Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Then
three years passed
without
war between Aram and Israel .
And
they
sit
still
three years ,
there
is
no
war between Aram and Israel ,
However,
in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went
down to
visit
the king of Israel,
and
it
cometh
to
pass
in the third year, that
Jehoshaphat king of Judah cometh
down unto
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
saith
unto
his servants, `Have
ye
not known
that ours
`is'
Ramoth-Gilead ?
and
we are
keeping
silent
from taking
it
out
of
the hand of the king of Aram !'
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 saith
unto
Jehoshaphat, `Dost
thou
go with me to battle
`to'
Ramoth-Gilead? '
and
Jehoshaphat saith
unto
the king of Israel, `As
I am, so
thou;
as
my people, so
thy
people;
as
my horses ,
so
thy
horses. '
But
Jehoshaphat also
said
to
the king of Israel, “Please
inquire
first
for
the word of the
LORD.”
And
Jehoshaphat saith
unto
the king of Israel, `Seek,
I
pray
thee,
to-day,
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. ”
and
the king of Israel gathereth
the prophets, about four hundred men, and saith
unto
them, `Do
I go against Ramoth-Gilead to
battle
, or do
I forbear
? '
and
they
say,
`
Go up, and the Lord doth
give
`
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
? ”
And
Jehoshaphat saith
, `
Is there not here
a prophet of Jehovah
besides,
and
we seek
by
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 saith
unto
Jehoshaphat
, `Yet
--
one man to
seek
Jehovah
by
him
, and
I have
hated
him ,
for he
doth
not
prophesy
concerning
me good
, but evil
--
Micaiah son of Imlah ;'
and
Jehoshaphat
saith,
`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
. ”
And
the king of Israel calleth
unto
a
certain
eunuch,
and saith
, `Hasten
Micaiah 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.
And
the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah are
sitting ,
each
on his
throne,
clothed
with
garments,
in
a
threshing -
floor ,
at
the opening
of the gate of Samaria, and
all the prophets are
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 son of Chenaanah maketh
for himself horns of
iron,
and saith
, `Thus
said
Jehovah,
By
these thou
dost
push
the Aramaeans
till
they are 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 are
prophesying so
, saying, `
Go up to Ramoth-Gilead ,
and prosper, and
Jehovah
hath
given
`
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 who hath
gone to call Micaiah hath
spoken
unto
him, saying
, `Lo,
I
pray
thee,
the words of the prophets ,
with
one
mouth,
`
are '
good
towards
the king ;
let it
be, I
pray
thee,
thy
word
as
the
word
of
one
of
them
--
and thou
hast
spoken
good
. '
But
Micaiah said
, “As
surely as
the
LORD
lives,
I will
speak whatever
the
LORD
tells
me
. ”
And
Micaiah saith
, `Jehovah
liveth;
surely that
which
Jehovah
saith
unto
me
--
it
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
he
cometh
in
unto
the
king
, and
the king saith
unto
him, `
Micaiah, do
we go unto
Ramoth-Gilead, to
battle,
or do
we forbear
? '
and
he
saith
unto
him,
`
Go up, and
prosper
, and
Jehovah
hath
given
`
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 saith
unto
him, `
How many times am
I adjuring
thee
that
thou
speak
nothing
unto
me but 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
saith,
`
I have
seen
all Israel scattered on the hills as
sheep that
have
no
shepherd ,
and Jehovah
saith
, These have no master; they
turn
back
each 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 saith
unto
Jehoshaphat, `Have
I not said
unto
thee,
He doth
not
prophesy
of
me good
, 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
he
saith
, `
Therefore ,
hear a
word of Jehovah;
I have
seen
Jehovah
sitting on His throne, and all the host of the
heavens
standing by Him ,
on His right 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
saith
, Who doth
entice Ahab ,
and
he
doth
go
up and fall in
Ramoth-Gilead? and this one
saith
thus
, and that one
is
saying
thus
.
Then
a
spirit came
forward
, stood
before the
LORD
, and said
, ‘
I will
entice him .’
‘
By what means
? ’
asked
the
LORD.
`And
the
spirit goeth
out
, and
standeth
before Jehovah
, and saith
, I --
I
do
entice him ;
and
Jehovah
saith
unto
him,
By what?
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 he saith
, I go out ,
and have
been
a spirit of
falsehood
in the mouth
of all his prophets ;
and He
saith
, Thou
dost
entice,
and
also
thou
art
able;
go out
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
. ”
And
now
, lo,
Jehovah
hath
put a spirit of
falsehood
in the mouth
of all these thy
prophets, and Jehovah
hath
spoken
concerning
thee
--
evil
. '
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
? ”
And
Zedekiah son of Chenaanah draweth
nigh
, and
smiteth
Micaiah on
the cheek
, and saith
, `Where
`is'
this
--
he
hath
passed
over
--
the Spirit of Jehovah
--
from me to speak with thee
? '
Micaiah replied
, “You
will
soon
see
, on that day when you
go
and
hide
in an
inner
room
. ”
And
Micaiah saith
, `Lo
, thou
art
seeing
on that day ,
when thou
goest
in to
the
innermost
chamber
to
be
hidden
. '
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 saith
, `
Take Micaiah ,
and turn
him back
unto
Amon head
of the city ,
and unto
Joash son of
the
king
,
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 thou
hast
said,
Thus
said
the king ,
Place
ye
this one
in the
house
of
restraint,
and cause
him to
eat
bread of
oppression,
and water of
oppression,
till
my
coming
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 saith
, `
If thou
at
all
return in
peace
--
Jehovah
hath
not spoken by
me ;'
and
he saith
, `Hear
, O
peoples,
all of
them.'
So
the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went
up
to Ramoth-gilead.
And
the king of Israel goeth
up,
and Jehoshaphat king of Judah ,
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 saith
unto
Jehoshaphat to
disguise himself,
and to
go into battle, `And
thou,
put
on
thy
garments
. '
And
the king of Israel disguiseth
himself ,
and goeth
into 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. ”
And
the king of Aram commanded
the
heads
of
the
charioteers
whom
he
hath
- -
thirty
and
two --
saying
, `Ye
do not fight with small or with
great, but
with
the king of Israel by
himself
. '
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
cometh
to
pass,
at
the heads
of
the
charioteers
seeing
Jehoshaphat, that
they said, `He
`
is '
only
the king of Israel ;'
and
they turn
aside
to him to
fight
, and
Jehoshaphat crieth
out ,
And when
the chariot
commanders
saw
that he was
not the king of Israel, they turned
back from pursuing
him.
and it
cometh
to
pass,
at
the heads
of
the
charioteers
seeing
that he `is'
not the king of Israel, that
they turn
back from after
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 man hath
drawn
with
a
bow, in
his
simplicity,
and smiteth
the king of Israel between the joinings
and
the coat
of
mail,
and
he
saith
to his charioteer, `
Turn thy
hand,
and take me out from
the camp
, for I have
become
sick.'
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 increaseth
on
that day, and the king hath
been
caused
to
stand
in the
chariot ,
over-against
Aram,
and
he
dieth
in
the evening,
and the blood of
the
wound runneth
out unto
the midst
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
he
causeth
the cry
to
pass
over
through
the
camp
, at
the going
in of
the sun,
saying,
`Each
unto
his city, and each
unto
his land .'
So
the king died
and was
brought
to
Samaria, where
they buried
him.
And
the king dieth,
and cometh
into
Samaria, and
they bury
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 `one'
rinseth
the chariot by
the pool of Samaria, and the dogs lick
his
blood --
when
the
armour
they
had
washed
--
according to the word of
Jehovah
that 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?
And
the rest of the matters
of Ahab, and
all that
he
did,
and the house
of
ivory that
he
built,
and all the cities that
he built, are they not written on
the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?
And Ahab rested
with his fathers, and his son Ahaziah
reigned
in his place
.
And Ahab lieth
with his fathers, and Ahaziah
his son reigneth
in his stead
.
In the fourth year of Ahab’s
reign
over
Israel,
Jehoshaphat
son
of
Asa
became
king of Judah.
And
Jehoshaphat
son
of
Asa
hath
reigned
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 `is'
a
son
of
thirty and
five years in
his
reigning
, and twenty
and
five
years
he hath
reigned in Jerusalem ,
and
the
name of
his
mother
`is'
Azubah 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
walketh
in all the way
of Asa
his father ,
he hath
not turned
aside
from it
, to
do
that
which
`is'
right in the eyes of Jehovah;
only
the high places have
not turned
aside,
yet
are
the people sacrificing
and making
perfume
in
high places.
Jehoshaphat also
made
peace with the king of Israel .
And
Jehoshaphat maketh
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?
and
the rest of the matters
of Jehoshaphat, and
his
might that
he got,
and with
which
he fought
, are they not written on
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 whoremongers
who were
left
in
the days of Asa
his father he
took
away
out
of
the
land;
And there was
no king in Edom; a deputy
served
as
king.
and there is
no king in Edom; he
set
up
a 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 at
Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, and
they went
not
, for
the
ships
were broken
in
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 son of Ahab unto
Jehoshaphat, `
Let my servants go
with thy
servants in
the
ships;'
and
Jehoshaphat was
not
willing
.
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 lieth
with his fathers ,
and is
buried with his
fathers
in the city of David
his father ,
and Jehoram
his son reigneth
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
son
of
Ahab
hath
reigned
over
Israel
in Samaria
in
the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat
king of Judah
, and reigneth
over
Israel
two years ,
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 doth
the
evil thing
in the eyes
of Jehovah,
and walketh
in the way
of his father ,
and in
the
way
of
his
mother ,
and in
the
way
of Jeroboam son of Nebat who caused Israel to sin ,
Ahaziah
served
and worshiped
Baal, provoking
the
LORD
, the
God of Israel, to anger,
just
as
his father had done.
and serveth
the
Baal, and
boweth
himself
to
it
, and
provoketh
Jehovah,
God of Israel, according
to all
that
his father had done.
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