1Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Yashar'el (Israel) in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Yahudah (Judah), and reigned twelve years.
2And he wrought evil in the sight of Yahuah (LORD); but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.
3Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Yashar'el (Israel) to sin; he departed not therefrom.
4And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Yashar'el (Israel) an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
5But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Yashar'el (Israel).
6And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Yashar'el (Israel).
7And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Yahudah (Judah), saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me: will you go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as you are, my people as your people, and my horses as your horses.
8And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
9So the king of Yashar'el (Israel) went, and the king of Yahudah (Judah), and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days’ journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.
10And the king of Yashar'el (Israel) said, Alas! that Yahuah (LORD) has called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
11But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Yahuah (LORD), that we may enquire of Yahuah (LORD) by him? And one of the king of Yashar'el's (Israel’s) servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
12And Jehoshaphat said, The word of Yahuah (LORD) is with him. So the king of Yashar'el (Israel) and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
13And Elisha said unto the king of Yashar'el (Israel), What have I to do with you? get you to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother. And the king of Yashar'el (Israel) said unto him, Nay: for Yahuah (LORD) has called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
14And Elisha said, As Yahuah Tseva'ot (LORD of hosts) lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Yahudah (Judah), I would not look toward you, nor see you.
15But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Yahuah (LORD) came upon him.
16And he said, Thus says Yahuah (LORD), Make this valley full of ditches.
17For thus says Yahuah (LORD), You shall not see wind, neither shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that you may drink, both you, and your cattle, and your beasts.
18And this is but a light thing in the sight of Yahuah (LORD): he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
19And you shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
20And 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.
21And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.
22And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:
23And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
24And when they came to the camp of Yashar'el (Israel), the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.
25And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
26And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
27Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Yashar'el (Israel): and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.