19. You will then attack every fort and every grand city, cutting down all the good trees, stopping up all the springs, and ruining the good fields with stones."
20. The next morning, at the time to offer the grain offering, water came flowing from the direction of Edom. The land filled up with water.
21. Now all the Moabites had heard how these kings had come to fight against them. So all who were able to fight were summoned, and they took up positions along the border.
22. They got up early in the morning as the sun’s rays shone on the water. The Moabites saw the water from a distance. It looked as red as blood.
23. They said, "It’s blood! The kings must have fought each other and killed themselves! Now get the plunder, Moab!"
24. But when they entered Israel’s camp, the Israelites rose up and attacked the Moabites. The Moabites fled from them. Israel moved forward, striking the Moabites down as they went.
25. Then the Israelites destroyed the Moabite cities. Each Israelite threw a stone on every piece of good land until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-hareseth remained with its stone wall intact, but then stone throwers surrounded it and attacked it.
26. Moab’s king saw that he was losing the battle. So he took seven hundred soldiers with him, each with sword in hand, to break through to Edom’s king. But they failed.