2 Kings 3:20-27

2 Kings 3:20-27

[20] And it came to pass in the morning,  when the meat offering  was offered,  that, behold, there came  water  by the way  of Edom,  and the country  was filled  with water.  [21] And when all the Moabites  heard  that the kings  were come up  to fight  against them, they gathered  all that were able to put  on armour,  and upward,  and stood  in the border.  [22] And they rose up early  in the morning,  and the sun  shone  upon the water,  and the Moabites  saw  the water  on the other side  as red  as blood:  [23] And they said,  This is blood:  the kings  are surely  and they have smitten  one  another:  now therefore, Moab,  to the spoil.  [24] And when they came  to the camp  of Israel,  rose up  and smote  the Moabites,  so that they fled  before  them: but they went forward  the Moabites,  even in their country. [25] And they beat down  the cities,  and on every good  piece  of land cast  every man  his stone,  and filled  it; and they stopped  all the wells  of water,  and felled  all the good  trees:  only in Kirharaseth  left  they the stones  thereof; howbeit the slingers  went about  it, and smote  it. [26] And when the king  of Moab  saw  that the battle  was too sore  for him, he took  with him seven  hundred  men  that drew  swords,  to break through  even unto the king  of Edom:  but they could  [27] Then he took  his eldest  son  that should have reigned  in his stead, and offered  him for a burnt offering  upon the wall.  And there was great  indignation  against Israel:  and they departed  from him, and returned  to their own land.