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Elisha said to the king of Isra'el, "What do you and I have in common? Go, consult your father's prophets and your mother's prophets!" But the king of Isra'el answered him, "No, because ADONAI has called these three kings together to hand them over to Mo'av."
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Elisha said, "As ADONAI-Tzva'ot lives, before whom I stand, if I didn't respect the fact that Y'hoshafat the king of Y'hudah is here, I wouldn't even look in your direction or take notice of you.
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But now, bring me a musician." As the musician played, the hand of ADONAI fell on Elisha;
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and he said, "ADONAI says to dig until this valley is full of trenches.
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For here is what ADONAI says: 'You won't see wind, and you won't see rain. Nevertheless the valley will be filled with water; and you will drink - you, your cattle and your other animals.
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That's an easy thing to do, from ADONAI's perspective. He will also hand Mo'av over to you.
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You will conquer every fortified city and every choice town, you will chop down every good tree, stop up every well and ruin every good field with stones."
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The next morning, around the time for making the offering, water came from the direction of Edom, and the countryside was filled with water.
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When all Mo'av heard that the kings had come up to attack them, every man was summoned, from the youngest capable of bearing arms to older ones, and stationed on the border.
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They rose early in the morning, when the sun was shining on the water. Mo'av, when they saw the water in the distance looking as red as blood,
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said, "That's blood! The kings must have quarreled, and their soldiers killed each other. Mo'av! To the plunder!"