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1/Now Jehoeam the son of ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria over Israel in Samaria the eighteenria year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reignrd twelve years.
2/and he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not lioke his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.
3/Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jerobam the son opf Nebat, Which made Israel to sin; he departed not therdfrom.
4/And Mesha king of moab was a sheepmaster ,and rendered unto the king of Isreal an hundred thousand Iambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
5/but it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of moab rebelled agaunst the king of Israel.
6/And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time , and numbaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.
7/And went and sent to Jehosaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battlee? and he said, I will go up: Iam as thpu art my up: I am as thou art , my people as thy proplr, and my horses as thy hotses.
8/And he said, which way shall we go up? And shall we go up? and he answered ,the say tyhrough the wilderness of Edom.
9/So the king of Israel went , and the king of judah, nand the king of Edom; and they ferched a compass of seven days, journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.
10/and the king of Israel said , Alas? that the LORd hath called these three king called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of mo0ab!
11/But Jehoshaphat said, is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And oone of the king of Isreal`s servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
12/but Jehoshphat said, Is there not here a prphet of the LORD,that we may LORD,is with him so the king is with him, so the king of Israel and Jehoshphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
13/And Elisha said unto the king of Israel,. what have king of Isael, What have I to do with thee? get I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy fayther , and to the p[rophets of thy mother. and the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliree them into the hand of moab
14/And Elisha said, As the LORD of house liveth , bedore whom I stand ,surely.were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of judah, I would not look towared thee, nor see thee.
15/but now bring me a minstrel. and it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
16/And he said, Tbus saith the LORD,Make this valley full of ditsched .
17/For 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.
18/And this is but a light thing in the sighr of the LORD ; he will deliver the moabites also into your hand .
19/And ye shall amite every fenced cith, and every choice ciry, and shall fell veery good tree, and stop allwells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
20/anbd 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.
21/And when all the moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, thay gathered all that were able yo put armour, and upward , and stood in the border,
22/And they rose up early in the morming , and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:
23/And they said,m This is blood, the kings are surely slain, and the y have slain, and they have wmitten one another: now spoil.
24/and when they came to the camp of Israel, the Lsraelites rose and smote the moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country .
25/And they beat down the cities, and on evety good piece of land cast evety man his stone , and filled it: and they st
opped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: olty in Kirharaseth left they the stonaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
26/And when the bking of moab saw that the battle was too sore for him , he took with him him, he took with him , he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to the king of Edom; but they could not
27/Then he took eldest son that should hane reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. and there was great indingation against Isrel: and they depsrted from him , and returne their own land .
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