1 Kings 22
1 And they
continued three years without
war between
Syria and
Israel. 2 And it came to pass in the
third year, that
Jehoshaphat the
king of
Judah came
down to the
king of
Israel. 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? 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. 5 And
Jehoshaphat said unto the
king of
Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the
word of the
LORD to
day. 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. 7 And
Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a
prophet of the
LORD besides, that we might
enquire of him?
8 And the
king of
Israel said unto
Jehoshaphat, There is yet
one man, Micaiah the
son of
Imlah, by whom we may
enquire 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.
9 Then the
king of
Israel called an officer, and
said,
Hasten hither
Micaiah the
son of
Imlah. 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.
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.
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. 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. 14 And
Micaiah said, As the
LORD liveth, what the
LORD saith unto me, that will I
speak.
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. 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? 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. 18 And the
king of
Israel said unto
Jehoshaphat, Did I not
tell thee that he would
prophesy no
good concerning me, but
evil? 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. 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. 21 And there came
forth a
spirit, and
stood before the
LORD, and
said, I will
persuade him.
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.
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.
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?
25 And
Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt
see in that
day, when thou shalt
go into an
inner chamber to
hide thyself.
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; 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. 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.
29 So the
king of
Israel and
Jehoshaphat the
king of
Judah went
up to
Ramothgilead.
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. 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. 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.
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.
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.
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. 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. 37 So the
king died, and was
brought to
Samaria; and they
buried the
king in
Samaria. 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.
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? 40 So
Ahab slept with his
fathers; and
Ahaziah his
son reigned in his stead.
41 And
Jehoshaphat the
son of
Asa began to
reign over
Judah in the
fourth year of
Ahab king of
Israel. 42 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. 43 And he
walked in all the
ways of
Asa his
father; he turned not
aside from it,
doing that which was
right in the
eyes of the
LORD: nevertheless the high
places were not taken
away; for the
people offered and burnt
incense yet in the high
places. 44 And
Jehoshaphat made
peace with the
king of
Israel. 45 Now the
rest of the
acts of
Jehoshaphat, and his
might that he
shewed, and how he
warred, are they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Judah? 46 And the
remnant of the
sodomites, which
remained in the
days of his
father Asa, he
took out of the
land. 47 There was then no
king in
Edom: a
deputy was
king. 48 Jehoshaphat made ships of
Tharshish to
go to
Ophir for
gold: but they
went not; for the
ships were
broken at
Eziongeber. 49 Then
said Ahaziah the
son of
Ahab unto
Jehoshaphat, Let my
servants go with thy
servants in the
ships. But
Jehoshaphat would not.
50 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.
51 Ahaziah the
son of
Ahab began to
reign over
Israel in
Samaria the
seventeenth year of
Jehoshaphat king of
Judah, and
reigned two
years over
Israel. 52 And he
did evil in the
sight of the
LORD, 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, who made
Israel to
sin:
53 For he
served Baal, and
worshipped him, and provoked to
anger the
LORD God of
Israel, according to all that his
father had
done.