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Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother." But the king of Israel said to him, "No, for the Lord has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab."
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And Elisha said, "As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you, nor see you.
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But now bring me a musician." Then it happened, when the musician played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him.
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And he said, "Thus says the Lord: 'Make this valley full of ditches.'
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For thus says the Lord: 'You shall not see wind, nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you, your cattle, and your animals may drink.'
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And this is a simple matter in the sight of the Lord; He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
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Also you shall attack every fortified city and every choice city, and shall cut down every good tree, and stop up every spring of water, and ruin every good piece of land with stones."
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Now it happened in the morning, when the grain offering was offered, that suddenly water came by way of Edom, and the land was filled with water.
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And when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, all who were able to bear arms and older were gathered; and they stood at the border.
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Then they rose up early in the morning, and the sun was shining on the water; and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood.
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And they said, "This is blood; the kings have surely struck swords and have killed one another; now therefore, Moab, to the spoil!"