And so the kyng of Israell toke his iour∣ney, [unspec B] and the kyng of Iuda, and the kynge of Edom. And when they had compassed the waye seuen dayes, they had no water for the hoost and for the cattell that folowed them. And the kyng of Israel sayd: Alas, the Lorde hath called these thre kyng{is} togyther, to dely∣uer them ouer in to the hande of Moab. But Iehosaphat sayd: Is there not heare a pro¦phet of the Lorde, that we may enquyre of the Lorde by hym? And one of the kynge of Is∣raels seruauntes answered and sayde: here is Elisa the sonne of Saphat, whiche ☞ pow∣red water on the handes of Elia. And Ieho∣saphat sayde: Is not the worde of the Lorde with hym? And so the kynge of Israel, & Ie∣hosaphat and the king of Edom went downe to hym. And Elisa sayde vnto the kynge of Israel: what haue I to do with the? get the to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophet¦tes of thy mother. And the kynge of Israell sayd vnto hym: ☞ Oh nay, for the lorde hath called these thre kynges togyther to delyuer them in to the hande of Moab. And Elisa sayd: As sure as the Lorde of hoostes lyueth (in whose syght I stande) & it were not that I regarde the presence of Iehosaphat, the kyng of Iuda, I wolde not loke towarde the nor yet se the. But now bryng me a mynstrel. And when the mynstrell played, the hande of [unspec C] the lorde came vpon hym. And he sayd, thus sayth the Lorde: make this playne grounde full of dytches. For thus sayth the Lorde: Ye shall se neyther wynde nor rayne, and yet the broke shall be fylled with water, that ye may drynke, both ye and your beastes, and youre cattell. And this is yet but a small thynge in the syght of the lorde, for as moche as he wyl gyue ouer the Moabites also into your han∣des. And ye shal smyte euery strong towne, & euery goodly citye, and shall fell euery plea∣saunt tree, and stop euery well of water, and mar euery good plat of groūde with stones. And in the mornyng, when the meatofferyng was offered, it fortuned, that there came wa∣ter by the way from Edom, and the countrey was fylled wt water. And when all the Moa¦bites herde that the kynges were come vp to fyght agaynst them, they gathered all togy∣ther, from the yongest that was able to put on harnesse and so vpwarde, and stode in the border. And they were vp early in the mor∣nynge and the sonne shone vpon the water, that the Moabites sawe the water a farre of as red as blood, and they sayde. This is the blood of slaughter: the kynges are sleyne and one hath smytten an other. Nowe therfore Moab get the to the spoyle. [unspec D]
And when they came to the hoost of Israel the Israelites stode vp and smote the Moa∣bites, so that they fled before them. But they folowed vpon them, and smote Moab. And they ouerthrewe the cityes, & on euery good parcell of lande, cast euery man his stone, & fylled it, and they stopte all the welles of wa∣ters, & felled all the good trees. Onely ☞ in the citye, of brycke lefte they the stones ther∣of: Howbeit they went aboute it with slynges and smote it. And when the kynge of Moab sawe, that the battayle was sore agaynst him he toke with hym vii. hundred mē that drewe the swerde, to haue gone thorowe, euen vnto the kyng of Edom. But they coulde not. And then he toke his eldest son (that shulde haue reygned in his steade) and offered hym for a burntofferyng vpon the wall. And there was great indignacion agaynst Israell, and they departed from hym, and returned vnto theyr owne lande.