13. And Eliseus said to the king of Israel: What have I to do with thee? go to the prophets of thy father, and thy mother. And the king of Israel said to him: Why hath the Lord gathered together these three kings, to deliver them into the hands of Moab?
14. And Eliseus said to him: As the Lord of hosts liveth, in whose sight I stand, if I did not reverence the face of Josaphat king of Juda, I would not have hearkened to thee, nor looked on thee.
15. But now bring me hither a minstrel. And when the minstrel played, the hand of the Lord came upon him, and he said:
16. Thus saith the Lord: Make the channel of this torrent full of ditches.