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chapter 3
1
And
Joram the son of Achab reigned over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of
m Josaphat king of Juda. And he reigned twelve years.
2 And he did evil before the Lord, but not like his
father and his mother: for he took away the statues of Baal, which his father
had made.
3 Nevertheless he stuck to the sins of Jeroboam the son
of Nabat, who made Israel to sin, nor did he depart from them.
4 Now Mesa, king of Moab, nourished many sheep, and he
paid to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand
rams with their fleeces.
5 And when Achab was dead, he broke the league which he
had made with the king of Israel.
6 And king Joram went out that day from Samaria, and
mustered all Israel.
7 And he sent to Josaphat king of Juda, saying: The
king of Moab is revolted from me, come with me against him to battle. And he
answered: I will come up: he that is mine, is thine: my people, thy people: and
my horses, thy horses.
8 And he said: Which way shall we go up? But he
answered: By the desert of Edom.
9 So the king of Israel, and the king of Juda, and the
king of Edom went, and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey, and there
was no water for the army, and for the beasts, that followed them.
10 And the king of Israel said: Alas, alas, alas, the
Lord hath gathered us three kings together, to deliver us into the hands of
Moab!
11 And Josaphat said: Is there not here a prophet of
the Lord, that we may beseech the Lord by him? And one of the servants of the
king of Israel answered: Here is Eliseus the son of Saphat, who poured water on
the hands of Elias.
12 And Josaphat said: The word of the Lord is with him.
And the king of Israel, and Josaphat king of Juda, and the king of Edom went
down to him.
13 And Eliseus said to the king of Israel: What have I
to do with thee? go to the prophets of thy father, and thy mother. And the king
of Israel said to him: Why hath the Lord gathered together these three kings,
to deliver them into the hands of Moab?
14 And Eliseus said to him: As the Lord of hosts
liveth, in whose sight I stand, if I did not reverence the face of Josaphat
king of Juda, I would not have hearkened to thee, nor looked on thee.
15 But now bring me hither a minstrel. And when the
minstrel played, the hand of the Lord came upon him, and he said:
16 Thus saith the Lord: Make the channel of this
torrent full of ditches.
17 For thus saith the Lord: You shall not see wind, nor
rain: and yet this channel shall be filled with waters, and you shall drink,
you and your families, and your beasts.
18 And this is a small thing in the sight of the Lord:
moreover he will deliver also Moab into your hands.
19 And you shall destroy every fenced city, and every
choice city, and shall cut down every fruitful tree, and shall stop up all the
springs of waters, and every goodly field you shall cover with stones.
20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the
sacrifices used to be offered, that behold, water came by the way of Edom, and
the country was filled with water.
21 And all the Moabites hearing that the kings were
come up to fight against them, gathered together all that were girded with a
belt upon them, and stood in the borders.
22 And they rose early in the morning, and the sun
being now up, and shining upon the waters, the Moabites saw the waters over
against them red, like blood,
23 And they said: It is the blood of the sword: the
kings have fought among themselves, and they have killed one another: go now,
Moab, to the spoils.
24 And they went into the camp of Israel: but Israel
rising up defeated Moab, who fled before them. And they being conquerors, went
and smote Moab.
25 And they destroyed the cities: and they filled every
goodly field, every man casting his stone: and they stopt up all the springs of
waters: and cut down all the trees that bore fruit, so that brick walls only
remained: and the city was beset by the slingers, and a great part thereof
destroyed.
26 And when the king of Moab saw this, to wit, that the
enemies had prevailed, he took with him seven hundred men that drew the sword,
to break in upon the king of Edom: but they could not.
27 Then 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 in Israel, and presently they departed from him, and returned
into their own country.
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