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- They continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
- It happened in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
- The king of Israel said to his servants, "You know that Ramoth Gilead is ours, and we are still, and don't take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?"
- He said to Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to battle to Ramoth Gilead?" Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."
- Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire first for the word of Yahweh."
- Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, "Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?" They said, "Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king."
- But Jehoshaphat said, "Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of him?"
- The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil." Jehoshaphat said, "Don't let the king say so."
- Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, "Quickly get Micaiah the son of Imlah."
- Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
- Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, "Thus says Yahweh, 'With these you shall push the Syrians, until they are consumed.'"
- All the prophets prophesied so, saying, "Go up to Ramoth Gilead, and prosper; for Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king."
- The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, "See now, the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak good."
- Micaiah said, "As Yahweh lives, what Yahweh says to me, that I will speak."
- When he had come to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall we forbear?" He answered him, "Go up and prosper; and Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king."
- The king said to him, "How many times do I have to adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?"
- He said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. Yahweh said, 'These have no master. Let them each return to his house in peace.'"
- The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Didn't I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?"
- Micaiah said, "Therefore hear the word of Yahweh. I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
- Yahweh said, 'Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?' One said one thing; and another said another.
- A spirit came out and stood before Yahweh, and said, 'I will entice him.'
- Yahweh said to him, 'How?' He said, 'I will go out and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' He said, 'You will entice him, and will also prevail. Go out and do so.'
- Now therefore, behold, Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and Yahweh has spoken evil concerning you."
- Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, "Which way did the Spirit of Yahweh go from me to speak to you?"
- Micaiah said, "Behold, you will see on that day, when you go into an inner room to hide yourself."
- The king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son.
- Say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace."'"
- Micaiah said, "If you return at all in peace, Yahweh has not spoken by me." He said, "Listen, all you people!"
- So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead.
- The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but you put on your robes." The king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
- Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, except only with the king of Israel.
- It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, "Surely that is the king of Israel!" and they turned aside to fight against him. Jehoshaphat cried out.
- It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
- A certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, "Turn your hand, and carry me out of the battle; for I am severely wounded."
- The battle increased that day. The king was propped up in his chariot facing the Syrians, and died at evening. The blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.
- A cry went throughout the army about the going down of the sun, saying, "Every man to his city, and every man to his country!"
- So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
- They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood where the prostitutes washed themselves; according to the word of Yahweh which he spoke.
- Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
- Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
- Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
- He walked in all the way of Asa his father; He didn't turn aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh: however the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
- Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
- Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- The remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.
- There was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
- Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they didn't go; for the ships were broken at Ezion Geber.
- Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Let my servants go with your servants in the ships." But Jehoshaphat would not.
- Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
- Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.
- He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, in which he made Israel to sin.
- He served Baal, and worshiped him, and provoked to anger Yahweh, the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
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| 1 Kings 22 Text (Hebrew)
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- וישבו שלש שנים אין מלחמה בין ארם ובין ישראל׃ ף
- ויהי בשנה השלישית וירד יהושפט מלך־יהודה אל־מלך ישראל׃
- ויאמר מלך־ישראל אל־עבדיו הידעתם כי־לנו רמת גלעד ואנחנו מחשים מקחת אתה מיד מלך ארם׃
- ויאמר אל־יהושפט התלך אתי למלחמה רמת גלעד ויאמר יהושפט אל־מלך ישראל כמוני כמוך כעמי כעמך כסוסי כסוסיך׃
- ויאמר יהושפט אל־מלך ישראל דרש־נא כיום את־דבר יהוה׃
- ויקבץ מלך־ישראל את־הנביאים כארבע מאות איש ויאמר אלהם האלך על־רמת גלעד למלחמה אם־אחדל ויאמרו עלה ויתן אדני ביד המלך׃
- ויאמר יהושפט האין פה נביא ליהוה עוד ונדרשה מאותו׃
- ויאמר מלך־ישראל אל־יהושפט עוד איש־אחד לדרש את־יהוה מאתו ואני שנאתיו כי לא־יתנבא עלי טוב כי אם־רע מיכיהו בן־ימלה ויאמר יהושפט אל־יאמר המלך כן׃
- ויקרא מלך ישראל אל־סריס אחד ויאמר מהרה מיכיהו בן־ימלה׃
- ומלך ישראל ויהושפט מלך־יהודה ישבים איש על־כסאו מלבשים בגדים בגרן פתח שער שמרון וכל־הנביאים מתנבאים לפניהם׃
- ויעש לו צדקיה בן־כנענה קרני ברזל ויאמר כה־אמר יהוה באלה תנגח את־ארם עד־כלתם׃
- וכל־הנבאים נבאים כן לאמר עלה רמת גלעד והצלח ונתן יהוה ביד המלך׃
- והמלאך אשר־הלך לקרא מיכיהו דבר אליו לאמר הנה־נא דברי הנביאים פה־אחד טוב אל־המלך יהי־נא כדבר אחד מהם ודברת טוב׃
- ויאמר מיכיהו חי־יהוה כי את־אשר יאמר יהוה אלי אתו אדבר׃
- ויבוא אל־המלך ויאמר המלך אליו מיכיהו הנלך אל־רמת גלעד למלחמה אם־נחדל ויאמר אליו עלה והצלח ונתן יהוה ביד המלך׃
- ויאמר אליו המלך עד־כמה פעמים אני משבעך אשר לא־תדבר אלי רק־אמת בשם יהוה׃
- ויאמר ראיתי את־כל־ישראל נפצים אל־ההרים כצאן אשר אין־להם רעה ויאמר יהוה לא־אדנים לאלה ישובו איש־לביתו בשלום׃
- ויאמר מלך־ישראל אל־יהושפט הלוא אמרתי אליך לוא־יתנבא עלי טוב כי אם־רע׃
- ויאמר לכן שמע דבר־יהוה ראיתי את־יהוה ישב על־כסאו וכל־צבא השמים עמד עליו מימינו ומשמאלו׃
- ויאמר יהוה מי יפתה את־אחאב ויעל ויפל ברמת גלעד ויאמר זה בכה וזה אמר בכה׃
- ויצא הרוח ויעמד לפני יהוה ויאמר אני אפתנו ויאמר יהוה אליו במה׃
- ויאמר אצא והייתי רוח שקר בפי כל־נביאיו ויאמר תפתה וגם־תוכל צא ועשה־כן׃
- ועתה הנה נתן יהוה רוח שקר בפי כל־נביאיך אלה ויהוה דבר עליך רעה׃
- ויגש צדקיהו בן־כנענה ויכה את־מיכיהו על־הלחי ויאמר אי־זה עבר רוח־יהוה מאתי לדבר אותך׃
- ויאמר מיכיהו הנך ראה ביום ההוא אשר תבא חדר בחדר להחבה׃
- ויאמר מלך ישראל קח את־מיכיהו והשיבהו אל־אמן שר־העיר ואל־יואש בן־המלך׃
- ואמרת כה אמר המלך שימו את־זה בית הכלא והאכילהו לחם לחץ ומים לחץ עד באי בשלום׃
- ויאמר מיכיהו אם־שוב תשוב בשלום לא־דבר יהוה בי ויאמר שמעו עמים כלם׃
- ויעל מלך־ישראל ויהושפט מלך־יהודה רמת גלעד׃
- ויאמר מלך ישראל אל־יהושפט התחפש ובא במלחמה ואתה לבש בגדיך ויתחפש מלך ישראל ויבוא במלחמה׃
- ומלך ארם צוה את־שרי הרכב אשר־לו שלשים ושנים לאמר לא תלחמו את־קטן ואת־גדול כי אם־את־מלך ישראל לבדו׃
- ויהי כראות שרי הרכב את־יהושפט והמה אמרו אך מלך־ישראל הוא ויסרו עליו להלחם ויזעק יהושפט׃
- ויהי כראות שרי הרכב כי־לא־מלך ישראל הוא וישובו מאחריו׃
- ואיש משך בקשת לתמו ויכה את־מלך ישראל בין הדבקים ובין השרין ויאמר לרכבו הפך ידך והוציאני מן־המחנה כי החליתי׃
- ותעלה המלחמה ביום ההוא והמלך היה מעמד במרכבה נכח ארם וימת בערב ויצק דם־המכה אל־חיק הרכב׃
- ויעבר הרנה במחנה כבא השמש לאמר איש אל־עירו ואיש אל־ארצו׃
- וימת המלך ויבוא שמרון ויקברו את־המלך בשמרון׃
- וישטף את־הרכב על ברכת שמרון וילקו הכלבים את־דמו והזנות רחצו כדבר יהוה אשר דבר׃
- ויתר דברי אחאב וכל־אשר עשה ובית השן אשר בנה וכל־הערים אשר בנה הלוא־הם כתובים על־ספר דברי הימים למלכי ישראל׃
- וישכב אחאב עם־אבתיו וימלך אחזיהו בנו תחתיו׃ ף
- ויהושפט בן־אסא מלך על־יהודה בשנת ארבע לאחאב מלך ישראל׃
- יהושפט בן־שלשים וחמש שנה במלכו ועשרים וחמש שנה מלך בירושלם ושם אמו עזובה בת־שלחי׃
- אך הבמות לא־סרו עוד העם מזבחים ומקטרים בבמות׃
- וישלם יהושפט עם־מלך ישראל׃
- ויתר דברי יהושפט וגבורתו אשר־עשה ואשר נלחם הלא־הם כתובים על־ספר דברי הימים למלכי יהודה׃
- ויתר הקדש אשר נשאר בימי אסא אביו בער מן־הארץ׃
- ומלך אין באדום נצב מלך׃
- יהושפט אניות תרשיש ללכת אופירה לזהב ולא הלך כי־ אניות בעציון גבר׃
- אז אמר אחזיהו בן־אחאב אל־יהושפט ילכו עבדי עם־עבדיך באניות ולא אבה יהושפט׃
- וישכב יהושפט עם־אבתיו ויקבר עם־אבתיו בעיר דוד אביו וימלך יהורם בנו תחתיו׃ ס
- אחזיהו בן־אחאב מלך על־ישראל בשמרון בשנת שבע עשרה ליהושפט מלך יהודה וימלך על־ישראל שנתים׃
- ויעש הרע בעיני יהוה וילך בדרכ אביו ובדרך אמו ובדרך ירבעם בן־נבט אשר החטיא את־ישראל׃
- ויעבד את־הבעל וישתחוה לו ויכעס את־יהוה אלהי ישראל ככל אשר־עשה אביו׃
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| 1 Kings 22 Text (Latin)
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- Transierunt igitur tres anni absque bello inter Syriam et Israël.
- In anno autem tertio, descendit Josaphat rex Juda ad regem Israël.
- (Dixitque rex Israël ad servos suos : Ignoratis quod nostra sit Ramoth Galaad, et negligimus tollere eam de manu regis Syriæ ?)
- Et ait ad Josaphat : Veniesne mecum ad præliandum in Ramoth Galaad ?
- Dixitque Josaphat ad regem Israël : Sicut ego sum, ita et tu : populus meus et populus tuus unum sunt : et equites mei, equites tui. Dixitque Josaphat ad regem Israël : Quære, oro te, hodie sermonem Domini.
- Congregavit ergo rex Israël prophetas, quadringentos circiter viros, et ait ad eos : Ire debeo in Ramoth Galaad ad bellandum, an quiescere ? Qui responderunt : Ascende, et dabit eam Dominus in manu regis.
- Dixit autem Josaphat : Non est hic propheta Domini quispiam, ut interrogemus per eum ?
- Et ait rex Israël ad Josaphat : Remansit vir unus, per quem possumus interrogare Dominum : sed ego odi eum, quia non prophetat mihi bonum, sed malum, Michæas filius Jemla. Cui Josaphat ait : Ne loquaris ita, rex.
- Vocavit ergo rex Israël eunuchum quemdam, et dixit ei : Festina adducere Michæam filium Jemla.
- Rex autem Israël, et Josaphat rex Juda, sedebant unusquisque in solio suo vestiti cultu regio, in area juxta ostium portæ Samariæ, et universi prophetæ prophetabant in conspectu eorum.
- Fecit quoque sibi Sedecias filius Chanaana cornua ferrea, et ait : Hæc dicit Dominus : His ventilabis Syriam, donec deleas eam.
- Omnesque prophetæ similiter prophetabant, dicentes : Ascende in Ramoth Galaad, et vade prospere, et tradet Dominus in manus regis.
- Nuntius vero, qui ierat ut vocaret Michæam, locutus est ad eum, dicens : Ecce sermones prophetarum ore uno regi bona prædicant : sit ergo sermo tuus similis eorum, et loquere bona.
- Cui Michæas ait : Vivit Dominus, quia quodcumque dixerit mihi Dominus, hoc loquar.
- Venit itaque ad regem, et ait illi rex : Michæa, ire debemus in Ramoth Galaad ad præliandum, an cessare ? Cui ille respondit : Ascende, et vade prospere, et tradet eam Dominus in manus regis.
- Dixit autem rex ad eum : Iterum atque iterum adjuro te, ut non loquaris mihi nisi quod verum est, in nomine Domini.
- Et ille ait : Vidi cunctum Israël dispersum in montibus, quasi oves non habentes pastorem. Et ait Dominus : Non habent isti dominum : revertatur unusquisque in domum suam in pace.
- (Dixit ergo rex Israël ad Josaphat : Numquid non dixi tibi, quia non prophetat mihi bonum, sed semper malum ?)
- Ille vero addens, ait : Propterea audi sermonem Domini : Vidi Dominum sedentem super solium suum, et omnem exercitum cæli assistentem ei a dextris et a sinistris :
- et ait Dominus : Quis decipiet Achab regem Israël, ut ascendat, et cadat in Ramoth Galaad ? Et dixit unus verba hujuscemodi, et alius aliter.
- Egressus est autem spiritus, et stetit coram Domino, et ait : Ego decipiam illum. Cui locutus est Dominus : In quo ?
- Et ille ait : Egrediar, et ero spiritus mendax in ore omnium prophetarum ejus. Et dixit Dominus : Decipies, et prævalebis : egredere, et fac ita.
- Nunc igitur ecce dedit Dominus spiritum mendacii in ore omnium prophetarum tuorum, qui hic sunt, et Dominus locutus est contra te malum.
- Accessit autem Sedecias filius Chanaana, et percussit Michæam in maxillam, et dixit : Mene ergo dimisit spiritus Domini, et locutus est tibi ?
- Et ait Michæas : Visurus es in die illa, quando ingredieris cubiculum, intra cubiculum ut abscondaris.
- Et ait rex Israël : Tollite Michæam, et maneat apud Amon principem civitatis, et apud Joas filium Amelech,
- et dicite eis : Hæc dicit rex : Mittite virum istum in carcerem, et sustentate eum pane tribulationis, et aqua angustiæ, donec revertar in pace.
- Dixitque Michæas : Si reversus fueris in pace, non est locutus in me Dominus. Et ait : Audite populi omnes.
- Ascendit itaque rex Israël, et Josaphat rex Juda in Ramoth Galaad.
- Dixit itaque rex Israël ad Josaphat : Sume arma, et ingredere prælium, et induere vestibus tuis. Porro rex Israël mutavit habitum suum, et ingressus est bellum.
- Rex autem Syriæ præceperat principibus curruum triginta duobus, dicens : Non pugnabitis contra minorem, et majorem quempiam, nisi contra regem Israël solum.
- Cum ergo vidissent principes curruum Josaphat, suspicati sunt quod ipse esset rex Israël, et impetu facto pugnabant contra eum : et exclamavit Josaphat.
- Intellexeruntque principes curruum quod non esset rex Israël, et cessaverunt ab eo.
- Vir autem quidam tetendit arcum, in incertum sagittam dirigens, et casu percussit regem Israël inter pulmonem et stomachum. At ille dixit aurigæ suo : Verte manum tuam, et ejice me de exercitu, quia graviter vulneratus sum.
- Commissum est ergo prælium in die illa, et rex Israël stabat in curru suo contra Syros, et mortuus est vespere : fluebat autem sanguis plagæ in sinum currus,
- et præco insonuit in universo exercitu antequam sol occumberet, dicens : Unusquisque revertatur in civitatem, et in terram suam.
- Mortuus est autem rex, et perlatus est in Samariam : sepelieruntque regem in Samaria,
- et laverunt currum ejus in piscina Samariæ, et linxerunt canes sanguinem ejus, et habenas laverunt, juxta verbum Domini quod locutus fuerat.
- Reliqua autem sermonum Achab, et universa quæ fecit, et domus eburnea quam ædificavit, cunctarumque urbium quas exstruxit, nonne hæc scripta sunt in libro sermonum dierum regum Israël ?
- Dormivit ergo Achab cum patribus suis, et regnavit Ochozias filius ejus pro eo.
- Josaphat vero filius Asa regnare cœperat super Judam anno quarto Achab regis Israël.
- Triginta quinque annorum erat cum regnare cœpisset, et viginti quinque annis regnavit in Jerusalem : nomen matris ejus Azuba filia Salai.
- Et ambulavit in omni via Asa patris sui, et non declinavit ex ea : fecitque quod rectum erat in conspectu Domini.
- Pacemque habuit Josaphat cum rege Israël.
- Reliqua autem verborum Josaphat, et opera ejus quæ gessit, et prælia, nonne hæc scripta sunt in libro verborum dierum regum Juda ?
- Sed et reliquias effeminatorum, qui remanserant in diebus Asa patris ejus, abstulit de terra.
- Nec erat tunc rex constitutus in Edom.
- Rex vero Josaphat fecerat classes in mari, quæ navigarent in Ophir propter aurum : et ire non potuerunt, quia confractæ sunt in Asiongaber.
- Tunc ait Ochozias filius Achab ad Josaphat : Vadant servi mei cum servis tuis in navibus. Et noluit Josaphat.
- Dormivitque Josaphat cum patribus suis, et sepultus est cum eis in civitate David patris sui : regnavitque Joram filius ejus pro eo.
- Ochozias autem filius Achab regnare cœperat super Israël in Samaria, anno septimo Josaphat regis Juda, regnavitque super Israël duobus annis.
- Et fecit malum in conspectu Domini, et ambulavit in via patris sui et matris suæ, et in via Jeroboam filii Nabat, qui peccare fecit Israël.
- Servivit quoque Baal, et adoravit eum, et irritavit Dominum Deum Israël, juxta omnia quæ fecerat pater ejus.
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| 1 Kings 22 Text (KJV)
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- And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
- And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
- And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
- And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
- And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
- Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
- And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might inquire of him?
- And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
- Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.
- And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
- And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.
- And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's hand.
- And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.
- And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
- So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
- And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?
- And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
- And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
- And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
- And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
- And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
- And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
- Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.
- But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
- And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
- And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
- And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
- And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
- So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
- And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
- But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
- And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.
- And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
- And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
- And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.
- And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
- So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
- And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake.
- Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
- And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
- Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
- And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
- And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
- Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
- There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
- Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
- Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
- And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
- Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
- And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:
- For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
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