1 Jorão, filho de Acabe, tornou-se rei de Israel em Samaria no décimo oitavo ano de Josafá, rei de Judá, e reinou doze anos.2 Fez o que o Senhor reprova, mas não como seu pai e sua mãe, pois derrubou a coluna sagrada de Baal, que seu pai havia feito.3 No entanto, persistiu nos pecados que Jeroboão, filho de Nebate, levara Israel a cometer e deles não se afastou.4 Ora, Messa, rei de Moabe, tinha muitos rebanhos e pagava como tributo ao rei de Israel cem mil cordeiros e a lã de cem mil carneiros.5 Mas, depois que Acabe morreu, o rei de Moabe rebelou-se contra o rei de Israel.6 E, naquela ocasião, o rei Jorão partiu de Samaria e mobilizou todo Israel.7 Também enviou esta mensagem a Josafá, rei de Judá: "O rei de Moabe rebelou-se contra mim. Irás acompanhar-me na luta contra Moabe? " Ele respondeu: "Sim, eu irei. Serei teu aliado, os meus soldados e os teus, os meus cavalos e os teus serão um só exército".8 E perguntou: "Por qual caminho atacaremos? " Respondeu Jorão: "Pelo deserto de Edom".9 Então o rei de Israel partiu com os reis de Judá e de Edom. Depois de uma marcha de sete dias, já havia acabado a água para os homens e para os animais.10 Exclamou, então, o rei de Israel: "E agora? Será que o Senhor ajuntou a nós, os três reis, para nos entregar nas mãos de Moabe? "11 Mas Josafá perguntou: "Será que não há aqui profeta do Senhor, para que possamos consultar o Senhor por meio dele? " Um conselheiro do rei de Israel respondeu: "Eliseu, filho de Safate, está aqui. Ele era auxiliar de Elias".12 Josafá prosseguiu: "A palavra do Senhor está com ele". Então o rei de Israel, Josafá e o rei de Edom foram falar com ele.13 Eliseu disse ao rei de Israel: "Nada tenho a ver com você. Vá consultar os profetas de seu pai e de sua mãe". Mas o rei de Israel insistiu: "Não, pois foi o Senhor que ajuntou a nós, estes três reis, para entregar-nos nas mãos de Moabe".14 Então Eliseu disse: "Juro pelo nome do Senhor dos Exércitos, a quem sirvo, que se não fosse por respeito a Josafá, rei de Judá, eu não olharia para você nem mesmo lhe daria atenção.15 Mas agora tragam-me um harpista". Enquanto o harpista estava tocando, o poder do Senhor veio sobre Eliseu,16 e ele disse: "Assim diz o Senhor: Cavem muitas cisternas neste vale.17 Pois assim diz o Senhor: Vocês não verão vento nem chuva, contudo este vale ficará cheio de água, e vocês, seus rebanhos e seus outros animais beberão.18 Mas para o Senhor isso ainda é pouco; ele também lhes entregará Moabe nas suas mãos.19 Vocês destruirão todas as cidades fortificadas e todas as cidades importantes. Derrubarão toda árvore frutífera, taparão todas as fontes e encherão de pedras todas as terras de cultivo".20 No dia seguinte, na hora do sacrifício da manhã, a água veio descendo da direção de Edom e alagou a região.21 Quando os moabitas ficaram sabendo que os reis tinham vindo para atacá-los, todos os que eram capazes de empunhar armas, do mais jovem ao mais velho, foram convocados e posicionaram-se na fronteira.22 Ao se levantarem na manhã seguinte, o sol refletia na água. Para os moabitas que estavam defronte dela, a água era vermelha como sangue.23 Então gritaram: "É sangue! Os reis lutaram entre si e se mataram. Agora, ao saque, Moabe! "24 Quando, porém, os moabitas chegaram ao acampamento de Israel, os israelitas os atacaram e os puseram em fuga. Entraram no território de Moabe e o arrasaram.25 Destruíram as cidades, e quando passavam por um campo cultivável cada homem atirava uma pedra até que ficasse coberto. Taparam todas as fontes e derrubaram toda árvore frutífera. Só Quir-Haresete ficou com as pedras no lugar, mas homens armados de atiradeiras a cercaram e também a atacaram.26 Quando o rei de Moabe viu que estava perdendo a batalha, reuniu setecentos homens armados de espadas para forçar a passagem, para alcançar o rei de Edom, mas fracassou.27 Então pegou seu filho mais velho, que devia sucedê-lo como rei, e o sacrificou sobre o muro da cidade. Isso trouxe grande ira contra Israel, de modo que eles se retiraram e voltaram para sua própria terra.

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.2 And 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.3 Nevertheless he stuck to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin; he did not depart therefrom.4 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered to the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams.5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.6 And King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.7 And 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? And he said, I will go up: I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.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 beasts that followed them.10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! For Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him? And one of the king of Israel's slaves answered and said, Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.12 And 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.13 And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother. And the king of Israel said to him, No; for Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.14 And 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.15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Yahweh came upon him.16 And he said, Thus says Yahweh, Make this valley full of trenches.17 For thus says Yahweh, You{+} will not see wind, neither will you{+} see rain; yet that valley will be filled with water, and you{+} will drink, both you{+} and your{+} cattle and your{+} beasts.18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of Yahweh: he will also deliver the Moabites into your{+} hand.19 And you{+} will strike every fortified city, and every choice city, and will fell every good tree, and stop all fountains of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.20 And it came to pass in the morning, about the time of offering the oblation, that, look, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.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.22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water across from them as red as blood:23 and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each man his fellow man: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.24 And 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 there and struck the Moabites.25 And 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 fountains of water, and felled all the good trees, until they left [only] its stones in Kir-hareseth; nevertheless the slingers went about it, and struck it.26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too intense for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew the sword, to break through to the king of Syria; but they could not.27 Then he took his eldest son who should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt-offering on the wall. And there was great wrath against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.