Dual Panel1And they continued <03427> (8799) three <07969> years <08141> without war <04421> between Syria <0758> and Israel <03478>_.
2And it came to pass in the third <07992> year <08141>_, that Jehoshaphat <03092> the king <04428> of Judah <03063> came down <03381> (8799) to the king <04428> of Israel <03478>_.
3And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799) unto his servants <05650>_, Know <03045> (8804) ye that Ramoth <07433> in Gilead <01568> [is] ours, and we [be] still <02814> (8688)_, [and] take <03947> (8800) it not out of the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Syria <0758>_? {still...: Heb. silent from taking it}
4And he said <0559> (8799) unto Jehoshaphat <03092>_, Wilt thou go <03212> (8799) with me to battle <04421> to Ramothgilead <07433> <01568>_? And Jehoshaphat <03092> said <0559> (8799) to the king <04428> of Israel <03478>_, I [am] as thou <03644> [art], my people <05971> as thy people <05971>_, my horses <05483> as thy horses <05483>_.
5And Jehoshaphat <03092> said <0559> (8799) unto the king <04428> of Israel <03478>_, Enquire <01875> (8798)_, I pray thee, at the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> to day <03117>_.
6Then the king <04428> of Israel <03478> gathered <06908> (0) the prophets <05030> together <06908> (8799)_, about four <0702> hundred <03967> men <0376>_, and said <0559> (8799) unto them, Shall I go <03212> (8799) against Ramothgilead <07433> <01568> to battle <04421>_, or shall I forbear <02308> (8799)_? And they said <0559> (8799)_, Go up <05927> (8798)_; for the Lord <0136> shall deliver <05414> (8799) [it] into the hand <03027> of the king <04428>_.
7And Jehoshaphat <03092> said <0559> (8799)_, [Is there] not here a prophet <05030> of the LORD <03068> besides <05750>_, that we might enquire <01875> (8799) of him?
8And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799) unto Jehoshaphat <03092>_, [There is] yet one <0259> man <0376>_, Micaiah <04321> the son <01121> of Imlah <03229>_, by whom we may enquire <01875> (8800) of the LORD <03068>_: but I hate <08130> (8804) him; for he doth not prophesy <05012> (8691) good <02896> concerning me, but evil <07451>_. And Jehoshaphat <03092> said <0559> (8799)_, Let not the king <04428> say <0559> (8799) so.
9Then the king <04428> of Israel <03478> called <07121> (8799) an <0259> officer <05631>_, and said <0559> (8799)_, Hasten <04116> (8761) [hither] Micaiah <04321> the son <01121> of Imlah <03229>_. {officer: or, eunuch}
10And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> and Jehoshaphat <03092> the king <04428> of Judah <03063> sat <03427> (8802) each <0376> on his throne <03678>_, having put on <03847> (8794) their robes <0899>_, in a void place <01637> in the entrance <06607> of the gate <08179> of Samaria <08111>_; and all the prophets <05030> prophesied <05012> (8693) before <06440> them. {void...: Heb. floor}
11And Zedekiah <06667> the son <01121> of Chenaanah <03668> made <06213> (8799) him horns <07161> of iron <01270>_: and he said <0559> (8799)_, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_, With these shalt thou push <05055> (8762) the Syrians <0758>_, until thou have consumed <03615> (8763) them.
12And all the prophets <05030> prophesied <05012> (8737) so, saying <0559> (8800)_, Go up <05927> (8798) to Ramothgilead <07433> <01568>_, and prosper <06743> (8685)_: for the LORD <03068> shall deliver <05414> (8804) [it] into the king's <04428> hand <03027>_.
13And the messenger <04397> that was gone <01980> (8804) to call <07121> (8800) Micaiah <04321> spake <01696> (8765) unto him, saying <0559> (8800)_, Behold now, the words <01697> of the prophets <05030> [declare] good <02896> unto the king <04428> with one <0259> mouth <06310>_: let thy word <01697>_, I pray thee, be like the word <01697> of one <0259> of them, and speak <01696> (8765) [that which is] good <02896>_.
14And Micaiah <04321> said <0559> (8799)_, [As] the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>_, what the LORD <03068> saith <0559> (8799) unto me, that will I speak <01696> (8762)_.
15So he came <0935> (8799) to the king <04428>_. And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Micaiah <04321>_, shall we go <03212> (8799) against Ramothgilead <07433> <01568> to battle <04421>_, or shall we forbear <02308> (8799)_? And he answered <0559> (8799) him, Go <05927> (8798)_, and prosper <06743> (8685)_: for the LORD <03068> shall deliver <05414> (8804) [it] into the hand <03027> of the king <04428>_.
16And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto him, How many times <06471> shall I adjure <07650> (8688) thee that thou tell <01696> (8762) me nothing but [that which is] true <0571> in the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>_?
17And he said <0559> (8799)_, I saw <07200> (8804) all Israel <03478> scattered <06327> (8737) upon the hills <02022>_, as sheep <06629> that have not a shepherd <07462> (8802)_: and the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799)_, These have no master <0113>_: let them return <07725> (8799) every man <0376> to his house <01004> in peace <07965>_.
18And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799) unto Jehoshaphat <03092>_, Did I not tell <0559> (8804) thee that he would prophesy <05012> (8691) no good <02896> concerning me, but evil <07451>_?
19And he said <0559> (8799)_, Hear <08085> (8798) thou therefore the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>_: I saw <07200> (8804) the LORD <03068> sitting <03427> (8802) on his throne <03678>_, and all the host <06635> of heaven <08064> standing <05975> (8802) by him on his right hand <03225> and on his left <08040>_.
20And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799)_, Who shall persuade <06601> (8762) Ahab <0256>_, that he may go up <05927> (8799) and fall <05307> (8799) at Ramothgilead <07433> <01568>_? And one said <0559> (8799) on this manner <03541>_, and another said <0559> (8802) on that manner <03541>_. {persuade: or, deceive}
21And there came forth <03318> (8799) a spirit <07307>_, and stood <05975> (8799) before <06440> the LORD <03068>_, and said <0559> (8799)_, I will persuade <06601> (8762) him.
22And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Wherewith? And he said <0559> (8799)_, I will go forth <03318> (8799)_, and I will be a lying <08267> spirit <07307> in the mouth <06310> of all his prophets <05030>_. And he said <0559> (8799)_, Thou shalt persuade <06601> (8762) [him], and prevail <03201> (8799) also: go forth <03318> (8798)_, and do <06213> (8798) so.
23Now therefore, behold, the LORD <03068> hath put <05414> (8804) a lying <08267> spirit <07307> in the mouth <06310> of all these thy prophets <05030>_, and the LORD <03068> hath spoken <01696> (8765) evil <07451> concerning thee.
24But Zedekiah <06667> the son <01121> of Chenaanah <03668> went near <05066> (8799)_, and smote <05221> (8686) Micaiah <04321> on the cheek <03895>_, and said <0559> (8799)_, Which way <0335> went <05674> (8804) the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> from me to speak <01696> (8763) unto thee?
25And Micaiah <04321> said <0559> (8799)_, Behold, thou shalt see <07200> (8802) in that day <03117>_, when thou shalt go <0935> (8799) into an inner <02315> chamber <02315> to hide <02247> (8736) thyself. {into...: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. a chamber in a chamber}
26And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799)_, Take <03947> (8798) Micaiah <04321>_, and carry him back <07725> (8685) unto Amon <0526> the governor <08269> of the city <05892>_, and to Joash <03101> the king's <04428> son <01121>_;
27And say <0559> (8804)_, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the king <04428>_, Put <07760> (8798) this [fellow] in the prison <01004> <03608>_, and feed <0398> (8685) him with bread <03899> of affliction <03906> and with water <04325> of affliction <03906>_, until I come <0935> (8800) in peace <07965>_.
28And Micaiah <04321> said <0559> (8799)_, If thou return <07725> (8799) at all <07725> (8800) in peace <07965>_, the LORD <03068> hath not spoken <01696> (8765) by me. And he said <0559> (8799)_, Hearken <08085> (8798)_, O people <05971>_, every one of you.
29So the king <04428> of Israel <03478> and Jehoshaphat <03092> the king <04428> of Judah <03063> went up <05927> (8799) to Ramothgilead <07433> <01568>_.
30And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799) unto Jehoshaphat <03092>_, I will disguise <02664> (8692) myself, and enter <0935> (8800) into the battle <04421>_; but put thou on <03847> (8798) thy robes <0899>_. And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> disguised <02664> (8691) himself, and went <0935> (8799) into the battle <04421>_. {I will...: or, when he was to disguise himself, and enter into the battle}
31But the king <04428> of Syria <0758> commanded <06680> (8765) his thirty <07970> and two <08147> captains <08269> that had rule over his chariots <07393>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Fight <03898> (8735) neither with small <06996> nor great <01419>_, save only with the king <04428> of Israel <03478>_.
32And it came to pass, when the captains <08269> of the chariots <07393> saw <07200> (8800) Jehoshaphat <03092>_, that they said <0559> (8804)_, Surely it [is] the king <04428> of Israel <03478>_. And they turned aside <05493> (8799) to fight <03898> (8736) against him: and Jehoshaphat <03092> cried out <02199> (8799)_.
33And it came to pass, when the captains <08269> of the chariots <07393> perceived <07200> (8800) that it [was] not the king <04428> of Israel <03478>_, that they turned back <07725> (8799) from pursuing <0310> him.
34And a [certain] man <0376> drew <04900> (8804) a bow <07198> at a venture <08537>_, and smote <05221> (8686) the king <04428> of Israel <03478> between the joints <01694> of the harness <08302>_: wherefore he said <0559> (8799) unto the driver of his chariot <07395>_, Turn <02015> (8798) thine hand <03027>_, and carry me out <03318> (8685) of the host <04264>_; for I am wounded <02470> (8717)_. {at a...: Heb. in his simplicity} {joints...: Heb. joints and the breastplate} {wounded: Heb. made sick}
35And the battle <04421> increased <05927> (8799) that day <03117>_: and the king <04428> was stayed up <05975> (8716) in his chariot <04818> against <05227> the Syrians <0758>_, and died <04191> (8799) at even <06153>_: and the blood <01818> ran out <03332> (8799) of the wound <04347> into the midst <02436> of the chariot <07393>_. {increased: Heb. ascended} {midst: Heb. bosom}
36And there went <05674> (8799) a proclamation <07440> throughout the host <04264> about the going down <0935> (8800) of the sun <08121>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Every man <0376> to his city <05892>_, and every man <0376> to his own country <0776>_.
37So the king <04428> died <04191> (8799)_, and was brought <0935> (8799) to Samaria <08111>_; and they buried <06912> (8799) the king <04428> in Samaria <08111>_. {was brought: Heb. came}
38And [one] washed <07857> (8799) the chariot <07393> in the pool <01295> of Samaria <08111>_; and the dogs <03611> licked up <03952> (8799) his blood <01818>_; and they washed <07364> (8804) his armour <02185>_; according unto the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> which he spake <01696> (8765)_.
39Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Ahab <0256>_, and all that he did <06213> (8804)_, and the ivory <08127> house <01004> which he made <01129> (8804)_, and all the cities <05892> that he built <01129> (8804)_, [are] they not written <03789> (8803) in the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> <03117> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>_?
40So Ahab <0256> slept <07901> (8799) with his fathers <01>_; and Ahaziah <0274> his son <01121> reigned <04427> (8799) in his stead.
41And Jehoshaphat <03092> the son <01121> of Asa <0609> began to reign <04427> (8804) over Judah <03063> in the fourth <0702> year <08141> of Ahab <0256> king <04428> of Israel <03478>_.
42Jehoshaphat <03092> [was] thirty <07970> and five <02568> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign <04427> (8800)_; and he reigned <04427> (8804) twenty <06242> and five <02568> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>_. And his mother's <0517> name <08034> [was] Azubah <05806> the daughter <01323> of Shilhi <07977>_.
43And he walked <03212> (8799) in all the ways <01870> of Asa <0609> his father <01>_; he turned not aside <05493> (8804) from it, doing <06213> (8800) [that which was] right <03477> in the eyes <05869> of the LORD <03068>_: nevertheless the high places <01116> were not taken away <05493> (8804)_; [for] the people <05971> offered <02076> (8764) and burnt incense <06999> (8764) yet in the high places <01116>_.
44And Jehoshaphat <03092> made peace <07999> (8686) with the king <04428> of Israel <03478>_.
45Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Jehoshaphat <03092>_, and his might <01369> that he shewed <06213> (8804)_, and how he warred <03898> (8738)_, [are] they not written <03789> (8803) in the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> <03117> of the kings <04428> of Judah <03063>_?
46And the remnant <03499> of the sodomites <06945>_, which remained <07604> (8738) in the days <03117> of his father <01> Asa <0609>_, he took <01197> (8765) out of the land <0776>_.
47[There was] then no king <04428> in Edom <0123>_: a deputy <05324> (8737) [was] king <04428>_.
48Jehoshaphat <03092> made <06213> (8804) (8675) <06240> ships <0591> of Tharshish <08659> to go <03212> (8800) to Ophir <0211> for gold <02091>_: but they went <01980> (8804) not; for the ships <0591> were broken <07665> (8738) at Eziongeber <06100>_. {made...: or, had ten ships}
49Then said <0559> (8804) Ahaziah <0274> the son <01121> of Ahab <0256> unto Jehoshaphat <03092>_, Let my servants <05650> go <03212> (8799) with thy servants <05650> in the ships <0591>_. But Jehoshaphat <03092> would <014> (8804) not.
50And Jehoshaphat <03092> slept <07901> (8799) with his fathers <01>_, and was buried <06912> (8735) with his fathers <01> in the city <05892> of David <01732> his father <01>_: and Jehoram <03088> his son <01121> reigned <04427> (8799) in his stead.
51Ahaziah <0274> the son <01121> of Ahab <0256> began to reign <04427> (8804) over Israel <03478> in Samaria <08111> the seventeenth <07651> <06240> year <08141> of Jehoshaphat <03092> king <04428> of Judah <03063>_, and reigned <04427> (8799) two years <08141> over Israel <03478>_.
52And he did <06213> (8799) evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>_, and walked <03212> (8799) in the way <01870> of his father <01>_, and in the way <01870> of his mother <0517>_, and in the way <01870> of Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of Nebat <05028>_, who made Israel <03478> to sin <02398> (8689)_:
53For he served <05647> (8799) Baal <01168>_, and worshipped <07812> (8691) him, and provoked to anger <03707> (8686) the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>_, according to all that his father <01> had done <06213> (8804)_.