8. He said, “Which way shall we go up?”He answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
9. So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they marched for seven days along a circuitous route. There was no water for the army or for the animals that followed them.
10. The king of Israel said, “Alas! For the Lord has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
11. But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there a prophet of the Lord here, that we may inquire of the Lord by him?”One of the king of Israel’s servants answered, “Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah, is here.”
12. Jehoshaphat said, “the Lord’s word is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.