And they continued{H3427} three{H7969} years{H8141} without war{H4421} between Syria{H758} and Israel.{H3478}

And it came to pass in the third{H7992} year,{H8141} that Jehoshaphat{H3092} the king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} came down{H3381} to the king{H4428} of Israel.{H3478}

And the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} said{H559} unto his servants,{H5650} Know{H3045} ye that Ramoth -{H7433} gilead{H1568} is ours, and we are still,{H2814} and take{H3947} it not out of the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Syria?{H758}

And he said{H559} unto Jehoshaphat,{H3092} Wilt thou go{H3212} with me to battle{H4421} to Ramoth-gilead?{H7433} And Jehoshaphat{H3092} said{H559} to the king{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} I am as thou{H3644} art, my people{H5971} as thy people,{H5971} my horses{H5483} as thy horses.{H5483}

And Jehoshaphat{H3092} said{H559} unto the king{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} Inquire{H1875} first,{H3117} I pray thee, for the word{H1697} of Jehovah.{H3068}

Then the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} gathered{H6908} the prophets{H5030} together,{H6908} about four{H702} hundred{H3967} men,{H376} and said{H559} unto them, Shall I go{H3212} against Ramoth-gilead{H7433} to battle,{H4421} or shall I forbear?{H2308} And they said,{H559} Go up;{H5927} for the Lord{H136} will deliver{H5414} it into the hand{H3027} of the king.{H4428}

But Jehoshaphat{H3092} said,{H559} Is there not here a prophet{H5030} of Jehovah{H3068} besides,{H5750} that we may inquire{H1875} of him?

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} Micaiah{H4321} the son{H1121} of Imlah:{H3229} but I hate{H8130} him; for he doth not prophesy{H5012} good{H2896} concerning me, but evil.{H7451} And Jehoshaphat{H3092} said,{H559} Let not the king{H4428} say{H559} so.

Then the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} called{H7121} an{H259} officer,{H5631} and said,{H559} Fetch quickly{H4116} Micaiah{H4321} the son{H1121} of Imlah.{H3229}

Now the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} and Jehoshaphat{H3092} the king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} were sitting{H3427} each{H376} on{H3847} his throne,{H3678} arrayed{H3847} in their robes,{H899} in an open place{H1637} at the entrance{H6607} of the gate{H8179} of Samaria;{H8111} and all the prophets{H5030} were prophesying before{H6440} them.

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}

And all the prophets{H5030} prophesied{H5012} so, saying,{H559} 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}

And the messenger{H4397} that went{H1980} to call{H7121} Micaiah{H4321} spake{H1696} unto him, saying,{H559} Behold now, the words{H1697} of the prophets{H5030} [declare] good{H2896} unto the king{H4428} with one{H259} mouth:{H6310} let thy word,{H1697} I pray thee, be like the word{H1697} of one{H259} of them, and speak{H1696} thou good.{H2896}

And Micaiah{H4321} said,{H559} As Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} what Jehovah{H3068} saith{H559} unto me, that will I speak.{H1696}

And when he was come{H935} to the king,{H4428} the king{H4428} said{H559} unto him, Micaiah,{H4321} shall we go{H3212} to Ramoth-gilead{H7433} to battle,{H4421} or shall we forbear?{H2308} And he answered{H559} him, Go{H5927} up and prosper;{H6743} and Jehovah{H3068} will deliver{H5414} it into the hand{H3027} of the king.{H4428}

And the king{H4428} said{H559} unto him, How many times{H6471} shall I adjure{H7650} thee that thou speak{H1696} unto me nothing but the truth{H571} in the name{H8034} of Jehovah?{H3068}

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}

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, but evil?{H7451}

And [Micaiah] said,{H559} Therefore hear{H8085} thou the word{H1697} of Jehovah:{H3068} I saw{H7200} Jehovah{H3068} sitting{H3427} on his throne,{H3678} and all the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064} standing{H5975} by him on his right hand{H3225} and on his left.{H8040}

And Jehovah{H3068} said,{H559} Who shall entice{H6601} Ahab,{H256} that he may go up{H5927} and fall{H5307} at Ramoth-gilead?{H7433} And one said{H559} on this manner;{H3541} and another said{H559} on that manner.{H3541}

And there came forth{H3318} a spirit,{H7307} and stood{H5975} before{H6440} Jehovah,{H3068} and said,{H559} I will entice{H6601} him.

And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto him, Wherewith? 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, and shalt prevail{H3201} also: go forth,{H3318} and do{H6213} so.

Now therefore, behold, Jehovah{H3068} hath put{H5414} a lying{H8267} spirit{H7307} in the mouth{H6310} of all these thy prophets;{H5030} and Jehovah{H3068} hath spoken{H1696} evil{H7451} concerning thee.

Then Zedekiah{H6667} the son{H1121} of Chenaanah{H3668} came near,{H5066} and smote{H5221} Micaiah{H4321} on the cheek,{H3895} and said,{H559} Which way{H335} went{H5674} the Spirit{H7307} of Jehovah{H3068} from me to speak{H1696} unto thee?

And Micaiah{H4321} said,{H559} Behold, thou shalt see{H7200} on that day,{H3117} when thou shalt go{H935} into an inner{H2315} chamber{H2315} to hide{H2247} thyself.

And the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} said,{H559} Take{H3947} Micaiah,{H4321} and carry him back{H7725} unto Amon{H526} the governor{H8269} of the city,{H5892} and to Joash{H3101} the king's{H4428} son;{H1121}

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 come{H935} in peace.{H7965}

And Micaiah{H4321} said,{H559} If thou return{H7725} at all{H7725} in peace,{H7965} Jehovah{H3068} hath not spoken{H1696} by me. And he said,{H559} Hear,{H8085} ye peoples,{H5971} all of you.

So the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} and Jehoshaphat{H3092} the king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} went up{H5927} to Ramoth-gilead.{H7433}

And the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} said{H559} unto Jehoshaphat,{H3092} I will disguise{H2664} myself, and go{H935} into the battle;{H4421} but put thou on{H3847} thy robes.{H899} And the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} disguised{H2664} himself, and went{H935} into the battle.{H4421}

Now the king{H4428} of Syria{H758} had commanded{H6680} the thirty{H7970} and two{H8147} 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}

And it came to pass, when the captains{H8269} of the chariots{H7393} saw{H7200} Jehoshaphat,{H3092} that they said,{H559} Surely it is the king{H4428} of Israel;{H3478} and they turned aside{H5493} to fight{H3898} against him: and Jehoshaphat{H3092} cried out.{H2199}

And it came to pass, when the captains{H8269} of the chariots{H7393} saw{H7200} that it was not the king{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} that they turned back{H7725} from pursuing{H310} him.

And a certain man{H376} 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} unto the driver of his chariot,{H7395} Turn{H2015} thy hand,{H3027} and carry me out{H3318} of the host;{H4264} for I am sore wounded.{H2470}

And the battle{H4421} increased{H5927} that day:{H3117} and the king{H4428} was stayed up{H5975} in his chariot{H4818} against{H5227} the Syrians,{H758} and died{H4191} at even;{H6153} and the blood{H1818} ran out{H3332} of the wound{H4347} into the bottom{H2436} of the chariot.{H7393}

And there went{H5674} a cry{H7440} throughout the host{H4264} about the going down{H935} of the sun,{H8121} saying,{H559} Every man{H376} to his city,{H5892} and every man{H376} to his country.{H776}

So the king{H4428} died,{H4191} and was brought{H935} to Samaria;{H8111} and they buried{H6912} the king{H4428} in Samaria.{H8111}

And they washed{H7857} the chariot{H7393} by the pool{H1295} of Samaria;{H8111} and the dogs{H3611} licked up{H3952} his blood{H1818} (now the harlots washed{H7364} themselves{H2185} [there] ); according unto the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} which he spake.{H1696}

Now the rest{H3499} of the acts{H1697} of Ahab,{H256} and all that he did,{H6213} and the ivory{H8127} house{H1004} which he built,{H1129} and all the cities{H5892} that he built,{H1129} are they not written{H3789} in the book{H5612} of the chronicles{H1697} of the kings{H4428} of Israel?{H3478}

So Ahab{H256} slept{H7901} with his fathers;{H1} and Ahaziah{H274} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427} in his stead.

And Jehoshaphat{H3092} the son{H1121} of Asa{H609} began to reign{H4427} over Judah{H3063} in the fourth{H702} year{H8141} of Ahab{H256} king{H4428} of Israel.{H3478}

Jehoshaphat{H3092} was thirty{H7970} and five{H2568} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign;{H4427} and he reigned{H4427} twenty{H6242} and five{H2568} years{H8141} in Jerusalem.{H3389} And his mother's{H517} name{H8034} was Azubah{H5806} the daughter{H1323} of Shilhi.{H7977}

And he walked{H3212} in all the way{H1870} of Asa{H609} his father;{H1} He turned not aside{H5493} from it, doing{H6213} that which was right{H3477} in the eyes{H5869} of Jehovah:{H3068} howbeit the high places{H1116} were not taken away;{H5493} the people{H5971} still sacrificed{H2076} and burnt incense{H6999} in the high places.{H1116}

And Jehoshaphat{H3092} made peace{H7999} with the king{H4428} of Israel.{H3478}

Now the rest{H3499} of the acts{H1697} of Jehoshaphat,{H3092} and his might{H1369} that he showed,{H6213} and how he warred,{H3898} are they not written{H3789} in the book{H5612} of the chronicles{H1697} of the kings{H4428} of Judah?{H3063}

And the remnant{H3499} of the sodomites,{H6945} that remained{H7604} in the days{H3117} of his father{H1} Asa,{H609} he put away{H1197} out of the land.{H776}

And there was no king{H4428} in Edom:{H123} a deputy{H5324} was king.{H4428}

Jehoshaphat{H3092} made{H6213} ships{H591} of Tarshish{H8659} to go{H3212} to Ophir{H211} for gold:{H2091} but they went{H1980} not; for the ships{H591} were broken{H7665} at Ezion-geber.{H6100}

Then said{H559} Ahaziah{H274} the son{H1121} of Ahab{H256} unto Jehoshaphat,{H3092} Let my servants{H5650} go{H3212} with thy servants{H5650} in the ships.{H591} But Jehoshaphat{H3092} would{H14} not.

And Jehoshaphat{H3092} slept{H7901} with his fathers,{H1} and was buried{H6912} with his fathers{H1} in the city{H5892} of David{H1732} his father;{H1} And Jehoram{H3088} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427} in his stead.

Ahaziah{H274} the son{H1121} of Ahab{H256} began to reign{H4427} over Israel{H3478} in Samaria{H8111} in the seventeenth{H7651} year{H8141} of Jehoshaphat{H3092} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} and he reigned{H4427} two years{H8141} over Israel.{H3478}

And he did{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} and walked{H3212} in the way{H1870} of his father,{H1} and in the way{H1870} of his mother,{H517} and in the way{H1870} of Jeroboam{H3379} the son{H1121} of Nebat,{H5028} wherein he made Israel{H3478} to sin.{H2398}

And he served{H5647} Baal,{H1168} and worshipped{H7812} him, and provoked to anger{H3707} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} according to all that his father{H1} had done.{H6213}