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Berean Standard Bible
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World English Bible
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance ,
and he allied
himself
with Ahab by
marriage
.
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance ;
and he joined
affinity
with Ahab.
And
some
years later
he went down to visit
Ahab in
Samaria ,
where
Ahab sacrificed
many
sheep and cattle
for him and the people with him, and urged
him to march
up to Ramoth-gilead.
After
certain
years he went down to Ahab to
Samaria .
Ahab killed
sheep and oxen
for him in
abundance,
and for
the people who
were
with him, and moved
him to go
up [with
him]
to Ramoth-gilead.
Ahab king of Israel asked
Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “
Will you go with me against
Ramoth-gilead? ”
And
Jehoshaphat
replied
, “
I am like
you, and my people are
your people; we will join
you in the war. ”
Ahab king of Israel said
to
Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Will you go with me to
Ramoth-gilead? He
answered
him
, I am as
you are
, and my people as
your people; and
[
we will be]
with
you in the war.
But
Jehoshaphat also
said to the king of Israel, “
Please inquire first for the word of the
LORD
. ”
Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Please inquire first for the word of Yahweh
.
So
the king of Israel assembled
the prophets, four hundred men, and asked
them, “Should
we go to war
against
Ramoth-gilead, or should
we
refrain
? ”
“Go
up,”
they replied
, “and
God will deliver it into the hand of the king. ”
Then
the king of Israel gathered
the prophets together
, four hundred men, and said
to
them, Shall
we go to Ramoth-gilead to
battle
, or shall
I
forbear
? They said
, Go
up;
for
God 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
, Isn't
there here
a prophet of Yahweh
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
.
The king of Israel said
to
Jehoshaphat
, There is yet
one man by
whom
we
may
inquire
of
Yahweh:
but I hate him ;
for
he never prophesies good concerning
me, but always
evil:
the
same
is Micaiah the
son of Imla
. Jehoshaphat
said,
Don't
let
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, Get
quickly
Micaiah the
son of Imla
.
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 sat
each
on his
throne,
arrayed
in
their robes,
and
they
were
sitting
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
. ’”
Zedekiah the
son of Chenaanah made him
horns of
iron,
and said
, Thus
says Yahweh,
With these shall you
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. ”
All the prophets prophesied
so
, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead ,
and prosper ;
for Yahweh
will deliver it into the hand of the king.
Then
the messenger who had
gone
to call Micaiah instructed
him, “
Behold, with
one
accord
the words of the prophets are
favorable
to the king .
So
please
let your words
be like theirs, and speak favorably
. ”
The messenger who went
to call Micaiah spoke
to
him, saying,
Behold, the words of the prophets [declare]
good
to the king with
one
mouth:
let your word
therefore,
Please
be like one
of
theirs, and speak you
good
.
But
Micaiah said, “
As surely
as
the
LORD
lives, I
will
speak
whatever
my God tells
me
. ”
Micaiah said, As Yahweh
lives, what
my God says,
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
they will
be given
into your hand. ”
When he
was
come
to
the
king
, the king said
to
him, Micaiah, shall
we go to Ramoth-gilead to
battle
, or shall
I
forbear
? He
said,
Go up, and
prosper;
and
they shall
be delivered
into your hand.
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
? ”
The king said to him, How many times shall
I adjure
you that
you
speak
to me nothing
but the truth in the name of Yahweh
?
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. ’”
He
said,
I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains,
as
sheep that
have
no
shepherd :
and Yahweh
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
? ”
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Didn't
I tell you 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 on His right and on His left.
[
Micaiah ]
said
, Therefore hear you
the word of Yahweh
: I saw Yahweh
sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand
and on his left.
And
the
LORD
said, ‘
Who will
entice Ahab king of Israel to
march
up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? ’
And
one suggested
this, and another that.
Yahweh
said, Who shall
entice Ahab king of Israel ,
that
he
may
go
up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? One spoke
saying
after
this manner
, and another saying
after
that manner
.
Then
a spirit came
forward
, stood before the
LORD
, and said, ‘
I will entice him. ’
‘By
what
means
? ’
asked
the
LORD.
There
came
forth
a spirit, and
stood before Yahweh
, and said, I will entice him. Yahweh
said
to
him,
'How
? '
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
. ’
He said
, '
I will go forth,
and will
be a lying spirit in the mouth
of all his prophets. '
He
said,
'
You shall
entice him ,
and shall
prevail also:
go forth,
and do so
. '
So
you
see
, the
LORD
has put a lying spirit in the mouths
of these prophets of
yours,
and the
LORD
has pronounced
disaster
against
you. ”
Now
therefore
, behold,
Yahweh
has put a lying spirit in the mouth
of these your
prophets ;
and Yahweh
has spoken
evil
concerning
you.
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
struck Micaiah on
the cheek
, and said
, Which way went
the Spirit of Yahweh
from me to speak to
you?
Micaiah replied
, “
You will
soon
see ,
on that day when you go and
hide
in
an inner room
. ”
Micaiah said
, Behold,
you shall
see on that day ,
when you shall
go into
an inner chamber
to
hide
yourself
.
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 ,
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 ;
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
says
the king ,
Put this fellow
in the
prison ,
and feed him with
bread of
affliction
and with
water of
affliction,
until I return 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!”
Micaiah said
, If you return at
all
in
peace
, Yahweh
has not spoken by
me. He said
, Hear
, you
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.
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself ,
and go into the
battle ;
but put
you on
your robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself ;
and they
went into the
battle.
Now the king of Aram
had ordered
his chariot
commanders
, “Do
not
fight with anyone,
small or
great, except
the king of Israel. ”
Now the king of Syria
had commanded
the
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, “This
is the king of Israel !”
So
they turned to fight against him ,
but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the
LORD
helped him .
God drew
them away
from him.
It
happened,
when the captains
of
the
chariots
saw Jehoshaphat, that
they said, It
is the king of Israel .
Therefore
they turned about
to fight against him :
but Jehoshaphat cried out, and Yahweh
helped him ;
and
God moved
them [to
depart]
from him.
And
when the chariot
commanders
saw that he
was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
It
happened,
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 !”
A certain man drew his bow at
a
venture
, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the
armor. Therefore
he
said to the
driver
of
the
chariot
, Turn your
hand,
and carry
me out of the host;
for I am sore
wounded .
The battle raged
throughout
that day ,
and
the king of Israel propped
himself up in his chariot facing
the Arameans
until evening.
And at
sunset
he died.
The battle increased
that day :
however
the king of Israel stayed
himself up in his chariot against
the Syrians
until the
even;
and about
the
time
of
the
going
down
of
the
sun
he died.
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