1 Joram, Ahab’s son, became king of Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat, Judah’s king. He ruled for twelve years.
2 He did what was evil in the Lord’s eyes, but he wasn’t as bad as his father and mother. He removed the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.
3 But he nevertheless clung to the sins that Jeroboam, Nebat’s son, had caused Israel to commit. He didn’t deviate from them.
4 Now Moab’s King Mesha kept sheep. He would pay Israel’s king one hundred thousand lambs and the wool from one hundred thousand rams.
5 But when Ahab died, Moab’s king rebelled against Israel’s king.
6 So King Joram set out from Samaria at once. He prepared all Israel for war.
7 He sent word to Judah’s King Jehoshaphat, "Moab’s king has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?"Jehoshaphat responded, "Yes, I’ll go. We’ll fight as one: you and I, our troops and our horses."