2 Kings 3

1 ♥ 📝 N ow Jehoram^H3088 the son^H1121 of Ahab^H256 began to reign^H4427 over Israel^H3478 in Samaria^H8111 in the eighteenth^H8083 year^H8141 of Jehoshaphat^H3092 king^H4428 of Judah,^H3063 and reigned^H4427 twelve^H8147 years.^H8141

2 ♥ 📝 And he did^H6213 that which was evil^H7451 in the sight^H5869 of Jehovah,^H3068 but not like his father,^H1 and like his mother;^H517 for he put away^H5493 the pillar^H4676 of Baal^H1168 that his father^H1 had made.^H6213

3 ♥ 📝 Nevertheless he cleaved^H1692 unto the sins^H2403 of Jeroboam^H3379 the son^H1121 of Nebat,^H5028 wherewith he made Israel^H3478 to sin;^H2398 he departed^H5493 not therefrom.

4 ♥ 📝 Now Mesha^H4338 king^H4428 of Moab^H4124 was a sheep-master;^H5349 and he rendered^H7725 unto the king^H4428 of Israel^H3478 the wool^H6785 of a hundred^H3967 thousand^H505 lambs,^H3733 and of a hundred^H3967 thousand^H505 rams.^H352

5 ♥ 📝 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

6 ♥ 📝 And king^H4428 Jehoram^H3088 went out^H3318 of Samaria^H8111 at that time,^H3117 and mustered^H6485 all Israel.^H3478

7 ♥ 📝 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 up:^H5927 I am as thou art, my people^H5971 as thy people,^H5971 my horses^H5483 as thy horses.^H5483

8 ♥ 📝 And he said,^H559 Which way^H1870 shall we go up?^H5927 And he answered,^H559 The way^H1870 of the wilderness^H4057 of Edom.^H123

9 ♥ 📝 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 made a circuit^H5437 of seven^H7651 days'^H3117 journey:^H1870 and there was no water^H4325 for the host,^H4264 nor for the beasts^H929 that followed^H7272 them.

10 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 of Israel^H3478 said,^H559 Alas!^H162 for Jehovah^H3068 hath called^H7121 these three^H7969 kings^H4428 together^H7121 to deliver^H5414 them into the hand^H3027 of Moab.^H4124

11 ♥ 📝 But Jehoshaphat^H3092 said,^H559 Is there not here a prophet^H5030 of Jehovah,^H3068 that we may inquire^H1875 of Jehovah^H3068 by him? And one^H259 of the king^H4428 of Israel's^H3478 servants^H5650 answered^H6030 and said,^H559 Elisha^H477 the son^H1121 of Shaphat^H8202 is here, who poured^H3332 water^H4325 on the hands^H3027 of Elijah.^H452

12 ♥ 📝 And Jehoshaphat^H3092 said,^H559 The word^H1697 of Jehovah^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.

13 ♥ 📝 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 Jehovah^H3068 hath called^H7121 these three^H7969 kings^H4428 together^H7121 to deliver^H5414 them into the hand^H3027 of Moab.^H4124

14 ♥ 📝 And Elisha^H477 said,^H559 As Jehovah^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.

15 ♥ 📝 But now bring^H3947 me a minstrel.^H5059 And it came to pass, when the minstrel^H5059 played,^H5059 that the hand^H3027 of Jehovah^H3068 came upon him.

16 ♥ 📝 And he said,^H559 Thus saith^H559 Jehovah,^H3068 Make^H6213 this valley^H5158 full of trenches.^H1356

17 ♥ 📝 For thus saith^H559 Jehovah,^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 and ye shall drink,^H8354 both ye and your cattle^H4735 and your beasts.^H929

18 ♥ 📝 And this is but a light thing^H7043 in the sight^H5869 of Jehovah:^H3068 he will also deliver^H5414 the Moabites^H4124 into your hand.^H3027

19 ♥ 📝 And ye shall smite^H5221 every fortified^H4013 city,^H5892 and every choice^H4004 city,^H5892 and shall fell^H5307 every good^H2896 tree,^H6086 and stop^H5640 all fountains^H4599 of water,^H4325 and mar^H3510 every good^H2896 piece^H2513 of land with stones.^H68

20 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass in the morning,^H1242 about the time of offering^H4503 the oblation,^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

21 ♥ 📝 Now when all the Moabites^H4124 heard^H8085 that the kings^H4428 were come up^H5927 to fight^H3898 against them, they gathered^H6817 themselves together, all that were able to put^H2296 on armor,^H2290 and upward,^H4605 and stood^H5975 on the border.^H1366

22 ♥ 📝 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 over against^H5048 them as red^H122 as blood:^H1818

23 ♥ 📝 and they said,^H559 This is blood;^H1818 the kings^H4428 are surely^H2717 destroyed,^H2717 and they have smitten^H5221 each man^H376 his fellow:^H7453 now therefore, Moab,^H4124 to the spoil.^H7998

24 ♥ 📝 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; and they went forward^H5221 into the land smiting^H5221 the Moabites.^H4124

25 ♥ 📝 And they beat down^H2040 the cities;^H5892 and on every good^H2896 piece^H2513 of land they cast^H7993 every man^H376 his stone,^H68 and filled^H4390 it; and they stopped^H5640 all the fountains^H4599 of water,^H4325 and felled^H5307 all the good^H2896 trees,^H6086 until in Kir-hareseth^H7025 [only] they left^H7604 the stones^H68 thereof; howbeit the slingers^H7051 went about^H5437 it, and smote^H5221 it.

26 ♥ 📝 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 sword,^H2719 to break through^H1234 unto the king^H4428 of Edom;^H123 but they could^H3201 not.

27 ♥ 📝 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 wrath^H7110 against Israel:^H3478 and they departed^H5265 from him, and returned^H7725 to their own land.^H776