And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah, that we may inquire of Jehovah by him? And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.
And the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom. And they made a circuit of seven days’ journey. And there was no water for the army, and for the livestock that were at their feet.
While he was speaking with them, then, behold, the messenger came down to him. And he said, Behold, this is the evil from Jehovah. Why should I wait for Jehovah any more?
Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of all the outside places, like an antelope in a net, filled with the fury of Jehovah, the rebuke of your God.
And they shall pass through it, hard pressed and hungry. And it shall be, they shall be hungry; he will be angry and curse his king and his God, and face upward.