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Jehoram
Meets Moab Rebellion |
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2 Kings 3:1
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Now Jehoram the son of Ahab became king over
Israel at Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned
twelve years. |
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| 2 Kings 3:2 |
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He did evil in the sight of the LORD, though
not like his father and his mother; for he put away the sacred pillar of Baal
which his father had made. |
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| 2 Kings 3:3 |
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Nevertheless, he clung to the sins of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin; he did not depart from them. |
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| 2 Kings 3:4 |
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Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder,
and used to pay the king of Israel 100,000 lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams. |
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| 2 Kings 3:5 |
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But when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled
against the king of Israel. |
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| 2 Kings 3:6 |
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And King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that
time and mustered all Israel. |
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| 2 Kings 3:7 |
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Then he went and sent word to Jehoshaphat the
king of Judah, saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go
with me to fight against Moab?" And he said, "I will go up; I am as you are, my
people as your people, my horses as your horses." |
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| 2 Kings 3:8 |
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He said, "Which way shall we go up?" And he
answered, "The way of the wilderness of Edom." |
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| 2 Kings 3:9 |
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So the king of Israel went with 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 or for the cattle that followed them. |
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| 2 Kings 3:10 |
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Then the king of Israel said, "Alas! For the
LORD has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab." |
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| 2 Kings 3:11 |
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But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not a prophet
of the LORD here, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?" And one of the king
of Israel's servants answered and said, "Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who
used to pour water on the hands of Elijah." |
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| 2 Kings 3:12 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 3:13 |
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Now Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What
do I have to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets
of your mother." And the king of Israel said to him, "No, for the LORD has called
these three kings together to give them into the hand of Moab." |
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| 2 Kings 3:14 |
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Elisha said, "As the LORD of hosts lives, before
whom I stand, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of
Judah, I would not look at you nor see you. |
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| 2 Kings 3:15 |
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But now bring me a minstrel." And it came about,
when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. |
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| 2 Kings 3:16 |
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He said, "Thus says the LORD, 'Make this valley
full of trenches.' |
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| 2 Kings 3:17 |
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For thus says the LORD, 'You shall not see wind
nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you
shall drink, both you and your cattle and your beasts. |
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| 2 Kings 3:18 |
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This is but a slight thing in the sight of the
LORD; He will also give the Moabites into your hand. |
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| 2 Kings 3:19 |
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Then you shall strike every fortified city and
every choice city, and fell every good tree and stop all springs of water, and
mar every good piece of land with stones.'" |
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| 2 Kings 3:20 |
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It happened in the morning about the time of
offering the sacrifice, that behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country
was filled with water. |
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| 2 Kings 3:21 |
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Now all the Moabites heard that the kings had
come up to fight against them. And all who were able to put on armor and older
were summoned and stood on the border. |
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| 2 Kings 3:22 |
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They rose early in the morning, and the sun
shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood. |
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| 2 Kings 3:23 |
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Then they said, "This is blood; the kings have
surely fought together, and they have slain one another. Now therefore, Moab,
to the spoil!" |
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| 2 Kings 3:24 |
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But when they came to the camp of Israel, the
Israelites arose and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they
went forward into the land, slaughtering the Moabites. |
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| 2 Kings 3:25 |
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Thus they destroyed the cities; and each one
threw a stone on every piece of good land and filled it. So they stopped all the
springs of water and felled all the good trees, until in Kir-hareseth only they
left its stones; however, the slingers went about it and struck it. |
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| 2 Kings 3:26 |
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When the king of Moab saw that the battle was
too fierce for him, he took with him 700 men who drew swords, to break through
to the king of Edom; but they could not. |
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| 2 Kings 3:27 |
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Then he took his oldest son who was to reign
in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering on the wall. And there came
great wrath against Israel, and they departed from him and returned to their own
land. |
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