Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
Jehoshaphat hath
riches and honour
in abundance, and joineth
affinity
to
Ahab ,
Now
Jehoshaphat had
riches and honor
in abundance, and he
allied
himself
with
Ahab by
marriage.
and goeth
down
at
the
end
of
`certain'
years unto
Ahab
to Samaria, and
Ahab sacrificeth
for
him
sheep and oxen
in
abundance,
and
for the people who
`are'
with him, and persuadeth
him to go
up unto
Ramoth-Gilead.
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.
And
Ahab king of Israel saith
unto
Jehoshaphat king of Judah, `Dost
thou
go with me `to'
Ramoth-Gilead? '
And he
saith
to
him
, `As
I --
so
thou
, and as
thy
people
--
my people ,
even
with
thee
in battle
. '
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
. ”
And
Jehoshaphat saith
unto
the king of Israel, `Seek,
I
pray
thee,
this
day,
the word of Jehovah
. '
But
Jehoshaphat also
said
to
the king of Israel, “Please
inquire
first
for
the word of the
LORD
. ”
And
the king of Israel gathereth
the prophets, four hundred men, and saith
unto
them, `Do
we go unto
Ramoth-Gilead to
battle
, or do
I
forbear
? '
And
they
say,
`
Go up, and God doth
give
`
it '
into the hand of the king. '
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. ”
And
Jehoshaphat saith
, `
Is there not here
a prophet of Jehovah
still,
and
we seek
from
him
? '
But
Jehoshaphat asked
, “
Is there not still
a prophet of the
LORD
here
of
whom
we can
inquire
? ”
And
the king of Israel saith
unto
Jehoshaphat
, `
Still --
one man to
seek
Jehovah
from
him
, and
I
--
I have
hated
him ,
for
he is
not
prophesying
concerning
me
of
good, but all
his
days
of
evil,
he `
is '
Micaiah son of Imlah ;'
and
Jehoshaphat
saith,
`Let
not
the king say so
. '
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 calleth
unto
a
certain
officer,
and saith
, `Hasten
Micaiah son of Imlah. '
So
the king of Israel called
one
of
his
officials
and said
, “Bring
Micaiah son of Imlah at
once
. ”
And
the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah are
sitting ,
each
on his
throne,
clothed
with
garments,
and
they
are
sitting
in
a
threshing -
floor at
the opening
of the gate of Samaria, and
all the prophets are
prophesying before them.
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
Zedekiah son of Chenaanah maketh
for himself horns
of
iron ,
and saith,
`Thus
said
Jehovah
,
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.’”
With
these
thou
dost
push
Aram
till
thou
hast
consumed
them.'
And all the prophets are
prophesying so
, saying, `
Go up `
to '
Ramath
-Gilead and prosper, and
Jehovah
hath
given
`
it '
into the hand of the king. '
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
the messenger who hath
gone to call for
Micaiah hath
spoken
unto
him, saying,
`Lo
, the words of the prophets --
one
mouth
--
`
are '
good
towards
the king ,
and
let ,
I
pray
thee,
thy
word
be like one
of
theirs :
and thou
hast
spoken
good
. '
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
. ”
And
Micaiah saith
`Jehovah
liveth
, surely that
which
my
God
saith
, it
I speak. '
But
Micaiah said
, “As
surely as
the
LORD
lives
, I will
speak whatever
my
God
tells
me
. ”
And
he
cometh
in
unto
the
king
, and
the king saith
unto
him, `
Micaiah, do
we go unto
Ramoth-Gilead to
battle
, or do
I
forbear
? '
And
he
saith,
`
Go ye
up ,
and prosper
, and
they are
given into your hand. '
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. ”
And
the king saith
unto
him, `
How many times am
I adjuring
thee,
that
thou
speak
unto
me only
truth in the name of Jehovah
? '
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
he
saith,
`
I have
seen
all Israel scattered on the mountains,
as
sheep that
have
no
shepherd ,
and Jehovah
saith
, There
are
no
masters
to
these ,
they
turn
back
each to
his
house
in peace. '
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
the king of Israel saith
unto
Jehoshaphat, `
Did I not say
unto
thee,
He doth
not
prophesy
concerning
me
good, but rather
of
evil
? '
Then
the king of Israel said
to
Jehoshaphat, “
Did I not tell
you
that
he never
prophesies
good for
me
, but only
bad
? ”
And
he
saith
, `
Therefore ,
hear ye
a
word of Jehovah
: I have
seen
Jehovah
sitting on His throne, and all the host of the
heavens
standing on His right and His left ;
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 .
and Jehovah
saith
, Who doth
entice Ahab king of Israel ,
and
he
doth
go
up and fall in
Ramoth-Gilead? And this speaker
saith
thus
, and that speaker
thus
.
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.
And
go
out
doth
the
spirit, and
stand
before Jehovah
, and saith
, I do
entice him ;
and
Jehovah
saith
unto
him,
With
what?
Then
a
spirit came
forward
, stood
before the
LORD
, and said
, ‘
I will
entice him .’
‘By
what means
? ’
asked
the
LORD.
and he saith
, I go out ,
and have
become
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
.
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,
now,
lo
, Jehovah
hath
put a spirit of
falsehood
in the mouth
of these thy
prophets, and Jehovah
hath
spoken
concerning
thee
--
evil
. '
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
. ”
And
Zedekiah son of Chenaanah cometh
nigh
, and
smiteth
Micaiah on
the cheek
, and saith
, `Where
`is'
this
--
the
way the Spirit of Jehovah
passed
over
from me to speak with 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
? ”
And
Micaiah saith,
`Lo
, thou
dost
see in
that
day
, that thou
dost
enter
into
the
innermost
chamber
to
be
hidden
. '
Micaiah replied
, “You
will
soon
see, on
that day
when
you
go
and
hide
in
an
inner
room
. ”
And the king of Israel saith
, `
Take ye
Micaiah ,
and turn
him back
unto
Amon head
of the city ,
and unto
Joash son
of
the king
,
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 ye
have
said,
Thus
said
the king ,
Put ye
this `one'
in the
house
of
restraint,
and cause
him to
eat
bread of
oppression,
and water of
oppression,
till
my
return in
peace
. '
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
Micaiah saith
, `
If thou
dost
certainly
return in
peace
, Jehovah
hath
not spoken by
me ;'
and
he saith,
`Hear
ye
, O
peoples
, all of
them
! '
But
Micaiah replied
, “
If you
ever
return safely
, the
LORD
has
not spoken through
me .”
Then
he added
, “Take
heed
, all you
people
! ”
And
the king of Israel goeth
up,
and Jehoshaphat king of Judah ,
unto
Ramoth-Gilead ;
So
the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went
up
to
Ramoth-gilead .
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 they
go
into battle.
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 Aram hath
commanded
the
heads
of
the
charioteers
whom
he
hath,
saying
, `Ye
do not fight with small or with
great, except with
the king of Israel by
himself
. '
Now
the king of Aram had
ordered
his
chariot
commanders
, “
Do not fight with anyone,
small or great, except the king of Israel. ”
And
it
cometh
to
pass
at
the
heads
of
the charioteers
seeing
Jehoshaphat, that
they have
said, `
The king of Israel he
is,'
and
they turn
round
against
him
to fight, and
Jehoshaphat crieth
out, and Jehovah
hath
helped him ,
and
God enticeth
them from him ,
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 .
yea,
it
cometh
to
pass,
at
the
heads
of
the charioteers
seeing
that it
hath
not been
the king of Israel --
they turn
back from after
him.
And
when
the chariot
commanders
saw
that he
was
not the king of Israel ,
they turned
back from pursuing
him.
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
the charioteer, `
Turn thy
hand,
and thou
hast
brought
me out of the camp
, for I have
become
sick.'
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
the battle increaseth
on
that day, and the king of Israel hath
been
stayed
up in the
chariot over-against
Aram
till
the evening ,
and he
dieth
at the
time
of
the
going
in
of
the
sun
.
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
.
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