r, leaving off his worship, he
worshipped foreign gods; but in other respects he was an active man. Now
at this time it was that Elijah disappeared from among men, and no one
knows of his death to this very day; but he left behind him his disciple
Elisha, as we have formerly declared. And indeed, as to Elijah, and as
to Enoch, who was before the deluge, it is written in the sacred books
that they disappeared, but so that nobody knew that they died.

CHAPTER 3. How Joram And Jehoshaphat Made An Expedition Against The
Moabites; As Also Concerning The Wonders Of Elisha; And The Death Of
Jehoshaphat.

1. When Joram had taken upon him the kingdom, he determined to make an
expedition against the king of Moab, whose name was Mesha; for, as
we told you before, he was departed from his obedience to his brother
[Ahaziah], while he paid to his father Ahab two hundred thousand sheep,
with their fleeces of wool. When therefore he had gathered his own army
together, he sent also to Jehoshaphat, and entreated him, that since he
had from the beginning been a friend to his father, he would assist
him in the war that he was entering into against the Moabites, who had
departed from their obedience, who not only himself promised to
assist him, but would also oblige the king of Edom, who was under his
authority, to make the same expedition also. When Joram had received
these assurances of assistance from Jehoshaphat, he took his army with
him, and came to Jerusalem; and when he had been sumptuously entertained
by the king of Jerusalem, it was resolved upon by them to take their
march against their enemies through the wilderness of Edom. And when
they had taken a compass of seven days' journey, they were in distress
for want of water for the cattle, and for the army, from the mistake of
their roads by the guides that conducted them, insomuch that they were
all in an agony, especially Joram; and cried to God, by reason of their
sorrow, and [desired to know] what wickedness had been committed by them
that induced him to deliver three kings together, without fighting, unto
the king of Moab. But Jehoshaphat, who was a righteous man, encouraged
him, and bade him send to the camp, and know whether any prophet of God
was come along with them, that we might by him learn from God what we
should do. And when one of the servants of Joram said that he had seen
there Elisha, the son of Shaphat, the disciple of Elijah, the three
kings went to him