Book 12 : 2 KINGS - Chapter 003
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And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his
father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal
that his father had made
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Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom
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And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto
the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred
thousand rams, with the wool
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But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab
rebelled against the king of Israel
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And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and
numbered all Israel
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And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying,
The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with
me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as
thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy
horses
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And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The
way through the wilderness of Edom
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So the king of Israel went, and the king of 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
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And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called
these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of
Moab
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But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD,
that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of
Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of
Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah
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And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the
king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down
to him
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And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do
with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the
prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him,
Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to
deliver them into the hand of Moab
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And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I
stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of
Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee,
nor see thee
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But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the
minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him
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And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of
ditches
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For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall
ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that
ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts
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And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he
will deliver the Moabites also into your hand
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And ye 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
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And 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
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And 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
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And 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
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And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and
they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the
spoil
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And when they came to the camp of 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
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And 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
Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers
went about it, and smote it
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And 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
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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 against Israel: and they departed
from him, and returned to their own land
Book 12 : 2 KINGS - Chapter 003
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