{"id":877,"date":"2015-01-10T13:47:04","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T13:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/?p=877"},"modified":"2020-03-08T08:58:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T12:58:03","slug":"2ki03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki03\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Kings 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 3<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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 <span class=\"add\">am<\/span> as thou <span class=\"add\">art,<\/span> my people as thy people, <span class=\"add\">and<\/span> my horses as thy horses.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days\u2019 journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But Jehoshaphat said, <span class=\"add\">Is there<\/span> not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel\u2019s servants answered and said, Here <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Elisha said, <span class=\"add\">As<\/span> 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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And this is <span class=\"add\">but<\/span> a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V19\">19\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V20\">20\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V21\">21\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V22\">22\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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 <span class=\"add\">as<\/span> red as blood:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V23\">23\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And they said, This <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V24\">24\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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 <span class=\"add\">their<\/span> country.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V25\">25\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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 <span class=\"add\">it,<\/span> and smote it. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V26\">26\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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 <span class=\"add\">even<\/span> unto the king of Edom: but they could not.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V27\">27\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him <span class=\"add\">for<\/span> a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to <span class=\"add\">their own<\/span> land. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>2 Kings Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki06\">6<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki07\">7<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki08\">8<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki09\">9<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki10\">10<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki11\">11<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki12\">12<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki13\">13<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki14\">14<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki15\">15<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki16\">16<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki17\">17<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki18\">18<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki19\">19<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki20\">20<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki21\">21<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki22\">22<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki23\">23<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki24\">24<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ki25\">25<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 1\u00a0Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. 2\u00a0And 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. 3\u00a0Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. 4\u00a0And 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. 5\u00a0But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. 6\u00a0And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel. 7\u00a0And 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. 8\u00a0And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom. 9\u00a0So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days\u2019 journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them. 10\u00a0And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab! 11\u00a0But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? 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