1 Kings 22:3-28 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?"

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3 H4428 The king H3478 of Israel H559 said H5650 to his servants, H3045 "You know H7433 that Ramoth H1568 Gilead H2814 is ours, and we are still, H3947 and don't take H3027 it out of the hand H4428 of the king H758 of Syria?"

4 H559 He said H3092 to Jehoshaphat, H3212 "Will you go H4421 with me to battle H7433 to Ramoth Gilead?" H3092 Jehoshaphat H559 said H4428 to the king H3478 of Israel, H3644 "I am as you H5971 are, my people H5971 as your people, H5483 my horses H5483 as your horses."

5 H3092 Jehoshaphat H559 said H4428 to the king H3478 of Israel, H1875 "Please inquire H3117 first H1697 for the word H3068 of Yahweh."

6 H4428 Then the king H3478 of Israel H6908 gathered H5030 the prophets H6908 together, H702 about four H3967 hundred H376 men, H559 and said H3212 to them, "Shall I go H7433 against Ramoth Gilead H4421 to battle, H2308 or shall I forbear?" H559 They said, H5927 "Go up; H136 for the Lord H5414 will deliver H3027 it into the hand H4428 of the king."

7 H3092 But Jehoshaphat H559 said, H5030 "Isn't there here a prophet H3068 of Yahweh, H5750 that H1875 we may inquire of him?"

8 H4428 The king H3478 of Israel H559 said H3092 to Jehoshaphat, H259 "There is yet one H376 man H1875 by whom we may inquire H3068 of Yahweh, H4321 Micaiah H1121 the son H3229 of Imlah; H8130 but I hate H5012 him; for he does not prophesy H2896 good H7451 concerning me, but evil." H3092 Jehoshaphat H559 said, H4428 "Don't let the king H559 say so."

9 H4428 Then the king H3478 of Israel H7121 called H259 an H5631 officer, H559 and said, H4116 "Quickly H4321 get Micaiah H1121 the son H3229 of Imlah."

10 H4428 Now the king H3478 of Israel H3092 and Jehoshaphat H4428 the king H3063 of Judah H3427 were sitting H376 each H3847 on H3678 his throne, H3847 arrayed H899 in their robes, H1637 in an open place H6607 at the entrance H8179 of the gate H8111 of Samaria; H5030 and all the prophets H6440 were prophesying before them.

11 H6667 Zedekiah H1121 the son H3668 of Chenaanah H6213 made H7161 him horns H1270 of iron, H559 and said, H559 "Thus says H3068 Yahweh, H5055 ‘With these you shall push H758 the Syrians, H3615 until they are consumed.'"

12 H5030 All the prophets H5012 prophesied H559 so, saying, H5927 "Go up H7433 to Ramoth Gilead, H6743 and prosper; H3068 for Yahweh H5414 will deliver H3027 it into the hand H4428 of the king."

13 H4397 The messenger H1980 who went H7121 to call H4321 Micaiah H1696 spoke H559 to him, saying, H5030 "See now, the prophets H1697 declare H2896 good H4428 to the king H259 with one H6310 mouth. H1697 Please let your word H1697 be like the word H259 of one H1696 of them, and speak H2896 good."

14 H4321 Micaiah H559 said, H3068 "As Yahweh H2416 lives, H3068 what Yahweh H559 says H1696 to me, that I will speak."

15 H935 When he had come H4428 to the king, H4428 the king H559 said H4321 to him, "Micaiah, H3212 shall we go H7433 to Ramoth Gilead H4421 to battle, H2308 or shall we forbear?" H559 He answered H5927 him, "Go H6743 up and prosper; H3068 and Yahweh H5414 will deliver H3027 it into the hand H4428 of the king."

16 H4428 The king H559 said H6471 to him, "How many times H7650 do I have to adjure H1696 you that you speak H571 to me nothing but the truth H8034 in the name H3068 of Yahweh?"

17 H559 He said, H7200 "I saw H3478 all Israel H6327 scattered H2022 on the mountains, H6629 as sheep H7462 that have no shepherd. H3068 Yahweh H559 said, H113 ‘These have no master. H376 Let them each H7725 return H1004 to his house H7965 in peace.'"

18 H4428 The king H3478 of Israel H559 said H3092 to Jehoshaphat, H559 "Didn't I tell H5012 you that he would not prophesy H2896 good H7451 concerning me, but evil?"

19 H559 Micaiah said, H8085 "Therefore hear H1697 the word H3068 of Yahweh. H7200 I saw H3068 Yahweh H3427 sitting H3678 on his throne, H6635 and all the army H8064 of heaven H5975 standing H3225 by him on his right hand H8040 and on his left.

20 H3068 Yahweh H559 said, H6601 ‘Who shall entice H256 Ahab, H5927 that he may go up H5307 and fall H7433 at Ramoth Gilead?' H559 One said H3541 one thing; H559 and another said H3541 another.

21 H7307 A spirit H3318 came out H5975 and stood H6440 before H3068 Yahweh, H559 and said, H6601 ‘I will entice him.'

22 H3068 Yahweh H559 said H559 to him, ‘How?' He said, H3318 ‘I will go out H8267 and will be a lying H7307 spirit H6310 in the mouth H5030 of all his prophets.' H559 He said, H6601 ‘You will entice H3201 him, and will also prevail. H3318 Go out H6213 and do so.'

23 H3068 Now therefore, behold, Yahweh H5414 has put H8267 a lying H7307 spirit H6310 in the mouth H5030 of all these your prophets; H3068 and Yahweh H1696 has spoken H7451 evil concerning you."

24 H6667 Then Zedekiah H1121 the son H3668 of Chenaanah H5066 came near, H5221 and struck H4321 Micaiah H3895 on the cheek, H559 and said, H335 "Which way H7307 did the Spirit H3068 of Yahweh H5674 go H1696 from me to speak to you?"

25 H4321 Micaiah H559 said, H7200 "Behold, you will see H3117 on that day, H935 when you go H2315 into an inner H2315 room H2247 to hide yourself."

26 H4428 The king H3478 of Israel H559 said, H3947 "Take H4321 Micaiah, H7725 and carry him back H526 to Amon H8269 the governor H5892 of the city, H3101 and to Joash H4428 the king's H1121 son.

27 H559 Say, H559 ‘Thus says H4428 the king, H7760 "Put H1004 this fellow in the prison, H398 and feed H3899 him with bread H3906 of affliction H4325 and with water H3906 of affliction, H935 until I come H7965 in peace."'"

28 H4321 Micaiah H559 said, H7725 "If you return H7725 at all H7965 in peace, H3068 Yahweh H1696 has not spoken H559 by me." He said, H8085 "Listen, H5971 all you people!"