4Now Mesha, king of Moab, was a sheep-farmer; and he gave regularly to the king of Israel the wool from a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand sheep.
5But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab got free from the authority of the king of Israel.
6At that time, King Jehoram went out from Samaria and got all Israel together in fighting order.
7And he sent to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has got free from my authority: will you go with me to make war on Moab? And he said, I will go with you: I am as you are, my people as your people, and my horses as your horses.
8And he said, Which way are we to go? And he said in answer, By the waste land of Edom.
9So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom by a roundabout way for seven days: and there was no water for the army or for the beasts they had with them.
10And the king of Israel said, Here is trouble: for the Lord has got these three kings together to give them into the hands of Moab.
