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!”
11. But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there a prophet of the Lord here, through whom we may inquire of the Lord?”Then 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 word of the Lord 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 your father’s prophets, or to your mother’s prophets.”Then the king of Israel said to him, “No. The Lord has called these three kings 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 for my regard for Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look at you nor see you.
15. Now bring me a musician.”And when the musician played, the hand of the Lord came upon him.
16. He said, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Make this valley full of pools.’
17. For thus says the Lord, ‘You will not see wind, nor will you see rain, yet that valley will be filled with water, that you may drink, both you and your livestock, and your cattle.’
18. This is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord, and He will give the Moabites into your hand.