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13 Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What do we have in common?[a] Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother.” Then the king of Israel said to him, “No, for Yahweh has called for these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.” 14 Then Elisha said, “As Yahweh of hosts lives,[b] before whom I stand, surely if I was not regarding the face[c] of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would have not looked at you nor even glanced at you. 15 But now, bring me a musician.” It happened that at the moment the musician played, the hand of Yahweh came upon him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 3:13 Literally “What to me and what for you”
  2. 2 Kings 3:14 Literally “The life of Yahweh of hosts”
  3. 2 Kings 3:14 Or “lifting the face”