11. But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there a prophet of the Lord here, that we may enquire of the Lord by him?”One of the king of Israel’s servants answered, “Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah, is here.”
12. Jehoshaphat said, “the Lord’s word is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
13. Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother.”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.”
14. Elisha said, “As the Lord of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I respect the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look towards you, nor see you.
15. But now bring me a musician.” When the musician played, the Lord’s hand came on him.
16. He said, “the Lord says, ‘Make this valley full of trenches.’
17. For the Lord says, ‘You will not see wind, neither will you see rain, yet that valley will be filled with water, and you will drink, both you and your livestock and your other animals.
18. This is an easy thing in the Lord’s sight. He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
19. You shall strike every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.’”
20. In the morning, about the time of offering the sacrifice, behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
21. Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all who were able to put on armour, young and old, and stood on the border.
22. They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood.
23. They said, “This is blood. The kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each other. Now therefore, Moab, to the plunder!”
24. When they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward into the land attacking the Moabites.