22. When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water. To the Moabites across the way, the water looked red—like blood.
23. “That’s blood!” they said. “Those kings must have fought and slaughtered each other. Now to the plunder, Moab!”
24. But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and fought them until they fled. And the Israelites invaded the land and slaughtered the Moabites.
25. They destroyed the towns, and each man threw a stone on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up all the springs and cut down every good tree. Only Kir Hareseth was left with its stones in place, but men armed with slings surrounded it and attacked it.