2 Kings 3:8-10

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁸ Then he said, “By which way shall we march?” Jehor′am answered, “By the way of the wilderness of Edom.”

⁹ So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom. And when they had made a circuitous march of seven days, there was no water for the army or for the beasts which followed them. ¹⁰ Then the king of Israel said, “Alas! The Lord has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.”