World English Bible
"The king of Israel said, "Alas! For Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.""
— 2 Kings 3:10, World English Bible
“And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the Lord hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!”
“And the king of Israel said, Alas! for Jehovah hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab. ”
“The king of Israel said,“Oh no! Certainly the LORD has summoned these three kings so that he can hand them over to the king of Moab!””
“And the king of Israel said: Alas, alas, alas, the Lord hath gathered us three kings together, to deliver us into the hands of Moab.”
“And the king of Israel said, Here is trouble: for the Lord has got these three kings together to give them into the hands of Moab.”
“And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the Lord hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!”
He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab to battle?" He said, "I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."
He said, "Which way shall we go up?" He answered, "The way of the wilderness of Edom."
So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey. There was no water for the army, nor for the animals that followed them.
The king of Israel said, "Alas! For Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab."
But Jehoshaphat said, "Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him?" One of the king of Israel's servants answered, "Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah."
Jehoshaphat said, "The word of Yahweh is with him." So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother." The king of Israel said to him, "No; for Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab."