The people in Moab heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. So the people in Moab gathered together all the men old enough to wear armor. [20] They waited at the border, {ready for the battle}.
The people of Moab said, “Look at the blood! The kings must have fought against each other. They must have destroyed each other. Let’s go take the valuable things from the dead bodies!”
The Lord had caused the Aramean army to hear the sound of chariots, [80] horses, and a large army. So the Aramean soldiers said to each other, “The king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to come against us!”