Yehorom, son of Achov, became king of Yisroel in Shomron in the eighteenth year of Yehoshophot, king of Yehudah, and he reigned for twelve years.

He did what was evil in the eyes of Adonoy, but not [as bad] as his father and mother. He removed the monument of Baal that his father had made.

However, to the sins of Yorovom, son of Nevot, who caused Yisroel to sin, did he cling. He did not reject them.

Meisha, king of Moav, owned many flocks. He used to send to the king of Yisroel one hundred thousand fattened sheep and one hundred thousand wooly rams.

And when Achov died, the king of Moav rebelled against the king of Yisroel.

King Yehoram went out on that day from Shomron and took a census of all Yisroel.

He went and sent to Yehoshophot, king of Yehudah, saying, “the king of Moav has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to war against Moav?” And he said, “I will go up. I am like you, my people are like your people, my horses are like your horses.”

He [Yehoram] said, “By which road shall we go?” And [Yehoshophot] said, “through the road of the wilderness of Edom.”

And the king of Yisroel went with the king of Yehudah and the king of Edom; and they circled around for seven days; they had no [more] water for the camp, or for the animals that were with them.

The king of Yisroel said, “Alas, Adonoy has called these three kings to hand them over to Moav.”

And Yehoshophot said, “Is there no prophet of Adonoy here that we might inquire of Adonoy through him?” And he answered — one of the servants of the king of Yisroel — and said, “Elisha son of Shofot is here, who poured water on the hands of Eliyohu.”

And Yehoshophot said, “the word of Adonoy is with him.” And so they went down to him, the king of Yisroel, Yehoshophot and the king of Edom.

Elisha said to the king of Yisroel, “What do I have in common with you? Go to your father’s prophets, and to your mother’s prophets.” The king of Yisroel said to him, “Do not [say that] for Adonoy has called these three kings to hand them over to Moav.”

And Elisha said, “As Adonoy of Hosts lives, before Whom I have stood, if not for the presence of Yehoshophot, king of Yehudah, whom I respect; I would not even look at you or see you.

So now bring me a musician.” When the musician began to play, the hand [Spirit] of Adonoy was upon him.

And he said, “This is the word of Adonoy, ‘this valley will be made into many pools.’

For Adonoy has said, “You will not see wind and you will not see rain, and yet that valley will be filled with water; and you will drink and so will your flocks and animals.

This is easy in the eyes of Adonoy, and He will deliver Moav into your hands.

You will strike every fortified city, and every choice city, and every valuable tree you will chop down, and all the wells of water, you will close up; and every fertile field, you will ruin by cluttering it with stones.

At the time of the morning when the meal-offering was brought up, behold, water was flowing by way of Edom, and the land was filled with the water.

And all of Moav heard that the kings had come up to fight them, and they gathered everyone who could buckle on a sword and [anyone] stronger, and they stood at the border.

They got up in the morning and the sun was shining on the water. Moav saw the water from a distance and it appeared to them red as blood.

They said, “This is blood! The kings have been destroyed, they have killed each other! Now Moav, let us go for the spoils.”

They came to the camp of Yisroel, and Yisroel rose up and struck Moav, and they fled from before them, but they attacked them and killed the Moavim.

They demolished the cities, and all the fertile fields — each man threw his stone and filled them up; they stopped up every well of water, and every valuable tree they chopped down, until all that remained were the stones of the wall of Charoses; and the catapulters surrounded it and destroyed it.

The king of Moav saw that the battle was too strong for him, and he took seven hundred men with him with drawn swords to try and break through to the king of Edom, but they were unable to do it.

He then took his firstborn son, who was to rule in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering on the wall; this caused a terrible anger against Yisroel. They withdrew and returned to the land.