1In the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Jehoram son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twelve years.stylus2 Kings 1:17, 2 Kings 1:17, 2 Kings 8:16, 1 Kings 22:51, 2 Kings 8:162And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as his father and mother had done. He removed the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.stylus2 Kings 10:18, 2 Kings 10:18, 2 Kings 10:26, 2 Kings 10:28, 1 Kings 21:253Nevertheless, he clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.stylus1 Kings 14:16, 1 Kings 14:16, 2 Kings 15:18, 1 Kings 13:33, 1 Kings 15:344Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he would render to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.stylus2 Samuel 8:2, 2 Samuel 8:2, Job 42:12, Genesis 13:2, Psalms 108:95But after the death of Ahab, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.stylus2 Kings 1:1, 2 Kings 1:1, 2 Chronicles 21:8, 2 Chronicles 21:10, 2 Kings 8:206So at that time King Jehoram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel.stylus2 Samuel 24:1, 2 Samuel 24:25, 1 Kings 20:27, 1 Samuel 11:8, 1 Samuel 15:47And he sent a message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” “I will go,” replied Jehoshaphat. “I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”stylus1 Kings 22:4, 1 Kings 22:4, 2 Chronicles 18:3, 2 Chronicles 22:10, 2 Chronicles 22:128Then he asked, “Which way shall we go up?” “By way of the Desert of Edom,” replied Joram.stylusMalachi 1:2, Malachi 1:3, Numbers 21:4, Malachi 1:2, Malachi 1:39So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals.stylus1 Kings 22:47, 1 Kings 22:47, Numbers 20:4, Exodus 17:1, Judges 4:1010“Alas,” said the king of Israel, “for the LORD has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab!”stylusProverbs 19:3, 2 Kings 6:33, Genesis 4:13, Isaiah 8:21, Isaiah 51:2011But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him.” And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.”stylus1 Kings 22:7, 1 Kings 22:7, 1 Kings 19:21, 1 Kings 19:21, 2 Kings 3:312Jehoshaphat affirmed, “The word of the LORD is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.stylus2 Kings 2:14, 2 Kings 2:15, Revelation 3:9, 2 Kings 5:15, Isaiah 49:2313Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”stylus1 Kings 18:19, 1 Kings 22:6, 1 Kings 18:19, 1 Kings 22:6, Deuteronomy 32:3714Then Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not for my regard for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or acknowledge you.stylus2 Kings 5:16, 2 Kings 5:16, 1 Kings 17:1, 1 Kings 17:1, Jeremiah 1:1815But now, bring me a harpist.” And while the harpist played, the hand of the LORD came upon Elishastylus1 Samuel 16:23, 1 Samuel 16:23, Ezekiel 1:3, Ezekiel 1:3, 1 Samuel 10:516and he said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Dig this valley full of ditches.’stylus2 Kings 4:3, 2 Kings 4:3, Numbers 2:16, Numbers 2:18, Numbers 2:1617For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the valley will be filled with water, and you will drink—you and your cattle and your animals.’stylusPsalms 107:35, Psalms 107:35, Isaiah 41:17, Isaiah 41:18, Isaiah 48:2118This is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD, and He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.stylusLuke 1:37, Jeremiah 32:27, Luke 1:37, Jeremiah 32:27, Jeremiah 32:1719And you shall attack every fortified city and every city of importance. You shall cut down every good tree, stop up every spring, and ruin every good field with stones.”stylus2 Kings 3:25, Deuteronomy 20:19, Deuteronomy 20:20, Numbers 24:17, 1 Samuel 15:320The next morning, at the time of the morning sacrifice, water suddenly flowed from the direction of Edom and filled the land.stylusExodus 29:39, Exodus 29:40, Exodus 29:39, Exodus 29:40, 1 Kings 18:3621Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. So all who could bear arms, young and old, were summoned and stationed at the border.stylus1 Kings 20:11, Ephesians 6:14, 1 Kings 20:11, Ephesians 6:1422When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way.stylus23“This is blood!” they exclaimed. “The kings have clashed swords and slaughtered one another. Now to the plunder, Moab!”stylus2 Kings 7:6, Exodus 15:9, 2 Chronicles 20:25, 2 Kings 6:18, 2 Kings 6:2024But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and attacked them, and they fled before them. So the Israelites invaded their land and struck down the Moabites.stylus1 Thessalonians 5:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:4, Joshua 8:20, Joshua 8:22, Judges 20:4025They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.stylusJeremiah 48:36, Isaiah 16:7, Jeremiah 48:31, 2 Kings 3:19, Jeremiah 48:3626When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not prevail.stylus2 Kings 3:9, Amos 2:1, 2 Kings 3:9, Amos 2:127So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall. And there was great fury against the Israelites, so they withdrew and returned to their own land.stylusMicah 6:7, Micah 6:7, Deuteronomy 12:31, Deuteronomy 12:31, Judges 11:31
