3. Nevertheless he clung to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. He did not depart from them.
4. Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-breeder and gave back to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.
5. But when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
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 to Moab to battle?”He said, “I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people, and my horses as your horses.”
8. Then he said, “Which way should we go up?”And he said, “The way through the Wilderness of Edom.”
9. So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom went, and they marched around seven days. But there was no water for the camp or for the livestock that followed them.
10. The king of Israel said, “Alas! The Lord has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab!”