1 Kings 22
1. And they continued * three years without war between Syria and Israel.
2. And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down * to the king of Israel.
3. And the king of Israel said * unto his servants, Know * ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still * , and take * it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
4. And he said * unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go * with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said * to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
5. And Jehoshaphat said * unto the king of Israel, Enquire * , I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
6. Then the king of Israel gathered * the prophets together * , about four hundred men, and said * unto them, Shall I go * against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear * ? And they said * , Go up * ; for the Lord shall deliver * it into the hand of the king.
7. And Jehoshaphat said * , Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire * of him?
8. And the king of Israel said * unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man,Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire * of the LORD: but I hate * him; for he doth not prophesy * good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said * , Let not the king say * so.
9. Then the king of Israel called * an officer, and said * , Hasten * hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.
10. And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat * each on his throne, having put on * their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied * before them.
11. And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made * him horns of iron: and he said * , Thus saith * the LORD,With these shalt thou push * the Syrians,until thou have consumed * them.
12. And all the prophets prophesied * so, saying * , Go up * to Ramothgilead, and prosper * : for the LORD shall deliver * it into the king's hand.
13. And the messenger that was gone * to call * Micaiah spake * unto him, saying * , Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak * that which is good.
14. And Micaiah said * , As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith * unto me, that will I speak * .
15. So he came * to the king. And the king said * unto him, Micaiah, shall we go * against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear * ? And he answered * him, Go * , and prosper * : for the LORD shall deliver * it into the hand of the king.
16. And the king said * unto him, How many times shall I adjure * thee that thou tell * me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?
17. And he said * , I saw * all Israel scattered * upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd * : and the LORD said * , These have no master: let them return * every man to his house in peace.
18. And the king of Israel said * unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell * thee that he would prophesy * no good concerning me, but evil?
19. And he said * , Hear * thou therefore 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 hand and on his left.
20. And the LORD said * , Who shall persuade * Ahab, that he may go up * and fall * at Ramothgilead? And one said * on this manner, and another said * on that manner.
21. And there came forth * a spirit, and stood * before the LORD, and said * , I will persuade * him.
22. And the LORD said * unto him, Wherewith? And he said * , I will go forth * , and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said * , Thou shalt persuade * him, and prevail * also: go forth * , and do * so.
23. Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put * a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken * evil concerning thee.
24. But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near * , and smote * Micaiah on the cheek, and said * , Which way went * the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak * unto thee?
25. And Micaiah said * , Behold, thou shalt see * in that day, when thou shalt go * into an inner chamber to hide * thyself.
26. And the king of Israel said * , Take * Micaiah, and carry him back * unto Amon the governor of the city,and to Joash the king's son;
27. And say * , Thus saith * the king, Put * this fellow in the prison , and feed * him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction,until I come * in peace.
28. And Micaiah said * , If thou return * at all * in peace, the LORD hath not spoken * by me. And he said * , Hearken * , O people, every one of you.
29. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up * to Ramothgilead.
30. And the king of Israel said * unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise * myself, and enter * into the battle; but put thou on * thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised * himself, and went * into the battle.
31. But the king of Syria commanded * his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying * , Fight * neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
32. And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw * Jehoshaphat, that they said * , Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside * to fight * against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out * .
33. And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived * that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back * from pursuing him.
34. And a certain man drew * a bow at a venture, and smote * the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said * unto the driver of his chariot, Turn * thine hand, and carry me out * of the host; for I am wounded * .
35. And the battle increased * that day: and the king was stayed up * in his chariot against the Syrians, and died * at even: and the blood ran out * of the wound into the midst of the chariot.
36. And there went * a proclamation throughout the host about the going down * of the sun, saying * , Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
37. So the king died * , and was brought * to Samaria; and they buried * the king in Samaria.
38. And one washed * the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up * his blood; and they washed * his armour; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake * .
39. Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did * , and the ivory house which he made * , and all the cities that he built * , are they not written * in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
40. So Ahab slept * with his fathers;and Ahaziah his son reigned * in his stead.
41. And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign * over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
42. Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign * ; and he reigned * twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
43. And he walked * in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside * from it, doing * that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away * ; for the people offered * and burnt incense * yet in the high places.
44. And Jehoshaphat made peace * with the king of Israel.
45. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed * , and how he warred * , are they not written * in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
46. And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained * in the days of his father Asa, he took * out of the land.
47. There was then no king in Edom: a deputy * was king.
48. Jehoshaphat made * ships of Tharshish to go * to Ophir for gold: but they went * not; for the ships were broken * at Eziongeber.
49. Then said * Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go * with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would * not.
50. And Jehoshaphat slept * with his fathers, and was buried * with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned * in his stead.
51. Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign * over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned * two years over Israel.
52. And he did * evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked * in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother,and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin * :
53. For he served * Baal, and worshipped * him, and provoked to anger * the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done * .
