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He said, Which way shall we go up? He answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.
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So the king of Yisra'el went, and the king of Yehudah, 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 animals that followed them.
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The king of Yisra'el said, Alas! for the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Mo'av.
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But Yehoshafat said, Isn't there here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him? One of the king of Yisra'el's servants answered, Elisha the son of Shafat is here, who poured water on the hands of Eliyah.
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Yehoshafat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Yisra'el and Yehoshafat and the king of Edom went down to him.
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Elisha said to the king of Yisra'el, What have I to do with you? get you to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother. The king of Yisra'el said to him, No; for the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Mo'av.
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Elisha said, As the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Yehoshafat the king of Yehudah, I would not look toward you, nor see you.
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But now bring me a minstrel. It happened, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came on him.
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He said, Thus says the LORD, Make this valley full of trenches.
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For thus says the LORD, You shall not see wind, neither shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and you shall drink, both you and your cattle and your animals.
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This is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will also deliver the Mo`avim into your hand.