6. King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
7. He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab to battle?”He said, “I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
8. He said, “Which way shall we go up?”He answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
9. So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they marched for seven days along a circuitous route. There was no water for the army or for the animals that followed them.
10. The king of Israel said, “Alas! For the Lord has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
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.’