2 Kings 3:8-10

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^6-8 So King Joram mustered the Israeli army and sent this message to King Jehoshaphat of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you help me fight him?”

“Of course I will,” Jehoshaphat replied. “My people and horses are yours to command. What are your battle plans?”

“We’ll attack from the wilderness of Edom,” Joram replied.

⁹ So their two armies, now joined also by troops from Edom, moved along a roundabout route through the wilderness for seven days; but there was no water for the men or their pack animals.

¹⁰ “Oh, what shall we do?” the king of Israel cried out. “The Lord has brought us here to let the king of Moab defeat us.”