5 And when Ahab had died, he transgressed the pact that he had with the king of Israel.
6 Therefore, king Joram departed on that day from Samaria, and he took a count of all of Israel.
7 And he sent to Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, saying: 'The king of Moab has withdrawn from me. Come to battle with me against him.' And he responded: 'I will go up. What is mine, is yours. My people are your people. And my horses are your horses.'
8 And he said, 'Along which way shall we ascend?' So he responded, 'Along the desert of Idumea.'
9 Therefore, the king of Israel, and the king of Judah, and the king of Idumea, traveled, and they went by a circuitous path for seven days. But there was no water for the army or for the beasts of burden which were following them.
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