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2 Kings - Chapter 3
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In this chapter, Elisha is revealed to the kings of Israel, Judah, and Edom, that he is a prophet of the Lord. Joram is now king of Israel, and his brother before him, Ahaziah died after only two years after he found out that the king of Moab was going to stop paying the 100,000 lambs and wool of 100,000 rams (vs. 4). Now that Joram is king, he seeks the king of Judah, Jehoshaphat's assistant in attacking Moab. They take the southern route, and since Edom is a vassal nation of Judah, their king also assists them. They ended up going in a circular fashion, and they ran out of water. It was not until then that King Jehoshaphat asked if there was a prophet of God in the area. An unnamed soldier of Israel knew that Elisha, son of Shephat was there, and that he used to attend to Elijah (vs. 11). They approach Elisha, and he was not to thrilled to see Joram the son of Israel, because he still worshiped idols in his land, but because he respected King Jehoshaphat of Judah, he requested a harpist to come. Once he played, the hand of the Lord came upon Elisha, and he told them to dig ditches because the Lord would provide water even though it would not rain there. The next morning, during the time of morning sacrifice, water came from Edom and took care of their need. The Moabites thought it was blood. Roy L. Honeycutt, Jr. commented that, "the water which came down from the red sandstone hills of Edom shone in the morning sun like blood." At this, the Moabites thought the kings had attacked each other, so they went down to gather the spoils, and they were surprised to see all three armies ready to go. Israel attacked and killed many Moabites. Just as Elisha said, they overthrew every major city they encountered, cut down many trees, stopped up their springs, and ruined every good field with stones." The last verse says that when the king of Moab saw he was losing, he sacrificed his son on a wall, which brought a fury against Israel, and they withdrew and returned to their own land.
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