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Now Jehoram, the son of Ahab, began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
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And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like his father and like his mother, for he put away the images of Baal that his father had made.
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Nevertheless, he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin; he did not depart from them.
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And Mesha, king of Moab, was a pastor and rendered unto the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs and one hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
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But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
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And King Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time and numbered all Israel.
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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
art, my people as thy people
and my horses as thy horses.
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And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
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So the king of Israel went and the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and as they walked round about seven days’ journey through the desert, there was no water for the host or for the beasts that followed them.
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Then the king of Israel said, Alas! The LORD has called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!