Dual Panel1Now Jehoram <03088> the son <01121> of Ahab <0256> began to reign <04427> (8804) over Israel <03478> in Samaria <08111> the eighteenth <08083> <06240> year <08141> of Jehoshaphat <03092> king <04428> of Judah <03063>_, and reigned <04427> (8799) twelve <08147> <06240> years <08141>_.
2And he wrought <06213> (8799) evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>_; but not like his father <01>_, and like his mother <0517>_: for he put away <05493> (8686) the image <04676> of Baal <01168> that his father <01> had made <06213> (8804)_. {image: Heb. statue}
3Nevertheless he cleaved <01692> (8804) unto the sins <02403> of Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of Nebat <05028>_, which made Israel <03478> to sin <02398> (8689)_; he departed <05493> (8804) not therefrom.
4And Mesha <04338> king <04428> of Moab <04124> was a sheepmaster <05349>_, and rendered <07725> (8689) unto the king <04428> of Israel <03478> an hundred <03967> thousand <0505> lambs <03733>_, and an hundred <03967> thousand <0505> rams <0352>_, with the wool <06785>_.
5But it came to pass, when Ahab <0256> was dead <04194>_, that the king <04428> of Moab <04124> rebelled <06586> (8799) against the king <04428> of Israel <03478>_.
6And king <04428> Jehoram <03088> went out <03318> (8799) of Samaria <08111> the same time <03117>_, and numbered <06485> (8799) all Israel <03478>_.
7And he went <03212> (8799) and sent <07971> (8799) to Jehoshaphat <03092> the king <04428> of Judah <03063>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, The king <04428> of Moab <04124> hath rebelled <06586> (8804) against me: wilt thou go <03212> (8799) with me against Moab <04124> to battle <04421>_? And he said <0559> (8799)_, I will go up <05927> (8799)_: I [am] as thou [art], my people <05971> as thy people <05971>_, [and] my horses <05483> as thy horses <05483>_.
8And he said <0559> (8799)_, Which way <01870> shall we go up <05927> (8799)_? And he answered <0559> (8799)_, The way <01870> through the wilderness <04057> of Edom <0123>_.
9So the king <04428> of Israel <03478> went <03212> (8799)_, and the king <04428> of Judah <03063>_, and the king <04428> of Edom <0123>_: and they fetched a compass <05437> (8799) of seven <07651> days <03117>_' journey <01870>_: and there was no water <04325> for the host <04264>_, and for the cattle <0929> that followed <07272> them. {that...: Heb. at their feet}
10And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799)_, Alas <0162>_! that the LORD <03068> hath called <07121> (0) these three <07969> kings <04428> together <07121> (8804)_, to deliver <05414> (8800) them into the hand <03027> of Moab <04124>_!
11But Jehoshaphat <03092> said <0559> (8799)_, [Is there] not here a prophet <05030> of the LORD <03068>_, that we may enquire <01875> (8799) of the LORD <03068> by him? And one <0259> of the king <04428> of Israel's <03478> servants <05650> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799)_, Here [is] Elisha <0477> the son <01121> of Shaphat <08202>_, which poured <03332> (8804) water <04325> on the hands <03027> of Elijah <0452>_.
12And Jehoshaphat <03092> said <0559> (8799)_, The word <01697> of the LORD <03068> is <03426> with him. So the king <04428> of Israel <03478> and Jehoshaphat <03092> and the king <04428> of Edom <0123> went down <03381> (8799) to him.
13And Elisha <0477> said <0559> (8799) unto the king <04428> of Israel <03478>_, What have I to do with thee? get <03212> (8798) thee to the prophets <05030> of thy father <01>_, and to the prophets <05030> of thy mother <0517>_. And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Nay: for the LORD <03068> hath called <07121> (0) these three <07969> kings <04428> together <07121> (8804)_, to deliver <05414> (8800) them into the hand <03027> of Moab <04124>_.
14And Elisha <0477> said <0559> (8799)_, [As] the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> liveth <02416>_, before <06440> whom I stand <05975> (8804)_, surely, were it not that <03884> I regard <05375> (8802) the presence <06440> of Jehoshaphat <03092> the king <04428> of Judah <03063>_, I would not look <05027> (8686) toward thee, nor see <07200> (8799) thee.
15But now bring <03947> (8798) me a minstrel <05059> (8764)_. And it came to pass, when the minstrel <05059> (8764) played <05059> (8763)_, that the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068> came upon him.
16And he said <0559> (8799)_, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_, Make <06213> (8800) this valley <05158> full of ditches <01356>_.
17For thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_, Ye shall not see <07200> (8799) wind <07307>_, neither shall ye see <07200> (8799) rain <01653>_; yet that valley <05158> shall be filled <04390> (8735) with water <04325>_, that ye may drink <08354> (8804)_, both ye, and your cattle <04735>_, and your beasts <0929>_.
18And this is [but] a light thing <07043> (8738) in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>_: he will deliver <05414> (8804) the Moabites <04124> also into your hand <03027>_.
19And ye shall smite <05221> (8689) every fenced <04013> city <05892>_, and every choice <04004> city <05892>_, and shall fell <05307> (8686) every good <02896> tree <06086>_, and stop <05640> (8799) all wells <04599> of water <04325>_, and mar <03510> (8686) every good <02896> piece <02513> of land with stones <068>_. {mar: Heb. grieve}
20And it came to pass in the morning <01242>_, when the meat offering <04503> was offered <05927> (8800)_, that, behold, there came <0935> (8802) water <04325> by the way <01870> of Edom <0123>_, and the country <0776> was filled <04390> (8735) with water <04325>_.
21And when all the Moabites <04124> heard <08085> (8804) that the kings <04428> were come up <05927> (8804) to fight <03898> (8736) against them, they gathered <06817> (8735) all that were able to put <02296> (8802) on armour <02290>_, and upward <04605>_, and stood <05975> (8799) in the border <01366>_. {gathered: Heb. were cried together} {put on...: Heb. gird himself with a girdle}
22And they rose up early <07925> (8686) in the morning <01242>_, and the sun <08121> shone <02224> (8804) upon the water <04325>_, and the Moabites <04124> saw <07200> (8799) the water <04325> on the other side <05048> [as] red <0122> as blood <01818>_:
23And they said <0559> (8799)_, This [is] blood <01818>_: the kings <04428> are surely <02717> (8715) slain <02717> (8738)_, and they have smitten <05221> (8686) one <0376> another <07453>_: now therefore, Moab <04124>_, to the spoil <07998>_. {slain: Heb. destroyed}
24And when they came <0935> (8799) to the camp <04264> of Israel <03478>_, the Israelites <03478> rose up <06965> (8799) and smote <05221> (8686) the Moabites <04124>_, so that they fled <05127> (8799) before <06440> them: but they went forward <05221> (8686) smiting <05221> (8687) the Moabites <04124>_, even in [their] country. {they went...: or, they smote in it even smiting}
25And they beat down <02040> (8799) the cities <05892>_, and on every good <02896> piece <02513> of land cast <07993> (8686) every man <0376> his stone <068>_, and filled <04390> (8765) it; and they stopped <05640> (8799) all the wells <04599> of water <04325>_, and felled <05307> (8686) all the good <02896> trees <06086>_: only in Kirharaseth <07025> left <07604> (8689) they the stones <068> thereof; howbeit the slingers <07051> went about <05437> (8799) [it], and smote <05221> (8686) it. {only in...: Heb. until he left its stones in Kirharaseth}
26And when the king <04428> of Moab <04124> saw <07200> (8799) that the battle <04421> was too sore <02388> (8804) for him, he took <03947> (8799) with him seven <07651> hundred <03967> men <0376> that drew <08025> (8802) swords <02719>_, to break through <01234> (8687) [even] unto the king <04428> of Edom <0123>_: but they could <03201> (8804) not.
27Then he took <03947> (8799) his eldest <01060> son <01121> that should have reigned <04427> (8799) in his stead, and offered <05927> (8686) him [for] a burnt offering <05930> upon the wall <02346>_. And there was great <01419> indignation <07110> against Israel <03478>_: and they departed <05265> (8799) from him, and returned <07725> (8799) to [their own] land <0776>_.