Dual Panel1Now Jehoshaphat <03092> had riches <06239> and honour <03519> in abundance <07230>_, and joined affinity <02859> (8691) with Ahab <0256>_.
2And after <07093> [certain] years <08141> he went down <03381> (8799) to Ahab <0256> to Samaria <08111>_. And Ahab <0256> killed <02076> (8799) sheep <06629> and oxen <01241> for him in abundance <07230>_, and for the people <05971> that [he had] with him, and persuaded <05496> (8686) him to go up <05927> (8800) [with him] to Ramothgilead <07433> <01568>_. {after...: Heb. at the end of years}
3And Ahab <0256> king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799) unto Jehoshaphat <03092> king <04428> of Judah <03063>_, Wilt thou go <03212> (8799) with me to Ramothgilead <07433> <01568>_? And he answered <0559> (8799) him, I [am] as thou [art], and my people <05971> as thy people <05971>_; and [we will be] with thee in the war <04421>_.
4And 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>_.
5Therefore the king <04428> of Israel <03478> gathered together <06908> (8799) of prophets <05030> four <0702> hundred <03967> men <0376>_, and said <0559> (8799) unto them, Shall we go <03212> (8799) to Ramothgilead <07433> <01568> to battle <04421>_, or shall I forbear <02308> (8799)_? And they said <0559> (8799)_, Go up <05927> (8798)_; for God <0430> will deliver <05414> (8799) [it] into the king's <04428> hand <03027>_.
6But Jehoshaphat <03092> said <0559> (8799)_, [Is there] not here a prophet <05030> of the LORD <03068> besides, that we might enquire <01875> (8799) of him? {besides: Heb. yet, or, more}
7And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799) unto Jehoshaphat <03092>_, [There is] yet one <0259> man <0376>_, by whom we may enquire <01875> (8800) of the LORD <03068>_: but I hate <08130> (8804) him; for he never prophesied <05012> (8693) good <02896> unto me, but always <03117> evil <07451>_: the same [is] Micaiah <04321> the son <01121> of Imla <03229>_. And Jehoshaphat <03092> said <0559> (8799)_, Let not the king <04428> say <0559> (8799) so.
8And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> called <07121> (8799) for one <0259> [of his] officers <05631>_, and said <0559> (8799)_, Fetch quickly <04116> (8761) Micaiah <04319> the son <01121> of Imla <03229>_. {officers: or, eunuchs} {Fetch...: Heb. Hasten}
9And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> and Jehoshaphat <03092> king <04428> of Judah <03063> sat <03427> (8802) either <0376> of them on his throne <03678>_, clothed <03847> (8794) in [their] robes <0899>_, and they sat <03427> (8802) in a void place <01637> at the entering in <06607> of the gate <08179> of Samaria <08111>_; and all the prophets <05030> prophesied <05012> (8693) before <06440> them. {void...: or, floor}
10And Zedekiah <06667> the son <01121> of Chenaanah <03668> had made <06213> (8799) him horns <07161> of iron <01270>_, and said <0559> (8799)_, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_, With these thou shalt push <05055> (8762) Syria <0758> until they be consumed <03615> (8763)_. {they...: Heb. thou consume them}
11And 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 hand <03027> of the king <04428>_.
12And the messenger <04397> that went <01980> (8804) to call <07121> (8800) Micaiah <04321> spake <01696> (8765) to him, saying <0559> (8800)_, Behold, the words <01697> of the prophets <05030> [declare] good <02896> to the king <04428> with one <0259> assent <06310>_; let thy word <01697> therefore, I pray thee, be like one <0259> of theirs, and speak <01696> (8765) thou good <02896>_. {with...: Heb. with one mouth}
13And Micaiah <04321> said <0559> (8799)_, [As] the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>_, even what my God <0430> saith <0559> (8799)_, that will I speak <01696> (8762)_.
14And when he was come <0935> (8799) to the king <04428>_, the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Micaiah <04318>_, shall we go <03212> (8799) to Ramothgilead <07433> <01568> to battle <04421>_, or shall I forbear <02308> (8799)_? And he said <0559> (8799)_, Go ye up <05927> (8798)_, and prosper <06743> (8685)_, and they shall be delivered <05414> (8735) into your hand <03027>_.
15And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) to him, How many times <06471> shall I adjure <07650> (8688) thee that thou say <01696> (8762) nothing but the truth <0571> to me in the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>_?
16Then he said <0559> (8799)_, I did see <07200> (8804) all Israel <03478> scattered <06327> (8737) upon the mountains <02022>_, as sheep <06629> that have no shepherd <07462> (8802)_: and the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799)_, These have no master <0113>_; let them return <07725> (8799) [therefore] every man <0376> to his house <01004> in peace <07965>_.
17And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799) to Jehoshaphat <03092>_, Did I not tell <0559> (8804) thee [that] he would not prophesy <05012> (8691) good <02896> unto me, but evil <07451>_? {but evil: or, but for evil}
18Again he said <0559> (8799)_, Therefore hear <08085> (8798) the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>_; I saw <07200> (8804) the LORD <03068> sitting <03427> (8802) upon his throne <03678>_, and all the host <06635> of heaven <08064> standing <05975> (8802) on his right hand <03225> and [on] his left <08040>_.
19And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799)_, Who shall entice <06601> (8762) Ahab <0256> king <04428> of Israel <03478>_, that he may go up <05927> (8799) and fall <05307> (8799) at Ramothgilead <07433> <01568>_? And one spake <0559> (8799) saying <0559> (8802) after this manner <03602>_, and another saying <0559> (8802) after that manner <03602>_.
20Then there came out <03318> (8799) a spirit <07307>_, and stood <05975> (8799) before <06440> the LORD <03068>_, and said <0559> (8799)_, I will entice <06601> (8762) him. And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Wherewith?
21And he said <0559> (8799)_, I will go out <03318> (8799)_, and be a lying <08267> spirit <07307> in the mouth <06310> of all his prophets <05030>_. And [the LORD] said <0559> (8799)_, Thou shalt entice <06601> (8762) [him], and thou shalt also prevail <03201> (8799)_: go out <03318> (8798)_, and do <06213> (8798) [even] so.
22Now therefore, behold, the LORD <03068> hath put <05414> (8804) a lying <08267> spirit <07307> in the mouth <06310> of these thy prophets <05030>_, and the LORD <03068> hath spoken <01696> (8765) evil <07451> against thee.
23Then Zedekiah <06667> the son <01121> of Chenaanah <03668> came near <05066> (8799)_, and smote <05221> (8686) Micaiah <04321> upon the cheek <03895>_, and said <0559> (8799)_, Which <0335> way <01870> went <05674> (8804) the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> from me to speak <01696> (8763) unto thee?
24And Micaiah <04321> said <0559> (8799)_, Behold, thou shalt see <07200> (8802) on that day <03117> when thou shalt go <0935> (8799) into an inner <02315> chamber <02315> to hide <02244> (8736) thyself. {into...: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. a chamber in a chamber}
25Then the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799)_, Take <03947> (8798) ye Micaiah <04321>_, and carry him back <07725> (8685) to Amon <0526> the governor <08269> of the city <05892>_, and to Joash <03101> the king's <04428> son <01121>_;
26And 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 return <07725> (8800) in peace <07965>_.
27And Micaiah <04321> said <0559> (8799)_, If thou certainly <07725> (8800) return <07725> (8799) in peace <07965>_, [then] hath not the LORD <03068> spoken <01696> (8765) by me. And he said <0559> (8799)_, Hearken <08085> (8798)_, all ye people <05971>_.
28So the king <04428> of Israel <03478> and Jehoshaphat <03092> the king <04428> of Judah <03063> went up <05927> (8799) to Ramothgilead <07433> <01568>_.
29And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799) unto Jehoshaphat <03092>_, I will disguise <02664> (8692) myself, and will go <0935> (8800) to the battle <04421>_; but put <03847> (8798) thou on thy robes <0899>_. So the king <04428> of Israel <03478> disguised <02664> (8691) himself; and they went <0935> (8799) to the battle <04421>_.
30Now the king <04428> of Syria <0758> had commanded <06680> (8765) the captains <08269> of the chariots <07393> that [were] with him, saying <0559> (8800)_, Fight <03898> (8735) ye not with small <06996> or great <01419>_, save only with the king <04428> of Israel <03478>_.
31And it came to pass, when the captains <08269> of the chariots <07393> saw <07200> (8800) Jehoshaphat <03092>_, that they said <0559> (8804)_, It [is] the king <04428> of Israel <03478>_. Therefore they compassed about <05437> (8799) him to fight <03898> (8736)_: but Jehoshaphat <03092> cried out <02199> (8799)_, and the LORD <03068> helped <05826> (8804) him; and God <0430> moved <05496> (8686) them [to depart] from him.
32For it came to pass, that, when the captains <08269> of the chariots <07393> perceived <07200> (8800) that it was not the king <04428> of Israel <03478>_, they turned back again <07725> (8799) from pursuing <0310> him. {from...: Heb. from after him}
33And a [certain] man 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>_: therefore he said <0559> (8799) to his chariot <07395> man <0376>_, Turn <02015> (8798) thine hand <03027>_, that thou mayest carry me out <03318> (8689) of the host <04264>_; for I am wounded <02470> (8717)_. {at a venture: Heb. in his simplicity} {between...: Heb. between the joints and between the breastplate} {wounded: Heb. made sick}
34And the battle <04421> increased <05927> (8799) that day <03117>_: howbeit the king <04428> of Israel <03478> stayed [himself] up <05975> (8689) in [his] chariot <04818> against <05227> the Syrians <0758> until the even <06153>_: and about the time <06256> of the sun <08121> going down <0935> (8800) he died <04191> (8799)_.