In Context

9 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.

10 The king of Israel said, |Alas! For Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.|

11 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.|

12 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.

13 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.|

14 Elisha said, |As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I respect the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor see you.

2 Kings 3:12 in Other Translations