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1KI-22:1 And they continued three years without war between
Syria and Israel.
1KI-22:2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat
the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
1KI-22:3 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?
1KI-22:4 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.
1KI-22:5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire,
I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
1KI-22:6 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.
1KI-22:7 And Jehoshaphat said, [Is there] not here a prophet of
the LORD besides, that we might inquire of him?
1KI-22:8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, [There
is] yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may
inquire 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.
1KI-22:9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said,
Hasten [hither] Micaiah the son of Imlah.
1KI-22:10 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.
1KI-22:11 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.
1KI-22:12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to
Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver [it] into
the king's hand.
1KI-22:13 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.
1KI-22:14 And Micaiah said, [As] the LORD liveth, what the LORD
saith unto me, that will I speak.
1KI-22:15 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.
1KI-22:16 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?
1KI-22:17 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.
1KI-22:18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I
not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but
evil?
1KI-22:19 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.
1KI-22:20 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.
1KI-22:21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the
LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
1KI-22:22 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.
1KI-22:23 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.
1KI-22:24 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?
1KI-22:25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day,
when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
1KI-22:26 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;
1KI-22:27 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.
1KI-22:28 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.
1KI-22:29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of
Judah went up to Ramothgilead.
1KI-22:30 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.
1KI-22:31 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.
1KI-22:32 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.
1KI-22:33 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.
1KI-22:34 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.
1KI-22:35 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.
1KI-22:36 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.
1KI-22:37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they
buried the king in Samaria.
1KI-22:38 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.
1KI-22:39 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?
1KI-22:40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son
reigned in his stead.
1KI-22:41 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over
Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
1KI-22:42 Jehoshaphat [was] thirty and five years old when he
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