2 Kings 3

1 and Joram son: child Ahab to reign upon Israel in/on/with Samaria in/on/with year eight ten to/for Jehoshaphat king Judah and to reign two ten year

And Jehoram son of Ahab has reigned over Israel, in Samaria, in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigns twelve years,

2 and to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD except not like/as father his and like/as mother his and to turn aside: remove [obj] pillar [the] Baal which to make father his

and does evil in the eyes of YHWH, only not like his father, and like his mother, and he turns aside the standing-pillar of Ba‘al that his father made;

3 except in/on/with sin Jeroboam son: child Nebat which to sin [obj] Israel to cleave not to turn aside: depart from her

surely he has cleaved to the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to sin; he has not turned aside from it.

4 and Mesha king Moab to be shepherd and to return: return to/for king Israel hundred thousand ram and hundred thousand ram wool

And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master, and he rendered to the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs and one hundred thousand rams, [with] wool,

5 and to be like/as death Ahab and to transgress king Moab in/on/with king Israel

and it comes to pass at the death of Ahab, that the king of Moab transgresses against the king of Israel.

6 and to come out: come [the] king Joram in/on/with day [the] he/she/it from Samaria and to reckon: list [obj] all Israel

And King Jehoram goes out from Samaria in that day, and inspects all Israel,

7 and to go: went and to send: depart to(wards) Jehoshaphat king Judah to/for to say king Moab to transgress in/on/with me to go: went with me to(wards) Moab to/for battle and to say to ascend: rise like me like you like/as people my like/as people your like/as horse my like/as horse your

and goes and sends to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has transgressed against me; do you go with me to Moab for battle?” And he says, “I go up, as I, so you; as my people, so your people; as my horses, so your horses.”

8 and to say where? this [the] way: road to ascend: rise and to say way: road wilderness Edom

And he says, “Where [is] this—the way we go up?” And he says, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”

9 and to go: went king Israel and king Judah and king Edom and to turn: surround way: journey seven day and not to be water to/for camp and to/for animal which in/on/with foot their

And the king of Israel goes, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom, and they turn around the way seven days, and there has been no water for the camp, and for the livestock that [are] at their feet,

10 and to say king Israel alas! for to call: call to LORD to/for three [the] king [the] these to/for to give: give [obj] them in/on/with hand: power Moab

and the king of Israel says, “Aah! For YHWH has called for these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.”

11 and to say Jehoshaphat nothing here prophet to/for LORD and to seek [obj] LORD from [obj] him and to answer one from servant/slave king Israel and to say here Elisha son: child Shaphat which to pour: pour water upon hand Elijah

And Jehoshaphat says, “Is there not a prophet of YHWH here, and we seek YHWH by him?” And one of the servants of the king of Israel answers and says, “Here [is] Elisha son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.”

12 and to say Jehoshaphat there [obj] him word LORD and to go down to(wards) him king Israel and Jehoshaphat and king Edom

And Jehoshaphat says, “The word of YHWH is with him”; and the king of Israel goes down to him, and Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom.

13 and to say Elisha to(wards) king Israel what? to/for me and to/for you to go: went to(wards) prophet father your and to(wards) prophet mother your and to say to/for him king Israel not for to call: call to LORD to/for three [the] king [the] these to/for to give: give [obj] them in/on/with hand: power Moab

And Elisha says to the king of Israel, “And what do I [have to do] with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother”; and the king of Israel says to him, “No, for YHWH has called for these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.”

14 and to say Elisha alive LORD Hosts which to stand: stand to/for face: before his for unless face of Jehoshaphat king Judah I to lift: kindness if: surely no to look to(wards) you and if: surely no to see: see you

And Elisha says, “YHWH of Hosts lives, before whom I have stood; for unless I am lifting up the face of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I do not look to you, nor see you;

15 and now to take: bring to/for me to play and to be like/as to play [the] to play and to be upon him hand: power LORD

and now, bring a musician to me”; and it has been, at the playing of the musician, that the hand of YHWH is on him,

16 and to say thus to say LORD to make [the] torrent: valley [the] this cistern cistern

and he says, “Thus said YHWH: Make this valley ditches—ditches;

17 for thus to say LORD not to see: see spirit: breath and not to see: see rain and [the] torrent: valley [the] he/she/it to fill water and to drink you(m. p.) and livestock your and animal your

for thus said YHWH: You do not see wind, nor do you see rain, and that valley is full of water, and you have drunk—you, and your livestock, and your beasts.

18 and to lighten this in/on/with eye: seeing LORD and to give: give [obj] Moab in/on/with hand: power your

And this has been light in the eyes of YHWH, and he has given Moab into your hand,

19 and to smite all city fortification and all city choice and all tree pleasant to fall: fell(trees) and all spring water to close and all [the] portion [the] pleasant to pain in/on/with stone

and you have struck every fortified city, and every choice city, and you cause every good tree to fall, and you stop all fountains of waters, and you mar every good portion with stones.”

20 and to be in/on/with morning like/as to ascend: offer up [the] offering and behold water to come (in): come from way: direction Edom and to fill [the] land: country/planet [obj] [the] water

And it comes to pass in the morning, at the ascending of the [morning] present, that behold, waters are coming in from the way of Edom, and the land is filled with the waters,

21 and all Moab to hear: hear for to ascend: rise [the] king to/for to fight in/on/with them and to cry from all to gird belt and above [to] and to stand: stand upon [the] border: boundary

and all of Moab has heard that the kings have come up to fight against them, and they are called together, from everyone girding on a girdle and upward, and they stand by the border.

22 and to rise in/on/with morning and [the] sun to rise upon [the] water and to see: see Moab from before [obj] [the] water red like/as blood

And they rise early in the morning, and the sun has shone on the waters, and the Moabites see, from opposite [them], [that] the waters [are] red as blood,

23 and to say blood this to slay to slay [the] king and to smite man: anyone [obj] neighbor his and now to/for spoil Moab

and say, “This [is] blood; the kings have been surely destroyed, and they each strike his neighbor; and now for spoil, Moab!”

24 and to come (in): come to(wards) camp Israel and to arise: rise Israel and to smite [obj] Moab and to flee from face: before their (and to smite *Q(K)*) in/on/with her and to smite [obj] Moab

And they come to the camp of Israel, and Israel rises, and strikes the Moabites, and they flee from their face; and they enter into Moab, so as to strike Moab,

25 and [the] city to overthrow and all portion pleasant to throw man: anyone stone his and to fill her and all spring water to close and all tree pleasant to fall: fell(trees) till to remain stone her in/on/with Kir-hareseth Kir-hareseth and to turn: surround [the] slinger and to smite her

and they break down the cities, and they each cast his stone [on] every good portion, and have filled it, and they stop every fountain of water, and they cause every good tree to fall—until one had left its stones in Kir-Haraseth, and the slingers go around and strike it.

26 and to see: see king Moab for to strengthen: prevail over from him [the] battle and to take: take with him seven hundred man to draw sword to/for to break up/open to(wards) king Edom and not be able

And the king of Moab sees that the battle has been too strong for him, and he takes with him seven hundred men drawing sword, to cleave through to the king of Edom, and they have not been able,

27 and to take: take [obj] son: child his [the] firstborn which to reign underneath: instead him and to ascend: offer up him burnt offering upon [the] wall and to be wrath great: large upon Israel and to set out from upon him and to return: return to/for land: country/planet

and he takes his son, the firstborn who reigns in his stead, and causes him to ascend [as] a burnt-offering on the wall, and there is great wrath against Israel, and they journey from off him, and return to the land.