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1. Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
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1. Now Jehoram H3088 the son H1121 of Ahab H256 began to reign H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478 in Samaria H8111 the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of Jehoshaphat H3092 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , and reigned H4427 twelve H8147 H6240 years H8141 .
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2. He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.
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2. And he wrought H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 ; but H7535 not H3808 like his father H1 , and like his mother H517 : for he put away H5493 H853 the image H4676 of Baal H1168 that H834 his father H1 had made H6213 .
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3. Nevertheless he cleaved to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin; he didn't depart from it.
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3. Nevertheless H7535 he cleaved H1692 unto the sins H2403 of Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028 , which H834 made H853 Israel H3478 to sin H2398 ; he departed H5493 not H3808 therefrom H4480 .
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4. Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered to the king of Israel the wool of one hundred thousand lambs, and of one hundred thousand rams.
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4. And Mesha H4338 king H4428 of Moab H4124 was H1961 a sheepmaster H5349 , and rendered H7725 unto the king H4428 of Israel H3478 a hundred H3967 thousand H505 lambs H3733 , and a hundred H3967 thousand H505 rams H352 , with the wool H6785 .
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5. But it happened, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
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5. But it came to pass H1961 , when Ahab H256 was dead H4194 , that the king H4428 of Moab H4124 rebelled H6586 against the king H4428 of Israel H3478 .
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6. King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
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6. And king H4428 Jehoram H3088 went out H3318 of Samaria H4480 H8111 the same H1931 time H3117 , and numbered H6485 H853 all H3605 Israel H3478 .
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7. He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me: will you go with me against Moab to battle? He said, I will go up: I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.
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7. And he went H1980 and sent H7971 to H413 Jehoshaphat H3092 the king H4428 of Judah H3063 , saying H559 , The king H4428 of Moab H4124 hath rebelled H6586 against me : wilt thou go H1980 with H854 me against H413 Moab H4124 to battle H4421 ? And he said H559 , I will go up H5927 : I am as thou art , my people H5971 as thy people H5971 , and my horses H5483 as thy horses H5483 .
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8. He said, Which way shall we go up? He answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.
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8. And he said H559 , Which H335 H2088 way H1870 shall we go up H5927 ? And he answered H559 , The way H1870 through the wilderness H4057 of Edom H123 .
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9. So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, nor for the animals that followed them.
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9. So the king H4428 of Israel H3478 went H1980 , and the king H4428 of Judah H3063 , and the king H4428 of Edom H123 : and they fetched a compass H5437 of seven H7651 days H3117 ' journey H1870 : and there was H1961 no H3808 water H4325 for the host H4264 , and for the cattle H929 that H834 followed H7272 them.
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10. The king of Israel said, Alas! for Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
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10. And the king H4428 of Israel H3478 said H559 , Alas H162 ! that H3588 the LORD H3068 hath called H7121 these H428 three H7969 kings H4428 together , to deliver H5414 them into the hand H3027 of Moab H4124 !
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11. But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him? One of the king of Israel's servants answered, Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.
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11. But Jehoshaphat H3092 said H559 , Is there not H369 here H6311 a prophet H5030 of the LORD H3068 , that we may inquire H1875 of H853 the LORD H3068 by H4480 H854 him? And one H259 of the king H4428 of Israel's servants H4480 H5650 H3478 answered H6030 and said H559 , Here H6311 is Elisha H477 the son H1121 of Shaphat H8202 , which H834 poured H3332 water H4325 on H5921 the hands H3027 of Elijah H452 .
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12. Jehoshaphat said, The word of Yahweh is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
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12. And Jehoshaphat H3092 said H559 , The word H1697 of the LORD H3068 is H3426 with H854 him . So the king H4428 of Israel H3478 and Jehoshaphat H3092 and the king H4428 of Edom H123 went down H3381 to H413 him.
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13. Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? get you to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother. The king of Israel said to him, No; for Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
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13. And Elisha H477 said H559 unto H413 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 , What H4100 have I to do with thee? get H1980 thee to H413 the prophets H5030 of thy father H1 , and to H413 the prophets H5030 of thy mother H517 . And the king H4428 of Israel H3478 said H559 unto him, Nay H408 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath called H7121 these H428 three H7969 kings H4428 together , to deliver H5414 them into the hand H3027 of Moab H4124 .
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14. Elisha said, As Yahweh of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor see you.
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14. And Elisha H477 said H559 , As the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 liveth H2416 , before H6440 whom H834 I stand H5975 , surely H3588 , were it not H3884 that I H589 regard H5375 the presence H6440 of Jehoshaphat H3092 the king H4428 of Judah H3063 , I would not look H5027 toward H413 thee, nor H518 see H7200 thee.
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15. But now bring me a minstrel. It happened, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Yahweh came on him.
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15. But now H6258 bring H3947 me a minstrel H5059 . And it came to pass H1961 , when the minstrel H5059 played H5059 , that the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 upon H5921 him.
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16. He said, Thus says Yahweh, Make this valley full of trenches.
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16. And he said H559 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Make H6213 this H2088 valley H5158 full of ditches H1356 H1356 .
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17. For thus says Yahweh, You shall not see wind, neither shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and you shall drink, both you and your cattle and your animals.
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17. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Ye shall not H3808 see H7200 wind H7307 , neither H3808 shall ye see H7200 rain H1653 ; yet that H1931 valley H5158 shall be filled H4390 with water H4325 , that ye may drink H8354 , both ye H859 , and your cattle H4735 , and your beasts H929 .
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18. This is but a light thing in the sight of Yahweh: he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
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18. And this H2063 is but a light thing H7043 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 : he will deliver H5414 H853 the Moabites H4124 also into your hand H3027 .
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19. You shall strike every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
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19. And ye shall smite H5221 every H3605 fenced H4013 city H5892 , and every H3605 choice H4004 city H5892 , and shall fell H5307 every H3605 good H2896 tree H6086 , and stop H5640 all H3605 wells H4599 of water H4325 , and mar H3510 every H3605 good H2896 piece of land H2513 with stones H68 .
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20. It happened in the morning, about the time of offering the offering, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
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20. And it came to pass H1961 in the morning H1242 , when the meat offering H4503 was offered H5927 , that, behold H2009 , there came H935 water H4325 by the way H4480 H1870 of Edom H123 , and the country H776 was filled H4390 with H854 water H4325 .
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21. Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all who were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.
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21. And when all H3605 the Moabites H4124 heard H8085 that H3588 the kings H4428 were come up H5927 to fight H3898 against them , they gathered all H6817 H4480 H3605 that were able to put on H2296 armor H2290 , and upward H4605 , and stood H5975 in H5921 the border H1366 .
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22. They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood:
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22. And they rose up early H7925 in the morning H1242 , and the sun H8121 shone H2224 upon H5921 the water H4325 , and the Moabites H4124 saw H7200 H853 the water H4325 on the other side H4480 H5048 as red H122 as blood H1818 :
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23. and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each man his fellow: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
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23. And they said H559 , This H2088 is blood H1818 : the kings H4428 are surely slain H2717 H2717 , and they have smitten H5221 H853 one H376 another H7453 : now H6258 therefore, Moab H4124 , to the spoil H7998 .
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24. When they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward into the land smiting the Moabites.
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24. And when they came H935 to H413 the camp H4264 of Israel H3478 , the Israelites H3478 rose up H6965 and smote H5221 H853 the Moabites H4124 , so that they fled H5127 before H4480 H6440 them : but they went H5221 forward smiting H5221 H853 the Moabites H4124 , even in their country.
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25. They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the springs of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir Hareseth only they left the stones of it; however the men armed with slings went about it, and struck it.
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25. And they beat down H2040 the cities H5892 , and on every H3605 good H2896 piece H2513 of land cast H7993 every man H376 his stone H68 , and filled H4390 it ; and they stopped H5640 all H3605 the wells H4599 of water H4325 , and felled H5307 all H3605 the good H2896 trees H6086 : only H5704 in Kir H7025 -haraseth left H7604 they the stones H68 thereof ; howbeit the slingers H7051 went about H5437 it , and smote H5221 it.
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26. When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew sword, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.
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26. And when the king H4428 of Moab H4124 saw H7200 that H3588 the battle H4421 was too sore H2388 for H4480 him , he took H3947 with H854 him seven H7651 hundred H3967 men H376 that drew H8025 swords H2719 , to break through H1234 even unto H413 the king H4428 of Edom H123 : but they could H3201 not H3808 .
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27. Then he took his eldest son who would have reigned in his place, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. There was great wrath against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
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27. Then he took H3947 H853 his eldest H1060 son H1121 that H834 should have reigned H4427 in his stead H8478 , and offered H5927 him for a burnt offering H5930 upon H5921 the wall H2346 . And there was H1961 great H1419 indignation H7110 against H5921 Israel H3478 : and they departed H5265 from H4480 H5921 him , and returned H7725 to their own land H776 .
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