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14 “I swear by the Lord God that I wouldn’t bother with you except for the presence of King Jehoshaphat of Judah,” Elisha replied. 15 “Now bring me someone to play the lute.” And as the lute was played, the message of the Lord came to Elisha:

16 “The Lord says to fill this dry valley with trenches to hold the water he will send.

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14 Elisha said, “As surely as the Lord Almighty lives, whom I serve, if I did not have respect for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not pay any attention to you. 15 But now bring me a harpist.”(A)

While the harpist was playing, the hand(B) of the Lord came on Elisha 16 and he said, “This is what the Lord says: I will fill this valley with pools of water.

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