1Kgs 22
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And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
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And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down
to the king of Israel.
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And the king of Israel said to his servants, Know you that Ramoth-gilead is ours,
and we are still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
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And he said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat
said to the king of Israel, I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as
your horses.
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And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Inquire first, I pray you, for the word
of YHWH.
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Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and
said to them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And
they said, Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.
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But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of YHWH besides, that we may inquire
of him?
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And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire
of YHWH, Micaiah the son of Imlah: but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good concerning
me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
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Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son
of Imlah.
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Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his
throne, arrayed in their robes, in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria;
and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
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And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, Thus says YHWH,
With these shall you push the Syrians, until they be consumed.
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And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for
YHWH will deliver it into the hand of the king.
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And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Behold now, the
words of the prophets [declare] good to the king with one mouth: let your word, I
pray you, be like the word of one of them, and speak you good.
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And Micaiah said, As YHWH lives, what YHWH says to me, that will I speak.
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And when he was come to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead
to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go up and prosper; and YHWH will
deliver it into the hand of the king.
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And 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 YHWH?
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And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no
shepherd: and YHWH said, These have no master; let them return every man to his house
in peace.
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And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy
good concerning me, but evil?
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And [Micaiah] said, Therefore hear you the word of YHWH: I saw YHWH sitting on his
throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
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And YHWH said, Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?
And one said on this manner; and another said on that manner.
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And there came forth a spirit, and stood before YHWH, and said, I will entice him.
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And YHWH said to him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying
spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, You shall entice him, and shall
prevail also: go forth, and do so.
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Now therefore, behold, YHWH has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your
prophets; and YHWH has spoken evil concerning you.
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Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and
said, Which way went the Spirit of YHWH from me to speak to you?
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And Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see on that day, when you shall go into an inner
chamber to hide yourself.
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And 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;
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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 come in peace.
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And Micaiah said, If you return at all in peace, YHWH has not spoken by me. And he
said, Hear, you peoples, all of you.
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So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
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And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and go into the
battle; but put you on your robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went
into the battle.
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Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty and two captains of his chariots, saying,
Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
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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.
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And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king
of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
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And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between
the joints of the armor: wherefore he said to the driver of his chariot, Turn your
hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded.
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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 bottom
of the chariot.
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And there went a cry throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying,
Every man to his city, and every man to his country.
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So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
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And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood
(now the harlots washed themselves [there]); according to the word of YHWH which he
spoke.
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Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he
built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel?
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So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
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And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab
king of Israel.
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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.
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And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; He turned not aside from it, doing
that which was right in the eyes of YHWH: nevertheless the high places were not taken
away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
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And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
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Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he
warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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And the remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he
put away out of the land.
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And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
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Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for
the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
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Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab to Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with your servants
in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
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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.
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Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year
of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of YHWH, 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,
wherein he made Israel to sin.
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And he served Baal, and worshiped him, and provoked to anger YHWH, the God of Israel,
according to all that his father had done.