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Then
three years passed
without war between Aram
and Israel.
And
they
continued
three years without war between Syria
and Israel.
However,
in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went
down to visit
the king of Israel ,
And
it
came
to
pass
in the third year, that
Jehoshaphat the
king of Judah came
down to the king of Israel .
who
said to
his servants, “Do
you
not
know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but
we have
failed
to
take it from
the hand of the king of Aram
? ”
And
the
king
of
Israel
said unto
his servants, Know ye
that Ramoth-gilead is ours, and
we are
still,
and
take it not
out
of
the hand of the king of Syria
?
So
he asked
Jehoshaphat, “Will
you
go with me to fight
against
Ramoth-gilead? ”
Jehoshaphat answered
the king of Israel, “
I am like
you
, my people are
your
people, and
my horses are
your
horses. ”
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.
But
Jehoshaphat also
said to
the king of Israel, “Please
inquire first for the word of the
LORD
. ”
And
Jehoshaphat said unto
the king of Israel, Inquire first ,
I
pray
thee,
for the word of Jehovah
.
So
the king of Israel assembled
the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked
them, “Should
I go to
war
against Ramoth-gilead, or should
I refrain
? ”
“Go
up,”
they replied
, “and
the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king. ”
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 will deliver it into the hand of the king.
But Jehoshaphat asked
, “
Is there not still
a prophet of the
LORD
here
of
whom
we can
inquire? ”
But Jehoshaphat said
, Is there not here
a prophet of Jehovah
besides,
that
we may
inquire of
him
?
The king of Israel answered
, “
There is still
one man who
can
ask
the
LORD
, but I hate him because
he never
prophesies
anything
good for
me, but only
bad.
He
is
Micaiah
son
of
Imlah
. ”
“
The king should
not
say that!”
Jehoshaphat
replied
.
And
the king of Israel said
unto
Jehoshaphat
, there is yet
one man by
whom
we
may
inquire
of
Jehovah
, Micaiah
the
son
of
Imlah:
but I hate him ;
for
he doth
not
prophesy
good concerning
me, but evil
. And
Jehoshaphat
said,
Let
not
the king say so
.
So
the king of Israel called one
of
his
officials
and said, “Bring
Micaiah son of Imlah at
once
. ”
Then
the king of Israel called an
officer,
and said, Fetch
quickly
Micaiah the
son of Imlah.
Dressed
in
royal
attire,
the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones
at the threshing
floor
by
the
entrance of the gate of Samaria ,
with
all the prophets prophesying before them.
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.
Now
Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had
made for
himself
iron
horns and declared
, “This
is
what
the
LORD
says:
‘
With these you
shall
gore
the Arameans
until they are
finished
off
. ’”
And
Zedekiah the
son of Chenaanah made him
horns of
iron,
and said
, Thus
saith
Jehovah,
With these shalt
thou
push
the Syrians,
until they be
consumed
.
And all the prophets were
prophesying
the
same
, saying, “
Go up to Ramoth-gilead and prosper ,
for the
LORD
will deliver it into the hand of the king. ”
And all the prophets prophesied
so
, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead ,
and prosper ;
for Jehovah
will deliver it into the hand of the king.
Then
the messenger who
had
gone
to call Micaiah instructed
him, “
Behold now, with
one
accord
the words of the prophets are
favorable
to
the king .
So
please
let your
words
be like theirs
, and speak favorably
. ”
And
the messenger that
went
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 thou
good
.
But
Micaiah said, “
As surely
as
the
LORD
lives
, I
will speak whatever
the
LORD
tells
me
. ”
And
Micaiah said, As Jehovah
liveth
, what
Jehovah
saith
unto
me,
that
will I
speak.
When Micaiah
arrived
, the king asked
him, “
Micaiah, should
we go to war
against
Ramoth-gilead, or should
we refrain
? ”
“
Go up and triumph,”
Micaiah
replied,
“for
the
LORD
will give
it into the hand of the king. ”
And
when he
was
come
to
the
king
, the king said
unto
him, Micaiah, shall
we go to Ramoth-gilead to
battle
, or shall
we forbear
? And
he
answered
him,
Go up and prosper;
and
Jehovah
will deliver
it into the hand of the king.
But
the king said to
him, “
How many times must
I make
you
swear
not
to
tell
me anything
but the truth in the name of the
LORD
? ”
And
the king said unto
him, How many times shall
I adjure
thee
that
thou
speak
unto
me nothing
but the truth in the name of Jehovah
?
So
Micaiah
declared:
“
I saw all Israel scattered on
the hills
like
sheep without
a
shepherd .
And the
LORD
said, ‘
These people
have no master; let each
one
return home
in peace. ’”
And
he
said,
I saw all Israel scattered upon
the mountains,
as
sheep that
have
no
shepherd :
and Jehovah
said, These have no master; let them
return every
man
to
his
house
in peace.
Then
the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “
Did I not tell you
that he never
prophesies
good for
me, but only
bad
? ”
And
the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee
that he would
not
prophesy
good concerning
me, but evil
?
Micaiah continued
, “
Therefore hear 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 and on His left.
And
`
Micaiah '
said
, Therefore hear thou
the word of Jehovah
: I saw Jehovah
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 will
entice Ahab to
march
up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? ’
And one suggested
this ,
and another that.
And Jehovah
said, Who shall
entice Ahab ,
that
he
may
go
up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said
on
this manner;
and another said
on
that manner
.
Then
a spirit came
forward
, stood before the
LORD
, and said, ‘
I will entice him. ’
‘By
what
means?’
asked
the
LORD.
And
there
came
forth
a spirit, and
stood before Jehovah
, and said, I will entice him.
And he replied
, ‘
I will go out
and be a lying spirit in the mouths
of all his prophets. ’
‘You
will
surely
entice him and prevail ,’
said
the
LORD.
‘
Go and do it
. ’
And Jehovah
said
unto
him,
Wherewith?
And
he said
, I will go forth,
and will
be a lying spirit in the mouth
of all his prophets. And
he
said,
Thou
shalt
entice him ,
and shalt
prevail also:
go forth,
and do so
.
So
you
see
, the
LORD
has
put a lying spirit in the mouths
of all these prophets of
yours,
and the
LORD
has
pronounced
disaster
against
you
. ”
Now
therefore
, behold,
Jehovah
hath
put a lying spirit in the mouth
of all these thy
prophets ;
and Jehovah
hath
spoken
evil
concerning
thee
.
Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went
up
, struck
Micaiah in
the face
, and demanded
, “
Which way did
the Spirit of the
LORD
go
when
He
departed
from me to speak with
you
? ”
Then Zedekiah the
son of Chenaanah came
near
, and
smote
Micaiah on
the cheek
, and said
, Which way went
the Spirit of Jehovah
from me to speak unto
thee
?
Micaiah replied
, “You
will
soon
see
, on that day when you
go and
hide
in
an inner room
. ”
And
Micaiah said
, Behold
, thou
shalt
see
on that day ,
when thou
shalt
go into
an inner chamber
to
hide
thyself
.
And the king of Israel declared
, “
Take Micaiah and return
him to
Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s
son ,
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 tell
them
that
this
is
what
the king says:
‘
Put this man
in prison and feed him only
bread and water until I return
safely
. ’”
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
.
But
Micaiah replied
, “
If you
ever
return safely
, the
LORD
has
not spoken through
me. ”
Then
he added
, “Take
heed
, all you people!”
And
Micaiah said
, If thou
return at
all
in
peace
, Jehovah
hath
not spoken by
me. And
he said
, Hear
, ye
peoples,
all of
you .
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the
king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
And the king of Israel said to
Jehoshaphat, “
I will disguise myself and go into battle ,
but you
wear
your
royal
robes. ”
So
the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
And the king of Israel said unto
Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself ,
and go into the
battle ;
but put
thou
on
thy
robes. And
the king of Israel disguised himself ,
and went into the
battle.
Now the king of Aram
had ordered
his
thirty -
two chariot
commanders
, “Do
not
fight with anyone,
small or
great, except
the king of Israel. ”
Now the king of Syria
had commanded
the
thirty and
two captains
of
his
chariots
, saying,
Fight neither
with small nor
great, save
only
with
the king of Israel.
When the chariot
commanders
saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “
Surely this
is the king of Israel !”
So
they turned to fight against him ,
but
Jehoshaphat cried out.
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 when the chariot
commanders
saw that he
was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
And it
came
to
pass,
when the captains
of
the
chariots
saw that it
was not the king of Israel, that
they turned back from pursuing him.
However,
a certain man drew his bow without
taking
special
aim
, and he
struck
the king of Israel between the joints of his
armor.
So
the king
said to
his charioteer
, “
Turn around
and take
me out of the battle,
for I am badly
wounded !”
And
a certain man drew his bow at
a
venture
, and smote
the king of Israel between the joints of the armor:
wherefore
he
said unto
the
driver
of
his chariot
, Turn thy
hand,
and carry
me out of the host;
for I am sore
wounded .
The battle raged
throughout
that day ,
and the king was propped
up in his chariot facing
the Arameans.
And the blood from
his
wound
ran out onto
the floor
of the chariot ,
and
that
evening
he
died
.
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
bottom
of the chariot.
As
the sun
was
setting,
the cry
rang
out
in
the army:
“
Every man to his own
city, and every man to his own
land!”
And
there
went
a
cry
throughout
the host
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 ,
where
they buried him
.
So the king died ,
and was brought to Samaria ;
and
they buried the
king
in
Samaria
.
And the chariot was
washed
at
the pool of Samaria where
the
prostitutes
bathed,
and the dogs licked up Ahab’s
blood ,
according to
the word that
the
LORD
had
spoken
.
And they
washed
the chariot by
the pool of Samaria ;
and the dogs licked up his
blood (now
the
harlots
washed
themselves
`there');
according unto
the word of
Jehovah
which
he
spake
.
As
for
the rest of the acts of Ahab, along
with
all his
accomplishments
and the ivory palace
and all the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
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, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
And
Ahab rested
with his fathers ,
and his son Ahaziah
reigned in his place
.
So
Ahab slept
with his fathers ;
and Ahaziah
his son reigned in his stead
.
In
the fourth
year
of Ahab’s
reign over Israel,
Jehoshaphat
son
of Asa
became
king of Judah
.
And
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 became
king,
and he reigned in
Jerusalem
twenty -
five years. His mother’s
name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
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 Jehoshaphat
walked in all the ways
of his father Asa
; he did
not turn
away
from them
, but
did
what
was right in the eyes of the
LORD.
The high places ,
however,
were not removed
; the people still sacrificed and burned
incense on
the high places.
And he
walked in all the way
of Asa
his father; He turned
not aside
from it
, doing
that
which
was right in the eyes of Jehovah:
howbeit
the high places were not taken
away
; the people still sacrificed and burnt
incense in
the high places.
Jehoshaphat also
made peace with the king of Israel.
And
Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
As
for
the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, along
with
the
might he exercised
and how he waged
war
, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
Now
the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and
his
might that
he showed,
and how he warred
, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
He
banished
from
the land
the male
shrine
prostitutes
who
remained from
the days of his father Asa.
And
the remnant
of
the sodomites,
that
remained in
the days of his father Asa ,
he
put
away
out
of
the
land
.
And there was no king in Edom ;
a deputy served
as
king.
And there was no king in Edom :
a deputy was
king.
Jehoshaphat built
ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold ,
but they never
set
sail,
because
they
were wrecked
at Ezion-geber.
Jehoshaphat made
ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold :
but they went
not;
for
the
ships
were broken
at Ezion-geber.
At
that
time
Ahaziah son of Ahab said
to
Jehoshaphat, “
Let my servants sail
with your
servants ,”
but Jehoshaphat refused
.
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 rested
with his fathers and was buried with them
in the city of his father David.
And his son Jehoram
reigned in his place
.
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
.
In
the seventeenth
year
of Jehoshaphat’s
reign over Judah,
Ahaziah
son
of Ahab
became
king of Israel
, and he reigned in
Samaria
two years.
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
.
And he did evil in the sight of the
LORD
and walked in the ways
of his father and mother and of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who
had
caused
Israel to sin.
And he did that
which
was
evil in the sight of Jehovah,
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, wherein
he
made
Israel to sin.
Ahaziah
served
and worshiped
Baal, provoking
the
LORD
, the God of Israel, to anger,
just
as
his father had done.
And he
served
Baal, and
worshipped
him
, and
provoked
to
anger
Jehovah,
the God of Israel, according
to all
that
his father had done.
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