<vn='1'>Now <sn="3088">Jehoram</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="256">Ahab</s> began to <sn="4427">reign</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> in <sn="8111">Samaria</s> the <sn="8083 6240">eighteenth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="8147 6240">twelve</s><sn="8141">years</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And he <sn="6213">wrought</s><sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="7535">but</s><sn="3808">not</s> like his <sn="1">father</s>, and like his <sn="517">mother</s>: for he put <sn="5493">away</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4676">image</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s><sn="834">that</s> his <sn="1">father</s> had <sn="6213">made</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="7535">Nevertheless</s> he <sn="1692">cleaved</s> unto the <sn="2403">sins</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5028">Nebat</s>, <sn="834">which</s> made <sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> to <sn="2398">sin</s>; he <sn="5493">departed</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="4480">therefrom</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="4338">Mesha</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s><sn="1961">was</s> a <sn="5349">sheepmaster</s>, and <sn="7725">rendered</s> unto the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> a <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="3733">lambs</s>, and a <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="352">rams</s>, with the <sn="6785">wool</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>But it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when <sn="256">Ahab</s> was <sn="4194">dead</s>, that the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s><sn="6586">rebelled</s> against the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="4428">king</s><sn="3088">Jehoram</s> went <sn="3318">out</s> of <sn="4480 8111">Samaria</s> the <sn="1931">same</s><sn="3117">time</s>, and <sn="6485">numbered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And he <sn="1980">went</s> and <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s> hath <sn="6586">rebelled</s> against me: wilt thou <sn="1980">go</s><sn="854">with</s> me <sn="413">against</s><sn="4124">Moab</s> to <sn="4421">battle</s>? And he <sn="559">said</s>, I will go <sn="5927">up</s>: I am as thou art, my <sn="5971">people</s> as thy <sn="5971">people</s>, and my <sn="5483">horses</s> as thy <sn="5483">horses</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="335 2088">Which</s><sn="1870">way</s> shall we go <sn="5927">up</s>? And he <sn="559">answered</s>, The <sn="1870">way</s> through the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> of <sn="123">Edom</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>So the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="1980">went</s>, and the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="123">Edom</s>: and they fetched a <sn="5437">compass</s> of <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="3117">days</s> ' <sn="1870">journey</s>: and there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="4325">water</s> for the <sn="4264">host</s>, and for the <sn="929">cattle</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="7272">followed</s> them. </v>
<vn='10'>And the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="162">Alas</s>! <sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="7121">called</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="4428">kings</s> together, to <sn="5414">deliver</s> them into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>! </v>
<vn='11'>But <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s><sn="559">said</s>, Is there <sn="369">not</s><sn="6311">here</s> a <sn="5030">prophet</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, that we may <sn="1875">inquire</s> of <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="4480 854">by</s> him? And <sn="259">one</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of Israel's <sn="4480 5650 3478">servants</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="6311">Here</s> is <sn="477">Elisha</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="8202">Shaphat</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="3332">poured</s><sn="4325">water</s><sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="3027">hands</s> of <sn="452">Elijah</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s><sn="559">said</s>, The <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="3426">is</s><sn="854">with</s> him. So the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> and <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s> and the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="123">Edom</s> went <sn="3381">down</s><sn="413">to</s> him. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="477">Elisha</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> have I to do with thee? <sn="1980">get</s> thee <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s> of thy <sn="1">father</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s> of thy <sn="517">mother</s>. And the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="408">Nay</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="7121">called</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="4428">kings</s> together, to <sn="5414">deliver</s> them into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="477">Elisha</s><sn="559">said</s>, As the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>, <sn="6440">before</s><sn="834">whom</s> I <sn="5975">stand</s>, <sn="3588">surely</s>, were it <sn="3884">not</s> that <sn="589">I</s><sn="5375">regard</s> the <sn="6440">presence</s> of <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, I would not <sn="5027">look</s><sn="413">toward</s> thee, <sn="518">nor</s><sn="7200">see</s> thee. </v>
<vn='15'>But <sn="6258">now</s><sn="3947">bring</s> me a <sn="5059">minstrel</s>. And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when the <sn="5059">minstrel</s><sn="5059">played</s>, that the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="5921">upon</s> him. </v>
<vn='16'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="6213">Make</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5158">valley</s> full of <sn="1356 1356">ditches</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, Ye shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7200">see</s><sn="7307">wind</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> shall ye <sn="7200">see</s><sn="1653">rain</s>; yet <sn="1931">that</s><sn="5158">valley</s> shall be <sn="4390">filled</s> with <sn="4325">water</s>, that ye may <sn="8354">drink</s>, both <sn="859">ye</s>, and your <sn="4735">cattle</s>, and your <sn="929">beasts</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And <sn="2063">this</s> is but a light <sn="7043">thing</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: he will <sn="5414">deliver</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4124">Moabites</s> also into your <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And ye shall <sn="5221">smite</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="4013">fenced</s><sn="5892">city</s>, and <sn="3605">every</s><sn="4004">choice</s><sn="5892">city</s>, and shall <sn="5307">fell</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="2896">good</s><sn="6086">tree</s>, and <sn="5640">stop</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="4599">wells</s> of <sn="4325">water</s>, and <sn="3510">mar</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="2896">good</s> piece of <sn="2513">land</s> with <sn="68">stones</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> in the <sn="1242">morning</s>, when the meat <sn="4503">offering</s> was <sn="5927">offered</s>, that, <sn="2009">behold</s>, there <sn="935">came</s><sn="4325">water</s> by the <sn="4480 1870">way</s> of <sn="123">Edom</s>, and the <sn="776">country</s> was <sn="4390">filled</s><sn="854">with</s><sn="4325">water</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And when <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4124">Moabites</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="4428">kings</s> were come <sn="5927">up</s> to <sn="3898">fight</s> against them, they gathered <sn="6817 4480 3605">all</s> that were able to put <sn="2296">on</s><sn="2290">armor</s>, and <sn="4605">upward</s>, and <sn="5975">stood</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="1366">border</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And they rose up <sn="7925">early</s> in the <sn="1242">morning</s>, and the <sn="8121">sun</s><sn="2224">shone</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="4325">water</s>, and the <sn="4124">Moabites</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4325">water</s> on the other <sn="4480 5048">side</s> as <sn="122">red</s> as <sn="1818">blood</s>: </v>
<vn='23'>And they <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2088">This</s> is <sn="1818">blood</s>: the <sn="4428">kings</s> are surely <sn="2717 2717">slain</s>, and they have <sn="5221">smitten</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="376">one</s><sn="7453">another</s>: <sn="6258">now</s> therefore, <sn="4124">Moab</s>, to the <sn="7998">spoil</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And when they <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4264">camp</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, the <sn="3478">Israelites</s> rose <sn="6965">up</s> and <sn="5221">smote</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4124">Moabites</s>, so that they <sn="5127">fled</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> them: but they <sn="5221">went</s> forward <sn="5221">smiting</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4124">Moabites</s>, even in their country. </v>
<vn='25'>And they beat <sn="2040">down</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s>, and on <sn="3605">every</s><sn="2896">good</s><sn="2513">piece</s> of land <sn="7993">cast</s> every <sn="376">man</s> his <sn="68">stone</s>, and <sn="4390">filled</s> it; and they <sn="5640">stopped</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4599">wells</s> of <sn="4325">water</s>, and <sn="5307">felled</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2896">good</s><sn="6086">trees</s>: <sn="5704">only</s> in <sn="7025">Kir</s> -haraseth <sn="7604">left</s> they the <sn="68">stones</s> thereof; howbeit the <sn="7051">slingers</s> went <sn="5437">about</s> it, and <sn="5221">smote</s> it. </v>
<vn='26'>And when the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="4421">battle</s> was too <sn="2388">sore</s><sn="4480">for</s> him, he <sn="3947">took</s><sn="854">with</s> him <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s> that <sn="8025">drew</s><sn="2719">swords</s>, to break <sn="1234">through</s> even <sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="123">Edom</s>: but they <sn="3201">could</s><sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>Then he <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1060">eldest</s><sn="1121">son</s><sn="834">that</s> should have <sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>, and <sn="5927">offered</s> him for a burnt <sn="5930">offering</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="2346">wall</s>. And there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="7110">indignation</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>: and they <sn="5265">departed</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> him, and <sn="7725">returned</s> to their own <sn="776">land</s>. </v>