2 Kings 3:11-27

11But Jehoshaphat said, “1Is there no prophet of the Lord here, that we may inquire of the Lord by him?” And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, “2Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, 3who used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.” 12And 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.

13Now Elisha said to the king of Israel, “4What business do you have with me? 5Go to your father’s prophets and your mother’s prophets.” But the king of Israel said to him, “No, for the Lord has called these three kings together to hand them over to Moab.” 14Elisha said, “6As surely as the Lord of armies lives, before whom I stand, if I did not respect Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look at you nor see you. 15But now 7bring me a 8musician.” And it came about, when the 9musician played, that 10the hand of the Lord came upon him. 16And he said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Make this valley 11full of trenches.’ 17For the Lord says this: ‘You will not see wind, nor will you see rain; yet that valley 12shall be filled with water, so that you will drink, you, your livestock, and your other animals. 18And this is an 13insignificant thing in the sight of the Lord; He will also give the Moabites into your hand. 1914Then you shall strike every fortified city and every choice city, and 15cut down every good tree and stop up all the springs of water, and spoil every good plot of land with stones.’” 20And it happened in the morning 16about the time of offering the sacrifice, that behold, water came from the direction of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

21Now all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. And all who were able to 17put on armor and older were summoned and they took their positions on the border. 22Then they got up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood. 23So they said, “This is blood; the kings must have fought each other, and they have killed one another. Now then, Moab, to the spoils!” 24But when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck the Moabites, so that they fled from them; and the Israelites invaded 18the land, 19killing the Moabites. 2520So they destroyed the cities; and each one threw a stone on every plot of good land and filled it. So they stopped up every spring of water and 21cut down every good tree, until in 22Kir-hareseth only they left its stones; however, the rock slingers surrounded it and struck it. 26When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew swords, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not. 27Then the king of Moab took his oldest son who was to reign in his place, and 23offered him as a burnt offering on the wall. And great anger came upon Israel, and they departed from him and returned to their own land.