2CH-18:1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and
joined affinity with Ahab.
2CH-18:2 And after [certain] years he went down to Ahab to
Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance,
and for the people that [he had] with him, and persuaded him to
go up [with him] to Ramothgilead.
2CH-18:3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of
Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him,
I [am] as thou [art], and my people as thy people; and [we will
be] with thee in the war.
2CH-18:4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire,
I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
2CH-18:5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of
prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to
Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up;
for God will deliver [it] into the king's hand.
2CH-18:6 But Jehoshaphat said, [Is there] not here a prophet of
the LORD besides, that we might inquire of him?
2CH-18:7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, [There
is] yet one man, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate
him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the
same [is] Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not
the king say so.
2CH-18:8 And the king of Israel called for one [of his] officers,
and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.
2CH-18:9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah
sat either of them on his throne, clothed in [their] robes, and
they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of
Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
2CH-18:10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns
of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt
push Syria until they be consumed.
2CH-18:11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to
Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver [it] into
the hand of the king.
2CH-18:12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to
him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets [declare] good to
the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee,
be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.
2CH-18:13 And Micaiah said, [As] the LORD liveth, even what my
God saith, that will I speak.
2CH-18:14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto
him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I
forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be
delivered into your hand.
2CH-18:15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I
adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the
name of the LORD?
2CH-18:16 Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the
mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said,
These have no master; let them return [therefore] every man to
his house in peace.
2CH-18:17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not
tell thee [that] he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?
2CH-18:18 Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I
saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven
standing on his right hand and [on] his left.
2CH-18:19 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of
Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one
spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that
manner.
2CH-18:20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the
LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him,
Wherewith?
2CH-18:21 And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in
the mouth of all his prophets. And [the LORD] said, Thou shalt
entice [him], and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do [even]
so.
2CH-18:22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying
spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath
spoken evil against thee.
2CH-18:23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and
smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the
Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
2CH-18:24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day
when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
2CH-18:25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and
carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash
the king's son;
2CH-18:26 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 return in peace.
2CH-18:27 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace,
[then] hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all
ye people.
2CH-18:28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of
Judah went up to Ramothgilead.
2CH-18:29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will
disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy
robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to
the battle.
2CH-18:30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of
the chariots that [were] with him, saying, Fight ye not with
small or great, save only with the king of Israel.
2CH-18:31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots
saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It [is] the king of Israel.
Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat
cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them [to
depart] from him.
2CH-18:32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the
chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they
turned back again from pursuing him.
2CH-18:33 And a [certain] man drew a bow at a venture, and smote
the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore
he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest
carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
2CH-18:34 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of
Israel stayed [himself] up in [his] chariot against the Syrians
until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.
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