ASV_Strong : 2 Chronicles 18
1. Now Jehoshaphat[H3092] had riches[H6239] and honor[H3519] in abundance[H7230]; and he joined affinity[H2859] with Ahab[H256].
2. And after[H7093] certain years[H8141] he went down[H3381] to Ahab[H256] to Samaria[H8111]. And Ahab[H256] killed[H2076] sheep[H6629] and oxen[H1241] for him in abundance[H7230], and for the people[H5971] that were with him[H5496], and moved him to go up[H5927] with him to Ramoth-gilead[H7433].
3. And Ahab[H256] king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] said[H559] unto Jehoshaphat[H3092] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], Wilt thou go[H3212] with me to Ramoth-gilead[H7433]? And he answered[H559] him[H5971], I am as thou art, and my people as thy people[H5971]; and we will be with thee in the war[H4421].
4. And Jehoshaphat[H3092] said[H559] unto the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], Inquire[H1875] first[H3117], I pray thee[H1697], for the word of Jehovah[H3068].
5. Then the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] gathered the prophets[H5030] together[H6908], four[H702] hundred[H3967] men[H376], and said[H559] unto them[H3212], Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead[H7433] to battle[H4421], or shall I forbear[H2308]? And they said[H559], Go up[H5927]; for God[H430] will deliver[H5414] it into the hand[H3027] of the king[H4428].
6. But Jehoshaphat[H3092] said[H559], Is there not here a prophet[H5030] of Jehovah[H3068] besides[H1875], that we may inquire of him?
7. And the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] said[H559] unto Jehoshaphat[H3092], There is yet one[H259] man[H376] by whom we may inquire[H1875] of Jehovah[H3068]: but I hate[H8130] him[H5012]; for he never prophesieth good[H2896] concerning me[H3117], but always evil[H7451]: the same is Micaiah[H4321] the son[H1121] of Imla[H3229]. And Jehoshaphat[H3092] said[H559], Let not the king[H4428] say so[H559].
8. Then the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] called[H7121] an[H259] officer[H5631], and said[H559], Fetch quickly[H4116] Micaiah[H4319] the son[H1121] of Imla[H3229].
9. Now the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] and Jehoshaphat[H3092] the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] sat[H3427] each[H376] on his throne[H3678], arrayed[H3847] in their robes[H899], and they were sitting[H3427] in an open place[H1637] at the entrance[H8179] of the gate[H8179] of Samaria[H8111]; and all the prophets[H5030] were prophesying[H5012] before them[H6440].
10. And Zedekiah[H6667] the son[H1121] of Chenaanah[H3668] made[H6213] him horns[H7161] of iron[H1270], and said[H559], Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], With these shalt thou push[H5055] the Syrians[H758], until they be consumed[H3615].
11. And all the prophets[H5030] prophesied[H5012] so[H559], saying, Go up[H5927] to Ramoth-gilead[H7433], and prosper[H6743]; for Jehovah[H3068] will deliver[H5414] it into the hand[H3027] of the king[H4428].
12. And the messenger[H4397] that went[H1980] to call[H7121] Micaiah[H4321] spake[H1696] to him[H559], saying, Behold[H1697], the words of the prophets[H5030] declare good[H2896] to the king[H4428] with one[H259] mouth[H6310]: let thy word[H1697] therefore[H259], I pray thee, be like one of theirs[H1696], and speak thou good[H2896].
13. And Micaiah[H4321] said[H559], As Jehovah[H3068] liveth[H2416], what my God[H430] saith[H559], that will I speak[H1696].
14. And when he was come[H935] to the king[H4428], the king[H4428] said[H559] unto him[H4318], Micaiah, shall we go[H3212] to Ramoth-gilead[H7433] to battle[H4421], or shall I forbear[H2308]? And he said[H559], Go ye up[H5927], and prosper[H6743]; and they shall be delivered[H5414] into your hand[H3027].
15. And the king[H4428] said[H559] to him[H6471], How many times shall I adjure[H7650] thee that thou speak[H1696] unto me nothing but the truth[H571] in the name[H8034] of Jehovah[H3068]?
16. And he said[H559], I saw[H7200] all Israel[H3478] scattered[H6327] upon the mountains[H2022], as sheep[H6629] that have no shepherd[H7462]: and Jehovah[H3068] said[H559], These have no master[H113]; let them return[H7725] every man[H376] to his house[H1004] in peace[H7965].
17. And the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] said[H559] to Jehoshaphat[H3092], Did I not tell[H559] thee that he would not prophesy[H5012] good[H2896] concerning me[H7451], but evil?
18. And Micaiah said[H559], Therefore hear[H8085] ye the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068]: I saw[H7200] Jehovah[H3068] sitting[H3427] upon his throne[H3678], and all the host[H6635] of heaven[H8064] standing[H5975] on his right hand[H3225] and on his left[H8040].
19. And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559], Who shall entice[H6601] Ahab[H256] king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], that he may go up[H5927] and fall[H5307] at Ramoth-gilead[H7433]? And one spake[H559] saying[H559] after this manner[H3602], and another saying[H559] after that manner[H3602].
20. And there came forth[H3318] a spirit[H7307], and stood[H5975] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068], and said[H559], I will entice[H6601] him[H3068]. And Jehovah said unto him[H559], Wherewith?
21. And he said[H559], I will go forth[H3318], and will be a lying[H8267] spirit[H7307] in the mouth[H6310] of all his prophets[H5030]. And he said[H559], Thou shalt entice[H6601] him[H3201], and shalt prevail also[H3318]: go forth, and do so[H6213].
22. Now therefore[H3068], behold, Jehovah hath put[H5414] a lying[H8267] spirit[H7307] in the mouth[H6310] of these thy prophets[H5030]; and Jehovah[H3068] hath spoken[H1696] evil concerning thee[H7451].
23. Then Zedekiah[H6667] the son[H1121] of Chenaanah[H3668] came near[H5066], and smote[H5221] Micaiah[H4321] upon the cheek[H3895], and said[H559], Which[H335] way[H1870] went[H5674] the Spirit[H7307] of Jehovah[H3068] from me to speak unto thee[H1696]?
24. And Micaiah[H4321] said[H559], Behold[H7200], thou shalt see on that day[H3117], when thou shalt go[H935] into an inner[H2315] chamber[H2315] to hide thyself[H2244].
25. And the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] said[H559], Take[H3947] ye Micaiah[H4321], and carry him back[H7725] unto Amon[H526] the governor[H8269] of the city[H5892], and to Joash[H3101] the king[H4428]'s son[H1121];
26. and say[H559], Thus saith[H559] the king[H4428], Put[H7760] this fellow in the prison[H1004], and feed[H398] him with bread[H3899] of affliction[H3906] and with water[H4325] of affliction[H3906], until I return[H7725] in peace[H7965].
27. And Micaiah[H4321] said[H559], If thou return[H7725] at[H7725] all in peace[H7965], Jehovah[H3068] hath not spoken[H1696] by me[H559]. And he said, Hear[H8085], ye peoples[H5971], all of you.
28. So the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] and Jehoshaphat[H3092] the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] went up[H5927] to Ramoth-gilead[H7433].
29. And the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] said[H559] unto Jehoshaphat[H3092], I will disguise[H2664] myself[H935], and go into the battle[H4421]; but put[H3847] thou on thy robes[H899]. So the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] disguised[H2664] himself[H935]; and they went into the battle[H4421].
30. Now the king[H4428] of Syria[H758] had commanded[H6680] the captains[H8269] of his chariots[H7393], saying[H559], Fight[H3898] neither with small[H6996] nor great[H1419], save only with the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478].
31. And it came to pass[H8269], when the captains of the chariots[H7393] saw[H7200] Jehoshaphat[H3092], that they said[H559], It is the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478]. Therefore they turned about[H5437] to fight[H3898] against him[H3092]: but Jehoshaphat cried out[H2199], and Jehovah[H3068] helped[H5826] him[H430]; and God moved them to depart from him[H5496].
32. And it came to pass[H8269], when the captains of the chariots[H7393] saw[H7200] that it was not the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], that they turned back[H7725] from pursuing him[H310].
33. And a certain man drew[H4900] his bow[H7198] at a venture[H8537], and smote[H5221] the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] between the joints[H1694] of the armor[H8302]: wherefore he said[H559] to the driver[H376] of the chariot[H7395], Turn[H2015] thy hand[H3027], and carry me out[H3318] of the host[H4264]; for I am sore wounded[H2470].
34. And the battle[H4421] increased[H5927] that day[H3117]: howbeit the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] stayed himself up[H5975] in his chariot[H4818] against[H5227] the Syrians[H758] until the even[H6153]; and about the time[H6256] of the going down[H935] of the sun[H8121] he died[H4191].
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