1 Ora, Jorão, filho de Acabe, começou a reinar sobre Israel, em Samária, no décimo oitavo ano de Jeosafá, rei de Judá, e reinou doze anos.
2 Fez o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, porém não como seu pai, nem como sua mãe; pois tirou a coluna de Baal que seu pai fizera.
3 Contudo aderiu aos pecados de Jeroboão, filho de Nebate, com que este fizera Israel pecar, e deles não se apartou.
4 Ora, Messa, rei dos moabitas, era criador de ovelhas, e pagava de tributo ao rei de Israel cem mil cordeiros, e cem mil carneiros com a sua lã.
5 Sucedeu, porém, que, morrendo Acabe, o rei dos moabitas se rebelou contra o rei de Israel.
6 Por isso, nesse mesmo tempo Jorão saiu de Samária e fez revista de todo o Israel.
7 E, pondo-se em marcha, mandou dizer a Jeosafá, rei de Judá: O rei dos moabitas rebelou-se contra mim; irás tu comigo a guerra contra os moabitas? Respondeu ele: Irei; como tu és sou eu, o meu povo como o teu povo, e os meus cavalos como os teus cavalos.
8 E perguntou: Por que caminho subiremos? Respondeu-lhe Jorão: Pelo caminho do deserto de Edom.
9 Partiram, pois, o rei de Israel, o rei de Judá e o rei de Edom; e andaram rodeando durante sete dias; e não havia água para o exército nem para o gado que os seguia.
10 Disse então o rei de Israel: Ah! o Senhor chamou estes três reis para entregá-los nas mãos dos moabitas.
11 Perguntou, porém, Jeosafá: Não há aqui algum profeta do Senhor por quem consultemos ao Senhor? Então respondeu um dos servos do rei de Israel, e disse: Aqui está Eliseu, filho de Safate, que deitava água sobre as mãos de Elias.
12 Disse Jeosafá: A palavra do Senhor está com ele. Então o rei de Israel, e Jeosafá, e o rei de Edom desceram a ter com ele.
13 Eliseu disse ao rei de Israel: Que tenho eu contigo? Vai ter com os profetas de teu pai, e com os profetas de tua mãe. O rei de Israel, porém, lhe disse: Não; porque o Senhor chamou estes três reis para entregá-los nas mãos dos moabitas.
14 Respondeu Eliseu: Vive o Senhor dos exércitos, em cuja presença estou, que se eu não respeitasse a presença de Jeosafá, rei de Judá, não te contemplaria, nem te veria.
15 Agora, contudo, trazei-me um harpista. E sucedeu que, enquanto o harpista tocava, veio a mão do Senhor sobre Eliseu.
16 E ele disse: Assim diz o Senhor: Fazei neste vale muitos poços.
17 Porque assim diz o Senhor: Não vereis vento, nem vereis chuva; contudo este vale se encherá de água, e bebereis vós, os vossos servos e os vossos animais.
18 E ainda isso é pouco aos olhos do Senhor; também entregará ele os moabitas nas vossas mãos,
19 e ferireis todas as cidades fortes e todas as cidades escolhidas, cortareis todas as boas árvores, tapareis todas as fontes d'água, e cobrireis de pedras todos os bons campos.
20 E sucedeu que, pela manhã, à hora de se oferecer o sacrifício, eis que vinham as águas pelo caminho de Edom, e a terra se encheu d'água:
21 Ouvindo, pois, todos os moabitas que os reis tinham subido para pelejarem contra eles, convocaram-se todos os que estavam em idade de pegar armas, e daí para cima, e puseram-se às fronteiras.
22 Levantaram-se os moabitas de madrugada e, resplandecendo o sol sobre as águas, viram diante de si as águas vermelhas como sangue;
23 e disseram: Isto é sangue; certamente os reis pelejaram entre si e se mataram um ao outro! Agora, pois, à presa, moabitas!
24 Quando, porém, chegaram ao arraial de Israel, os israelitas se levantaram, e bateram os moabitas, os quais fugiram diante deles; e ainda entraram na terra, ferindo ali também os moabitas.
25 E arrasaram as cidades; e cada um deles lançou pedras em todos os bons campos, entulhando-os; taparam todas as fontes d'água, e cortaram todas as boas árvores; somente a Quir-Haresete deixaram ficar as pedras; contudo os fundeiros a cercaram e a feriram.
26 Vendo o rei dos moabitas que a peleja prevalecia contra ele, tomou consigo setecentos homens que arrancavam da espada, para romperem contra o rei de Edom; porém não puderam.
27 Então tomou a seu filho primogênito, que havia de reinar em seu lugar, e o ofereceu em holocausto sobre o muro, pelo que houve grande indignação em Israel; por isso retiraram-se dele, e voltaram para a sua terra.
1 And Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; and he reigned twelve years.
2 And he wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not like his father, and like his mother; and he took away the column of Baal that his father had made.
3 Only, he clave to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat who made Israel to sin: he did not depart therefrom.
4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
5 And it came to pass when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
6 And at that time king Jehoram went out of Samaria and inspected all Israel.
7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he said, By way of the wilderness of Edom.
9 And 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 army, and for the cattle that followed them.
10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that Jehovah has called these three kings together, to give them into the hand of Moab!
11 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah that we may inquire of Jehovah by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.
12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of Jehovah is with him. And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
13 And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? go to the prophets of thy father and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said to him, Not so, for Jehovah has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.
14 And Elisha said, As Jehovah 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.
15 And now fetch me a minstrel. And it came to pass when the minstrel played, that the hand of Jehovah was upon him.
16 And he said, Thus saith Jehovah: Make this valley full of ditches.
17 For thus saith Jehovah: Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet this valley shall be filled with water, and ye shall drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
18 And this is a light thing in the sight of Jehovah: he will give the Moabites also into your hand.
19 And ye shall smite every fortified 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.
20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the oblation was offered up, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
21 And all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, and they were called together, all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood by the border.
22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun rose upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side red as blood.
23 And they said, This is blood: the kings are entirely destroyed, and have smitten one another; and now, Moab, to the spoil!
24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, and they fled before them; and they entered in and smote Moab.
25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone and filled it, and they stopped every well of water, and felled every good tree, until they left {only} the stones at Kirhareseth; and the slingers went about it, and smote it.
26 And the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, and he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not.
27 And he took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him up for a burnt-offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath against Israel; and they departed from him, and returned to {their own} land.