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2 Kings 3:4-27
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4As regards Mesha the king of Moab, he became a sheep raiser, and he paid to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand unshorn male sheep.
5And it came about that as soon as Ahab died, the king of Moab began to revolt against the king of Israel.
6Consequently King Jehoram went out on that day from Samaria and mustered all Israel.
7He went farther and now sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying: “The king of Moab himself has revolted against me. Will you go with me to Moab in war?” To this he said: “I shall go. I am the same as you are; my people are the same as your people; my horses are the same as your horses.”
8And he went on to say: “By which particular way shall we go up?” So he said: “By the way of the wilderness of Edom.”
9And the king of Israel and the king of Judah and the king of Edom proceeded to go, and they kept going their way around for seven days, and there proved to be no water for the camp and for the domestic animals that were following their steps.
10At length the king of Israel said: “How unfortunate that Jehovah has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab!”
11At that Jehoshaphat said: “Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah? Then let us inquire of Jehovah through him.” So one of the servants of the king of Israel answered and said: “There is here Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured out water upon the hands of Elijah.”
12Then Jehoshaphat said: “The word of Jehovah exists with him.” Accordingly the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
13And Elisha proceeded to say to the king of Israel: “What do I have to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother.” But the king of Israel said to him: “No, for Jehovah has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.”
14To this Elisha said: “As Jehovah of armies before whom I do stand is living, if it were not that it is the face of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah for which I am having consideration, I would not look at you or see you.
15And now YOU men fetch me a string-instrument player.” And it occurred that, as soon as the string-instrument player played, the hand of Jehovah came to be upon him.
16And he went on to say: “This is what Jehovah has said, ‘Let there be a making of this torrent valley full of ditches;
17for this is what Jehovah has said: “YOU men will not see a wind, and YOU will not see a downpour; yet that torrent valley will be filled with water, and YOU men will certainly drink [from it], YOU and YOUR livestock and YOUR domestic animals.”’
18And this will indeed be a trivial thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and he will certainly give Moab into YOUR hand.
19And YOU must strike down every fortified city and every choice city, and every good tree YOU should fell, and all the springs of water YOU should stop up, and every good tract of land YOU should mar with stones.”
20And it came about in the morning, at the time of the going up of the grain offering, that, look! water was coming from the direction of Edom, and the land came to be filled with the water.
21As regards all the Moabites, they heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. Consequently they called together [men] from as many as were girding on a belt and upward, and they began standing at the boundary.
22When they got up early in the morning, the sun itself flashed upon the water, so that the Moabites from the opposite side saw the water red like blood.
23And they began to say: “This is blood! The kings have unquestionably been put to the sword, and they went striking one another down. So now, to the spoil, O Moab!”
24When they came into the camp of Israel, the Israelites immediately rose up and began striking the Moabites down so that they took to flight from before them. Hence they came into Moab, striking the Moabites down as they came.
25And the cities they went throwing down, and, as for every good tract of land, they would pitch each one his stone and actually fill it; and every spring of water they would stop up, and every good tree they would fell, until they left only the stones of Kir-hareseth remaining in it; and the slingers began going around it and striking it down.
26When the king of Moab saw that the battle had proved too strong for him, he at once took with him seven hundred men drawing sword to break through to the king of Edom; but they were not able to.
27Finally he took his firstborn son who was going to reign in place of him and offered him up as a burnt sacrifice upon the wall. And there came to be great indignation against Israel, so that they pulled away from against him and returned to their land.
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4Now Mesha king of Moab raised sheep, and he had to pay the king of Israel a tribute of a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.
5But after Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
6So at that time King Joram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel.
7He also sent this message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?”
8“By what route shall we attack?” he asked.
9So the king of Israel set out with the king of Judah and the king of Edom. After a roundabout march of seven days, the army had no more water for themselves or for the animals with them.
10“What!” exclaimed the king of Israel. “Has the LORD called us three kings together only to deliver us into the hands of Moab?”
11But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here, through whom we may inquire of the LORD?”
12Jehoshaphat 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.
13Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Why do you want to involve me? Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother.”
14Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD Almighty lives, whom I serve, if I did not have respect for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not pay any attention to you.
15But now bring me a harpist.”
16and he said, “This is what the LORD says: I will fill this valley with pools of water.
17For this is what the LORD says: You will see neither wind nor rain, yet this valley will be filled with water, and you, your cattle and your other animals will drink.
18This is an easy thing in the eyes of the LORD; he will also deliver Moab into your hands.
19You will overthrow every fortified city and every major town. You will cut down every good tree, stop up all the springs, and ruin every good field with stones.”
20The next morning, about the time for offering the sacrifice, there it was—water flowing from the direction of Edom! And the land was filled with water.
21Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come to fight against them; so every man, young and old, who could bear arms was called up and stationed on the border.
22When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water. To the Moabites across the way, the water looked red—like blood.
23“That’s blood!” they said. “Those kings must have fought and slaughtered each other. Now to the plunder, Moab!”
24But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and fought them until they fled. And the Israelites invaded the land and slaughtered the Moabites.
25They destroyed the towns, and each man threw a stone on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up all the springs and cut down every good tree. Only Kir Hareseth was left with its stones in place, but men armed with slings surrounded it and attacked it.
26When the king of Moab saw that the battle had gone against him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they failed.
27Then he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him as a sacrifice on the city wall. The fury against Israel was great; they withdrew and returned to their own land.
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4En cuanto a Mesá el rey de Moab, se hizo ganadero de ovejas, y pagó al rey de Israel cien mil corderos y cien mil carneros sin esquilar.
5Y aconteció que, tan pronto como murió Acab, el rey de Moab empezó a sublevarse contra el rey de Israel.
6Por consiguiente, el rey Jehoram salió de Samaria en aquel día y reunió con fines militares a todo Israel.
7Fue más adelante y ahora envió a decir a Jehosafat el rey de Judá: “El rey de Moab mismo se ha sublevado contra mí. ¿Quieres ir conmigo a Moab en guerra?”. A esto él dijo: “Iré. Yo soy lo mismo que tú; mi pueblo es lo mismo que tu pueblo; mis caballos son lo mismo que tus caballos”.
8Y pasó a decir: “¿Precisamente por qué camino subiremos?”. De modo que él dijo: “Por el camino del desierto de Edom”.
9Y el rey de Israel y el rey de Judá y el rey de Edom procedieron a ir, y siguieron yendo por su camino alrededor por siete días, y resultó que no había agua para el campamento ni para los animales domésticos que seguían sus pasos.
10Por fin el rey de Israel dijo: “¡Qué desdicha que Jehová haya llamado a estos tres reyes para darlos en la mano de Moab!”.
11A lo que dijo Jehosafat: “¿No hay aquí un profeta de Jehová? Entonces inquiramos de Jehová por medio de él”. Por lo tanto, uno de los siervos del rey de Israel contestó y dijo: “Está aquí Eliseo hijo de Safat, que derramaba agua sobre las manos de Elías”.
12Entonces dijo Jehosafat: “La palabra de Jehová existe con él”. Por lo tanto, el rey de Israel y Jehosafat y el rey de Edom bajaron a él.
13Y Eliseo procedió a decir al rey de Israel: “¿Qué tengo yo que ver contigo? Ve a los profetas de tu padre y a los profetas de tu madre”. Pero el rey de Israel le dijo: “No, porque Jehová ha llamado a estos tres reyes para darlos en la mano de Moab”.
14A esto Eliseo dijo: “Tan ciertamente como que vive Jehová de los ejércitos, delante de quien en efecto estoy de pie, si no fuera que le tengo consideración al rostro de Jehosafat el rey de Judá, no te miraría ni te vería.
15Y ahora tráiganme un tañedor de instrumento de cuerdas”. Y sucedió que, tan pronto como el tañedor de instrumento de cuerdas tocó, la mano de Jehová vino a estar sobre él.
16Y él pasó a decir: “Esto es lo que ha dicho Jehová: ‘Que haya un hacer que este valle torrencial esté lleno de zanjas;
17porque esto es lo que ha dicho Jehová: “No verán ustedes un viento, y no verán un aguacero; no obstante, ese valle torrencial se llenará de agua, y ustedes ciertamente beberán [de ella], ustedes y su ganado y sus animales domésticos”’.
18Y esto verdaderamente será cosa insignificante a los ojos de Jehová, y él ciertamente dará a Moab en su mano.
19Y tendrán que derribar toda ciudad fortificada y toda ciudad selecta; y todo árbol bueno lo deben talar, y todos los manantiales de agua los deben cegar, y toda buena porción de terreno la deben echar a perder con piedras”.
20Y por la mañana, al tiempo en que asciende la ofrenda de grano, aconteció que, ¡mire!, venía agua de la dirección de Edom, y la tierra quedó llena del agua.
21En cuanto a todos los moabitas, ellos oyeron que los reyes habían subido para pelear contra ellos. Por lo tanto convocaron [hombres] de cuantos ceñían cinto en adelante, y empezaron a plantarse en el límite.
22Cuando se levantaron muy de mañana, el sol mismo fulguró sobre el agua, de manera que los moabitas desde el lado opuesto vieron el agua roja como sangre.
23Y empezaron a decir: “¡Esto es sangre! Indisputablemente los reyes han sido dados a la espada, y fueron derribándose unos a otros. Así es que ahora, ¡al despojo, oh Moab!”.
24Cuando entraron en el campamento de Israel, los israelitas se levantaron inmediatamente y empezaron a derribar a los moabitas, de modo que estos se pusieron a huir de delante de ellos. Así entraron en Moab, derribando a los moabitas al entrar.
25Y fueron echando abajo las ciudades, y, en cuanto a toda buena porción de terreno, arrojaban cada cual su piedra y realmente la llenaban; y todo manantial de agua lo cegaban, y todo árbol bueno lo talaban, hasta que solo dejaron permanecer en ella las piedras de Quir-haréset; y los honderos empezaron a ir alrededor de ella y a derribarla.
26Cuando el rey de Moab vio que la batalla había resultado demasiado fuerte para él, en seguida tomó consigo setecientos hombres que desenvainaban espada, para abrirse paso hacia el rey de Edom; pero no pudieron hacerlo.
27Por fin él tomó a su hijo primogénito, que había de reinar en lugar de él, y lo ofreció como sacrificio quemado sobre el muro. Y llegó a haber gran indignación contra Israel, de manera que ellos se retiraron de contra él y se volvieron a su país.
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