1
H3427
And they continued
[H8799]
H7969
three
H8141
years
H4421
without war
H758
between Syria
H3478
and Israel.
2
H7992
And it came to pass in the third
H8141
year
H3092
, that Jehoshaphat
H4428
the king
H3063
of Judah
H3381
came down
[H8799]
H4428
to the king
H3478
of Israel.
3
H4428
And the king
H3478
of Israel
H559
said
[H8799]
H5650
unto his servants
H3045
, Know
[H8804]
H7433
ye that Ramoth
H1568
in Gilead
H2814
is ours, and we be still
[H8688]
H3947
, and take
[H8800]
H3027
it not out of the hand
H4428
of the king
H758
of Syria?
4
H559
And he said
[H8799]
H3092
unto Jehoshaphat
H3212
, Wilt thou go
[H8799]
H4421
with me to battle
H7433
to Ramothgilead
H1568
H3092
? And Jehoshaphat
H559
said
[H8799]
H4428
to the king
H3478
of Israel
H3644
, I am as thou
H5971
art, my people
H5971
as thy people
H5483
, my horses
H5483
as thy horses.
5
H3092
And Jehoshaphat
H559
said
[H8799]
H4428
unto the king
H3478
of Israel
H1875
, Enquire
[H8798]
H1697
, I pray thee, at the word
H3068
of the LORD
H3117
to day.
6
H4428
Then the king
H3478
of Israel
H6908
gathered
H5030
the prophets
H6908
together
[H8799]
H702
, about four
H3967
hundred
H376
men
H559
, and said
[H8799]
H3212
unto them, Shall I go
[H8799]
H7433
against Ramothgilead
H1568
H4421
to battle
H2308
, or shall I forbear
[H8799]
H559
? And they said
[H8799]
H5927
, Go up
[H8798]
H136
; for the Lord
H5414
shall deliver
[H8799]
H3027
it into the hand
H4428
of the king.
7
H3092
And Jehoshaphat
H559
said
[H8799]
H5030
, Is there not here a prophet
H3068
of the LORD
H5750
besides
H1875
, that we might enquire
[H8799]
of him?
8
H4428
And the king
H3478
of Israel
H559
said
[H8799]
H3092
unto Jehoshaphat
H259
, There is yet one
H376
man
H4321
, Micaiah
H1121
the son
H3229
of Imlah
H1875
, by whom we may enquire
[H8800]
H3068
of the LORD
H8130
: but I hate
[H8804]
H5012
him; for he doth not prophesy
[H8691]
H2896
good
H7451
concerning me, but evil
H3092
. And Jehoshaphat
H559
said
[H8799]
H4428
, Let not the king
H559
say
[H8799]
so.
9
H4428
Then the king
H3478
of Israel
H7121
called
[H8799]
H259
an
H5631
officer
H559
, and said
[H8799]
H4116
, Hasten
[H8761]
H4321
hither Micaiah
H1121
the son
H3229
of Imlah.
10
H4428
And the king
H3478
of Israel
H3092
and Jehoshaphat
H4428
the king
H3063
of Judah
H3427
sat
[H8802]
H376
each
H3678
on his throne
H3847
, having put on
[H8794]
H899
their robes
H1637
, in a void place
H6607
in the entrance
H8179
of the gate
H8111
of Samaria
H5030
; and all the prophets
H5012
prophesied
[H8693]
H6440
before them.
11
H6667
And Zedekiah
H1121
the son
H3668
of Chenaanah
H6213
made
[H8799]
H7161
him horns
H1270
of iron
H559
: and he said
[H8799]
H559
, Thus saith
[H8804]
H3068
the LORD
H5055
, With these shalt thou push
[H8762]
H758
the Syrians
H3615
, until thou have consumed
[H8763]
them.
12
H5030
And all the prophets
H5012
prophesied
[H8737]
H559
so, saying
[H8800]
H5927
, Go up
[H8798]
H7433
to Ramothgilead
H1568
H6743
, and prosper
[H8685]
H3068
: for the LORD
H5414
shall deliver
[H8804]
H4428
it into the king's
H3027
hand.
13
H4397
And the messenger
H1980
that was gone
[H8804]
H7121
to call
[H8800]
H4321
Micaiah
H1696
spake
[H8765]
H559
unto him, saying
[H8800]
H1697
, Behold now, the words
H5030
of the prophets
H2896
declare good
H4428
unto the king
H259
with one
H6310
mouth
H1697
: let thy word
H1697
, I pray thee, be like the word
H259
of one
H1696
of them, and speak
[H8765]
H2896
that which is good.
14
H4321
And Micaiah
H559
said
[H8799]
H3068
, As the LORD
H2416
liveth
H3068
, what the LORD
H559
saith
[H8799]
H1696
unto me, that will I speak
[H8762]
.
15
H935
So he came
[H8799]
H4428
to the king
H4428
. And the king
H559
said
[H8799]
H4321
unto him, Micaiah
H3212
, shall we go
[H8799]
H7433
against Ramothgilead
H1568
H4421
to battle
H2308
, or shall we forbear
[H8799]
H559
? And he answered
[H8799]
H5927
him, Go
[H8798]
H6743
, and prosper
[H8685]
H3068
: for the LORD
H5414
shall deliver
[H8804]
H3027
it into the hand
H4428
of the king.
16
H4428
And the king
H559
said
[H8799]
H6471
unto him, How many times
H7650
shall I adjure
[H8688]
H1696
thee that thou tell
[H8762]
H571
me nothing but that which is true
H8034
in the name
H3068
of the LORD?
17
H559
And he said
[H8799]
H7200
, I saw
[H8804]
H3478
all Israel
H6327
scattered
[H8737]
H2022
upon the hills
H6629
, as sheep
H7462
that have not a shepherd
[H8802]
H3068
: and the LORD
H559
said
[H8799]
H113
, These have no master
H7725
: let them return
[H8799]
H376
every man
H1004
to his house
H7965
in peace.
18
H4428
And the king
H3478
of Israel
H559
said
[H8799]
H3092
unto Jehoshaphat
H559
, Did I not tell
[H8804]
H5012
thee that he would prophesy
[H8691]
H2896
no good
H7451
concerning me, but evil?
19
H559
And he said
[H8799]
H8085
, Hear
[H8798]
H1697
thou therefore the word
H3068
of the LORD
H7200
: I saw
[H8804]
H3068
the LORD
H3427
sitting
[H8802]
H3678
on his throne
H6635
, and all the host
H8064
of heaven
H5975
standing
[H8802]
H3225
by him on his right hand
H8040
and on his left.
20
H3068
And the LORD
H559
said
[H8799]
H6601
, Who shall persuade
[H8762]
H256
Ahab
H5927
, that he may go up
[H8799]
H5307
and fall
[H8799]
H7433
at Ramothgilead
H1568
H559
? And one said
[H8799]
H3541
on this manner
H559
, and another said
[H8802]
H3541
on that manner.
21
H3318
And there came forth
[H8799]
H7307
a spirit
H5975
, and stood
[H8799]
H6440
before
H3068
the LORD
H559
, and said
[H8799]
H6601
, I will persuade
[H8762]
him.
22
H3068
And the LORD
H559
said
[H8799]
H559
unto him, Wherewith? And he said
[H8799]
H3318
, I will go forth
[H8799]
H8267
, and I will be a lying
H7307
spirit
H6310
in the mouth
H5030
of all his prophets
H559
. And he said
[H8799]
H6601
, Thou shalt persuade
[H8762]
H3201
him, and prevail
[H8799]
H3318
also: go forth
[H8798]
H6213
, and do
[H8798]
so.
23
H3068
Now therefore, behold, the LORD
H5414
hath put
[H8804]
H8267
a lying
H7307
spirit
H6310
in the mouth
H5030
of all these thy prophets
H3068
, and the LORD
H1696
hath spoken
[H8765]
H7451
evil concerning thee.
24
H6667
But Zedekiah
H1121
the son
H3668
of Chenaanah
H5066
went near
[H8799]
H5221
, and smote
[H8686]
H4321
Micaiah
H3895
on the cheek
H559
, and said
[H8799]
H335
, Which way
H5674
went
[H8804]
H7307
the Spirit
H3068
of the LORD
H1696
from me to speak
[H8763]
unto thee?
25
H4321
And Micaiah
H559
said
[H8799]
H7200
, Behold, thou shalt see
[H8802]
H3117
in that day
H935
, when thou shalt go
[H8799]
H2315
into an inner
H2315
chamber
H2247
to hide
[H8736]
thyself.
26
H4428
And the king
H3478
of Israel
H559
said
[H8799]
H3947
, Take
[H8798]
H4321
Micaiah
H7725
, and carry him back
[H8685]
H526
unto Amon
H8269
the governor
H5892
of the city
H3101
, and to Joash
H4428
the king's
H1121
son;
27
H559
And say
[H8804]
H559
, Thus saith
[H8804]
H4428
the king
H7760
, Put
[H8798]
H1004
this fellow in the prison
H3608
H398
, and feed
[H8685]
H3899
him with bread
H3906
of affliction
H4325
and with water
H3906
of affliction
H935
, until I come
[H8800]
H7965
in peace.
28
H4321
And Micaiah
H559
said
[H8799]
H7725
, If thou return
[H8799]
H7725
at all
[H8800]
H7965
in peace
H3068
, the LORD
H1696
hath not spoken
[H8765]
H559
by me. And he said
[H8799]
H8085
, Hearken
[H8798]
H5971
, O people, every one of you.
29
H4428
So the king
H3478
of Israel
H3092
and Jehoshaphat
H4428
the king
H3063
of Judah
H5927
went up
[H8799]
H7433
to Ramothgilead
H1568
.
30
H4428
And the king
H3478
of Israel
H559
said
[H8799]
H3092
unto Jehoshaphat
H2664
, I will disguise
[H8692]
H935
myself, and enter
[H8800]
H4421
into the battle
H3847
; but put thou on
[H8798]
H899
thy robes
H4428
. And the king
H3478
of Israel
H2664
disguised
[H8691]
H935
himself, and went
[H8799]
H4421
into the battle.
31
H4428
But the king
H758
of Syria
H6680
commanded
[H8765]
H7970
his thirty
H8147
and two
H8269
captains
H7393
that had rule over his chariots
H559
, saying
[H8800]
H3898
, Fight
[H8735]
H6996
neither with small
H1419
nor great
H4428
, save only with the king
H3478
of Israel.
32
H8269
And it came to pass, when the captains
H7393
of the chariots
H7200
saw
[H8800]
H3092
Jehoshaphat
H559
, that they said
[H8804]
H4428
, Surely it is the king
H3478
of Israel
H5493
. And they turned aside
[H8799]
H3898
to fight
[H8736]
H3092
against him: and Jehoshaphat
H2199
cried out
[H8799]
.
33
H8269
And it came to pass, when the captains
H7393
of the chariots
H7200
perceived
[H8800]
H4428
that it was not the king
H3478
of Israel
H7725
, that they turned back
[H8799]
H310
from pursuing him.
34
H376
And a certain man
H4900
drew
[H8804]
H7198
a bow
H8537
at a venture
H5221
, and smote
[H8686]
H4428
the king
H3478
of Israel
H1694
between the joints
H8302
of the harness
H559
: wherefore he said
[H8799]
H7395
unto the driver of his chariot
H2015
, Turn
[H8798]
H3027
thine hand
H3318
, and carry me out
[H8685]
H4264
of the host
H2470
; for I am wounded
[H8717]
.
35
H4421
And the battle
H5927
increased
[H8799]
H3117
that day
H4428
: and the king
H5975
was stayed up
[H8716]
H4818
in his chariot
H5227
against
H758
the Syrians
H4191
, and died
[H8799]
H6153
at even
H1818
: and the blood
H3332
ran out
[H8799]
H4347
of the wound
H2436
into the midst
H7393
of the chariot.
36
H5674
And there went
[H8799]
H7440
a proclamation
H4264
throughout the host
H935
about the going down
[H8800]
H8121
of the sun
H559
, saying
[H8800]
H376
, Every man
H5892
to his city
H376
, and every man
H776
to his own country.
37
H4428
So the king
H4191
died
[H8799]
H935
, and was brought
[H8799]
H8111
to Samaria
H6912
; and they buried
[H8799]
H4428
the king
H8111
in Samaria.
38
H7857
And one washed
[H8799]
H7393
the chariot
H1295
in the pool
H8111
of Samaria
H3611
; and the dogs
H3952
licked up
[H8799]
H1818
his blood
H7364
; and they washed
[H8804]
H2185
his armour
H1697
; according unto the word
H3068
of the LORD
H1696
which he spake
[H8765]
.
39
H3499
Now the rest
H1697
of the acts
H256
of Ahab
H6213
, and all that he did
[H8804]
H8127
, and the ivory
H1004
house
H1129
which he made
[H8804]
H5892
, and all the cities
H1129
that he built
[H8804]
H3789
, are they not written
[H8803]
H5612
in the book
H1697
of the chronicles
H3117
H4428
of the kings
H3478
of Israel?
40
H256
So Ahab
H7901
slept
[H8799]
H1
with his fathers
H274
; and Ahaziah
H1121
his son
H4427
reigned
[H8799]
in his stead.
41
H3092
And Jehoshaphat
H1121
the son
H609
of Asa
H4427
began to reign
[H8804]
H3063
over Judah
H702
in the fourth
H8141
year
H256
of Ahab
H4428
king
H3478
of Israel.
42
H3092
Jehoshaphat
H7970
was thirty
H2568
and five
H8141
years
H1121
old
H4427
when he began to reign
[H8800]
H4427
; and he reigned
[H8804]
H6242
twenty
H2568
and five
H8141
years
H3389
in Jerusalem
H517
. And his mother's
H8034
name
H5806
was Azubah
H1323
the daughter
H7977
of Shilhi.
43
H3212
And he walked
[H8799]
H1870
in all the ways
H609
of Asa
H1
his father
H5493
; he turned not aside
[H8804]
H6213
from it, doing
[H8800]
H3477
that which was right
H5869
in the eyes
H3068
of the LORD
H1116
: nevertheless the high places
H5493
were not taken away
[H8804]
H5971
; for the people
H2076
offered
[H8764]
H6999
and burnt incense
[H8764]
H1116
yet in the high places.
45
H3499
Now the rest
H1697
of the acts
H3092
of Jehoshaphat
H1369
, and his might
H6213
that he shewed
[H8804]
H3898
, and how he warred
[H8738]
H3789
, are they not written
[H8803]
H5612
in the book
H1697
of the chronicles
H3117
H4428
of the kings
H3063
of Judah?
46
H3499
And the remnant
H6945
of the sodomites
H7604
, which remained
[H8738]
H3117
in the days
H1
of his father
H609
Asa
H1197
, he took
[H8765]
H776
out of the land.
48
H3092
Jehoshaphat
H6213
made
[H8804]
[H8675]
H6240
H591
ships
H8659
of Tharshish
H3212
to go
[H8800]
H211
to Ophir
H2091
for gold
H1980
: but they went
[H8804]
H591
not; for the ships
H7665
were broken
[H8738]
H6100
at Eziongeber.
49
H559
Then said
[H8804]
H274
Ahaziah
H1121
the son
H256
of Ahab
H3092
unto Jehoshaphat
H5650
, Let my servants
H3212
go
[H8799]
H5650
with thy servants
H591
in the ships
H3092
. But Jehoshaphat
H14
would
[H8804]
not.
50
H3092
And Jehoshaphat
H7901
slept
[H8799]
H1
with his fathers
H6912
, and was buried
[H8735]
H1
with his fathers
H5892
in the city
H1732
of David
H1
his father
H3088
: and Jehoram
H1121
his son
H4427
reigned
[H8799]
in his stead.
51
H274
Ahaziah
H1121
the son
H256
of Ahab
H4427
began to reign
[H8804]
H3478
over Israel
H8111
in Samaria
H7651
the seventeenth
H6240
H8141
year
H3092
of Jehoshaphat
H4428
king
H3063
of Judah
H4427
, and reigned
[H8799]
H8141
two years
H3478
over Israel.