2 Kings 3:11
Good News Translation
King Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there a prophet here through whom we can consult the LORD?" An officer of King Joram's forces answered, "Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He was Elijah's assistant."

New Revised Standard Version
But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here, through whom we may inquire of the LORD?” Then one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat, who used to pour water on the hands of Elijah, is here.”

Contemporary English Version
Jehoshaphat said, "Which of the LORD's prophets is with us? We can find out from him what the LORD wants us to do." One of Joram's officers answered, "Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He was one of Elijah's closest followers."

New American Bible
But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here through whom we may inquire of the LORD?” One of the servants of the king of Israel replied, “Elisha, son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah, is here.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Josaphat said: Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may beseech the Lord by him? And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered: Here is Eliseus, the son of Saphat, who poured water on the hands of Elias.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Josaphat said: Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may beseech the Lord by him? And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered: Here is Eliseus, the son of Saphat, who poured water on the hands of Elias.

Is there not here

1 Kings 22:7 And Josaphat said: Is there not here some prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire by him?

Psalm 74:9 Our signs we have not seen, there is now no prophet: and he will know us no more.

Amos 3:7 For the Lord God doth nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.

that we may

2 Kings 3:1,3 And Joram the son of Achab, reigned over Israel, in Samaria, in the eighteenth year of Josaphat, king of Juda. And he reigned twelve years. . . .

Joshua 9:14 They took therefore of their victuals, and consulted not the mouth of the Lord.

Judges 20:8-11 And all the people standing, answered as by the voice of one man: We will not return to our tents, neither shall any one of us go into his own house: . . .

Judges 18:23,26-28 And began to shout out after them. They looked back, and said to Michas: What aileth thee? Why dost thou cry? . . .

1 Chronicles 10:13 So Saul died for his iniquities, because he transgressed the commandment of the Lord, which he had commanded, and kept it not: and moreover consulted also a witch,

1 Chronicles 14:10,14 And David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I go up against the Philistines, and wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And the Lord said to him: Go up, and I will deliver them into thy hand. . . .

1 Chronicles 15:13 Lest as the Lord at first struck us, because you were not present, the same should now also come to pass, by our doing some thing against the law.

Genesis 18:4 But I will fetch a little water, and wash ye your feet, and rest ye under the tree.

Joshua 1:1 Now it came to pass after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spoke to Joshua, the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, and said to him:

1 Kings 19:21 And returning back from him, he took a yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled the flesh with the plough of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate: and rising up, he went away, and followed Elias, and ministered to him.

Luke 22:26,27 But you not so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger: and he that is the leader, as he that serveth. . . .

John 13:4,5,13,14 He riseth from supper and layeth aside his garments and, having taken a towel, girded himself. . . .

1 Timothy 5:10 Having testimony for her good works, if she have brought up children, if she have received to harbour, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have ministered to them that suffer tribulation, if she have diligently followed every good work.

Philippians 2:22 Now know ye the proof of him: that as a son with the father, so hath he served with me in the gospel.

Context
Joram Overcomes Moab's Rebellion
10And the king of Israel said: Alas, alas, alas, the Lord hath gathered us three kings together, to deliver us into the hands of Moab. 11And Josaphat said: Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may beseech the Lord by him? And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered: Here is Eliseus, the son of Saphat, who poured water on the hands of Elias.12And Josaphat said: The word of the Lord is with him. And the king of Israel, and Josaphat, king of Juda, and the king of Edom, went down to him.…
Cross References
John 13:4
He riseth from supper and layeth aside his garments and, having taken a towel, girded himself.

John 13:5
After that, he putteth water into a basin and began to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.

1 Kings 19:21
And returning back from him, he took a yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled the flesh with the plough of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate: and rising up, he went away, and followed Elias, and ministered to him.

1 Kings 22:7
And Josaphat said: Is there not here some prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire by him?

2 Kings 2:25
And from thence he went to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.

2 Kings 3:10
And the king of Israel said: Alas, alas, alas, the Lord hath gathered us three kings together, to deliver us into the hands of Moab.

2 Kings 3:12
And Josaphat said: The word of the Lord is with him. And the king of Israel, and Josaphat, king of Juda, and the king of Edom, went down to him.

Jeremiah 37:17
And Jeremiah said to king Sedecias: In what have I offended against thee, or thy servants, or thy people, that thou hast cast me into prison?

2 Kings 3:10
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