Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
In
the eighteenth
year
of Jehoshaphat’s
reign over Judah,
Jehoram
son
of Ahab
became
king of Israel
, and he
reigned in
Samaria
twelve years.
Now
Jehoram
the son
of Ahab
began
to
reign over Israel
in
Samaria
the
eighteenth
year
of Jehoshaphat
king of Judah
, and reigned twelve years.
And he did
evil in the sight of the LORD ,
but not as
his father and mother had
done.
He removed
the sacred
pillar
of Baal that his father had made.
And he wrought
evil in the sight of the LORD ;
but not like
his father ,
and like
his
mother :
for
he put
away
the image
of Baal that his father had made.
Nevertheless ,
he clung
to
the sins that
Jeroboam son of Nebat had
caused
Israel to commit
; he did
not turn
away
from
them
.
Nevertheless he cleaved
unto
the sins of
Jeroboam the
son of Nebat ,
which
made
Israel to sin
; he departed
not therefrom
.
Now
Mesha king of Moab was a sheep
breeder
, and he
would
render
to
the king of Israel a
hundred thousand lambs and the
wool
of
a
hundred thousand rams.
And
Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster
, and rendered
unto
the king of Israel an
hundred thousand lambs ,
and an
hundred thousand rams ,
with
the
wool
.
But after
the
death
of
Ahab, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
But it
came
to
pass,
when
Ahab was
dead
, that
the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
So
at
that
time
King Jehoram set
out from
Samaria and mobilized
all Israel.
And
king Jehoram went
out of
Samaria the
same
time,
and numbered
all Israel.
And he sent a
message
to Jehoshaphat king of Judah :
“
The king of Moab has
rebelled against me .
Will
you
go with me to
fight
against Moab? ”
“
I will go ,”
replied
Jehoshaphat.
“
I am like
you
, my people are
your
people, and my horses are
your
horses. ”
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.
Then
he asked
, “
Which way shall we go up? ”
“By
way of
the Desert
of Edom ,”
replied
Joram
.
And
he said
, Which way shall we go up? And
he
answered,
The
way through
the wilderness
of Edom.
So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set
out,
and after
they had
traveled
a roundabout
route
for
seven days ,
they
had
no water for their
army
or
for their
animals
.
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
.
“Alas,”
said
the king of Israel, “for
the LORD has
summoned
these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab! ”
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 asked
, “
Is there no
prophet of the LORD here?
Let
us
inquire
of the LORD through
him .”
And one of the servants
of
the
king of Israel
answered, “
Elisha son of Shaphat is
here.
He
used
to
pour
water on the hands of Elijah. ”
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.
Jehoshaphat affirmed
, “
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
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.
Elisha ,
however,
said to
the king of Israel, “
What have we
to do with each
other
? Go
to the prophets of your
father and of your
mother !”
“No,”
replied
the king of Israel, “
for it
is
the LORD who
has
summoned
these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab. ”
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.
Then
Elisha said, “
As surely
as
the LORD of Hosts lives
, before whom I stand, were it not for
my
regard for
the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at
you
or
acknowledge
you
.
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 harpist
. ”
And while
the harpist
played, the hand of the LORD came upon Elisha
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, “This
is
what
the LORD says:
‘Dig
this valley full of ditches. ’
And he said, Thus
saith
the LORD ,
Make
this valley full of ditches.
For the LORD says
, ‘You
will
not see wind or
rain
, but
the
valley will
be filled with water, and
you
will
drink —you
and your cattle and your animals
. ’
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
.
This is a simple
matter
in the sight of the LORD ,
and
He will also
deliver the Moabites into your hand.
And
this is but
a light
thing
in the sight of the LORD :
he will deliver the Moabites also
into your hand.
And you
shall attack
every fortified
city and every city of
importance.
You
shall cut
down
every good tree, stop up
every
spring
, and ruin
every good field
with stones. ”
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.
The next
morning, at
the
time
of
the morning
sacrifice
, water suddenly
flowed
from
the direction
of Edom and filled
the land
.
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
.
Now
all the Moabites had
heard that the kings had
come up to fight against them .
So
all who
could
bear
arms
, young
and old
, were
summoned
and stationed
at
the border.
And
when
all the Moabites heard that the kings were
come up to fight against them ,
they
gathered
all that
were
able
to
put
on
armor
, and upward
, and stood
in
the border.
When
they got
up early in the morning, the sun was
shining
on
the water, and it
looked
as red as blood to
the
Moabites
across
the
way.
And
they rose
up early in the morning, and
the sun shone
upon
the water, and the
Moabites
saw
the
water
on
the
other
side
as red as blood :
“
This is blood !”
they
exclaimed.
“
The kings have
clashed
swords
and slaughtered
one another .
Now to
the
plunder
, Moab !”
And
they
said,
This is blood :
the kings are
surely
slain,
and they
have
smitten
one another :
now therefore
, Moab ,
to
the
spoil.
But
when the
Moabites
came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and attacked
them
, and
they fled before them .
So
the
Israelites
invaded
their
land
and
struck
down
the Moabites.
And
when they
came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote
the
Moabites
, so
that
they fled before them :
but
they
went
forward
smiting
the Moabites ,
even
in
their
country
.
They destroyed
the cities, and each
man
threw
stones
on every good field
until
it was
covered.
They stopped up
every
spring
and cut
down
every
good tree.
Only Kir-haraseth
was
left with
stones in
place,
but
men
with
slings
surrounded
it and attacked
it as
well
.
And
they beat
down
the cities, and on every good piece
of
land
cast
every
man
his
stone,
and
filled
it ;
and
they stopped all
the
wells
of
water,
and felled
all
the
good trees:
only in
Kirharaseth
left they
the
stones thereof;
howbeit
the
slingers
went
about
it ,
and smote
it.
When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce
for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen
to break through to
the king of Edom ,
but they could not prevail
.
And
when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore
for him, he took with him seven hundred men
that
drew
swords,
to break through even
unto
the king of Edom :
but they could not.
So
he took his firstborn
son ,
who
was
to
succeed
him
, and offered him as
a burnt offering on
the city
wall. And there was great fury
against the
Israelites,
so
they withdrew
and returned to their own land.
Then
he took his eldest
son that
should
have
reigned
in
his
stead
, and offered him for
a burnt offering upon
the wall. And there was great indignation
against Israel:
and
they departed
from
him,
and returned to their own land.
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