4. Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and paid in tribute to the king of Israel [annually] 100,000 lambs and 100,000 rams, with the wool.
5. But when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
6. So King Joram went out of Samaria at that time and mustered all Israel.
7. And he sent to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to war against Moab? And he said, I will go; I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.
8. Joram said, Which way shall we go up? Jehoshaphat answered, The way through the Wilderness of Edom.