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Now Jehoram[H3088] the son[H1121] of Ahab[H256] began to reign[H4427] over Israel[H3478] in Samaria[H8111] the eighteenth[H8083]year[H8141] of Jehoshaphat[H3092]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and reigned[H4427]twelve[H8147]years[H8141].
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And he wrought[H6213]evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068]; but not like his father[H1], and like his mother[H517]: for he put away[H5493] the image[H4676] of Baal[H1168] that his father[H1] had made[H6213].
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Nevertheless he cleaved[H1692] unto the sins[H2403] of Jeroboam[H3379] the son[H1121] of Nebat[H5028], which made Israel[H3478] to sin[H2398]; he departed[H5493] not therefrom.
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And Mesha[H4338]king[H4428] of Moab[H4124] was a sheepmaster[H5349], and rendered[H7725] unto the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] an hundred[H3967]thousand[H505]lambs[H3733], and an hundred[H3967]thousand[H505]rams[H352], with the wool[H6785].
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But it came to pass, when Ahab[H256] was dead[H4194], that the king[H4428] of Moab[H4124]rebelled[H6586] against the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478].
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And king[H4428]Jehoram[H3088] went out[H3318] of Samaria[H8111] the same time[H3117], and numbered[H6485] all Israel[H3478].
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And he went[H3212] and sent[H7971] to Jehoshaphat[H3092] the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], saying[H559], The king[H4428] of Moab[H4124] hath rebelled[H6586] against me: wilt thou go[H3212] with me against Moab[H4124] to battle?[H4421] And he said[H559], I will go[H3212]up[H5927]: I am as thou art, my people[H5971] as thy people[H5971], and my horses[H5483] as thy horses[H5483].
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And he said[H559], Which way[H1870] shall we go up?[H5927] And he answered[H559], The way[H1870] through the wilderness[H4057] of Edom[H123].
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So the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478]went[H3212], and the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and the king[H4428] of Edom[H123]: and they fetched a compass[H5437] of seven[H7651]days[H3117]' journey[H1870]: and there was no water[H4325] for the host[H4264], and for the cattle[H929] that followed[H7272] them.
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And the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478]said[H559], Alas[H162]! that the LORD[H3068] hath called[H7121] these three[H7969]kings[H4428]together[H7121], to deliver[H5414] them into the hand[H3027] of Moab[H4124]!
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But Jehoshaphat[H3092]said[H559], Is there not here a prophet[H5030] of the LORD[H3068], that we may enquire[H1875] of the LORD[H3068] by him? And one[H259] of the king[H4428] of Israel's servants[H5650]answered[H6030] and said[H559], Here is Elisha[H477] the son[H1121] of Shaphat[H8202], which poured[H3332]water[H4325] on the hands[H3027] of Elijah[H452].
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And Jehoshaphat[H3092]said[H559], The word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068]is[H3426] with him. So the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] and Jehoshaphat[H3092] and the king[H4428] of Edom[H123] went down[H3381] to him.
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And Elisha[H477]said[H559] unto the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], What have I to do with thee? get[H3212] thee to the prophets[H5030] of thy father[H1], and to the prophets[H5030] of thy mother[H517]. And the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478]said[H559] unto him, Nay: for the LORD[H3068] hath called[H7121] these three[H7969]kings[H4428]together[H7121], to deliver[H5414] them into the hand[H3027] of Moab[H4124].
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And Elisha[H477]said[H559], As the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635]liveth[H2416], before[H6440] whom I stand[H5975], surely, were it not that[H3884] I regard[H5375] the presence[H6440] of Jehoshaphat[H3092] the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], I would not look[H5027] toward thee, nor see[H7200] thee.
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But now bring[H3947] me a minstrel[H5059]. And it came to pass, when the minstrel[H5059]played[H5059], that the hand[H3027] of the LORD[H3068] came upon him.
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And he said[H559], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Make[H6213] this valley[H5158] full of ditches[H1356].
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For thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Ye shall not see[H7200]wind[H7307], neither shall ye see[H7200]rain[H1653]; yet that valley[H5158] shall be filled[H4390] with water[H4325], that ye may drink[H8354], both ye, and your cattle[H4735], and your beasts[H929].
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And this is but a light thing[H7043] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068]: he will deliver[H5414] the Moabites[H4124] also into your hand[H3027].
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And ye shall smite[H5221] every fenced[H4013]city[H5892], and every choice[H4004]city[H5892], and shall fell[H5307] every good[H2896]tree[H6086], and stop[H5640] all wells[H4599] of water[H4325], and mar[H3510] every good[H2896]piece[H2513] of land with stones[H68].
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And it came[H935] to pass in the morning[H1242], when the meat offering[H4503] was offered[H5927], that, behold, there came[H935]water[H4325] by the way[H1870] of Edom[H123], and the country[H776] was filled[H4390] with water[H4325].
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And when all the Moabites[H4124]heard[H8085] that the kings[H4428] were come up[H5927] to fight[H3898] against them, they gathered[H6817] all that were able to put[H2296] on armour[H2290], and upward[H4605], and stood[H5975] in the border[H1366].
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And they rose up early[H7925] in the morning[H1242], and the sun[H8121]shone[H2224] upon the water[H4325], and the Moabites[H4124]saw[H7200] the water[H4325] on the other side[H5048] as red[H122] as blood[H1818]:
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And they said[H559], This is blood[H1818]: the kings[H4428] are surely[H2717]slain[H2717], and they have smitten[H5221]one[H376]another[H7453]: now therefore, Moab[H4124], to the spoil[H7998].
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And when they came[H935] to the camp[H4264] of Israel[H3478], the Israelites[H3478] rose up[H6965] and smote[H5221] the Moabites[H4124], so that they fled[H5127]before[H6440] them: but they went forward[H5221]smiting[H5221] the Moabites[H4124], even in their country.
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And they beat down[H2040] the cities[H5892], and on every good[H2896]piece[H2513] of land cast[H7993] every man[H376] his stone[H68], and filled[H4390] it; and they stopped[H5640] all the wells[H4599] of water[H4325], and felled[H5307] all the good[H2896]trees[H6086]: only in Kirharaseth[H7025]left[H7604] they the stones[H68] thereof; howbeit the slingers[H7051] went about[H5437] it, and smote[H5221] it.
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And when the king[H4428] of Moab[H4124]saw[H7200] that the battle[H4421] was too sore[H2388] for him, he took[H3947] with him seven[H7651]hundred[H3967]men[H376] that drew[H8025]swords[H2719], to break through[H1234] even unto the king[H4428] of Edom[H123]: but they could[H3201] not.
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Then he took[H3947] his eldest[H1060]son[H1121] that should have reigned[H4427] in his stead, and offered[H5927] him for a burnt offering[H5930] upon the wall[H2346]. And there was great[H1419]indignation[H7110] against Israel[H3478]: and they departed[H5265] from him, and returned[H7725] to their own land[H776].