down3381 to him. cr 13 And Elisha477 said559 unto the king4428 of Israel,3478 What have I to do with thee? get3212 thee to the prophets5030 of thy father,1 and to the prophets5030 of thy mother.517 And the king4428 of Israel3478 said559 unto him, Nay: for the LORD3068 hath called7121 2794 these three7969 kings4428 together,7121 to deliver5414 them into the hand3027 of Moab.4124 cr 14 And Elisha477 said,559 As the LORD3068 of hosts6635 liveth,2416 before6440 whom I stand,5975 surely, were it not that3884 I regard5375 the presence6440 of Jehoshaphat3092 the king4428 of Judah,3063 I would not look5027 toward thee, nor see7200 thee. cr 15 But now bring3947 me a minstrel.5059 And it came to pass, when the minstrel5059 played,5059 that the hand3027 of the LORD3068 came upon him. cr 16 And he said,559 Thus saith559 the LORD,3068 Make6213 this valley5158 full of ditches.1356 cr 17 For thus saith559 the LORD,3068 Ye shall not see7200 wind,7307 neither shall ye see7200 rain;1653 yet that valley5158 shall be filled4390 with water,4325 that ye may drink,8354 both ye, and your cattle,4735 and your beasts.929 cr 18 And this is but a light thing7043 in the sight5869 of the LORD:3068 he will deliver5414 the Moabites4124 also into your hand.3027 cr 19 And ye shall smite5221 every fenced4013 city,5892 and every choice4004 city,5892 and shall fell5307 every good2896 tree,6086 and stop5640 all wells4599 of water,4325 and mar3510{Heb. grieve} every good2896 piece2513 of land with stones.68 cr

2 Kings 3:20 And it came to pass in the morning,1242 when the meat offering4503 was offered,5927 that, behold, there came935 water4325 by the way1870 of Edom,123 and the country776 was filled4390 with water.4325 cr

2 Kings 3:21 And when all the Moabites4124 heard8085 that the kings4428 were come up5927 to fight3898 against them, they gathered6817{Heb. were cried together} all that were able to put2296 on armour,2290{Heb. gird himself with a girdle} and upward,4605 and stood5975 in the border.1366 cr 22 And they rose up early7925 in the morning,1242 and the sun8121 shone2224 upon the water,4325 and the Moabites4124 saw7200 the water4325 on the other side5048 as red122 as blood:1818 cr 23 And they said,559 This is blood:1818 the kings4428 are surely2717 slain,2717{Heb. destroyed} and they have smitten5221 one376 another:7453 now therefore, Moab,4124 to the spoil.7998 cr 24 And when they came935 to the camp4264 of Israel,3478 the Israelites3478 rose up6965 and smote5221 the Moabites,4124 so that they fled5127 before6440 them: but they went forward5221 smiting5221{Or, they smote in it, even smiting} the Moabites,4124 even in their country. cr 25 And they beat down2040 the cities,5892 and on every good2896 piece2513 of land cast7993 every man376 his stone,68 and filled4390 it; and they stopped5640 all the wells4599 of water,4325 and felled5307 all the good2896 trees:6086 only in Kirharaseth7025 left7604 they the stones68 thereof;{Heb. until he left the stones thereof in Kirharaseth} howbeit the slingers7051 went about5437 it, and smote5221 it. cr

2 Kings 3:26 And when the king4428 of Moab4124 saw7200 that the battle4421 was too sore2388 for him, he took3947 with him seven7651 hundred3967 men376 that drew8025 swords,2719 to break through1234 even unto the king4428 of Edom:123 but they could3201 not. cr 27 Then he took3947 his eldest1060 son1121 that should have reigned4427 in his stead, and offered5927 him for a burnt offering5930 upon the wall.2346 And there was great1419 indignation7110 against Israel:3478 and they departed5265 from him, and returned7725 to their own land.776 cr