So at that time King Joram set out from Samaria and mobilised all Israel. He also sent this message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: ‘The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?’

‘I will go with you,’ he replied. ‘I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.’

‘By what route shall we attack?’ he asked.

‘Through the Desert of Edom,’ he answered.

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