2 Kings 3:1-10 ▼

1 And Jehoram son of Ahab became king over Israel at Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned twelve years.

2 And he did evil in the eyes of YHWH, but not like his father and mother. For he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.

3 Nevertheless, in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had made Israel to sin, he persisted. He did not depart from them.

4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he rendered to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand rams, with wool.

5 And it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

6 And King Jehoram went out at that time from Samaria, and he mustered all Israel.

7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab to the battle?” And he said, “I will go up. Like me like you, like my people like your people, like my horses like your horses.”

8 And he said, “Where is this—the way we shall go up?” And he answered, “By the way of the Wilderness of Edom.”

9 And the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom, and they circled around the way seven days, and there was no water for the army and for the animals that were at their feet.

10 And the king of Israel said, “Alas! For YHWH has called together these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab!”