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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 L
ORD
, that we may enquire of the L
ORD
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 L
ORD
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 L
ORD
hath called these
three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
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And Elisha said,
As
the L
ORD
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 L
ORD
came upon him.
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And he said,
Thus saith the L
ORD
, Make this valley full of ditches.
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For thus saith the L
ORD
, 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 L
ORD
: 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 Kir-haraseth 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.
CHAPTER KINGS 4
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy
servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the L
ORD
: and the creditor
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