Dual Panel1There was no <0369> war <04421> between <0996> Syria <0758> and <0996> Israel <03478> for three <07969> years <08141>.
2In the third <07992> year <08141> King <04428> Jehoshaphat <03092> of Judah <03063> came down <03381> to <0413> visit the king <04428> of Israel <03478>.
3The king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> to <0413> his servants <05650>, “Surely <03588> you recognize <03045> that Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568> belongs to us, though we <0587> are hesitant <02814> to reclaim <03947> it from the king <04428> of Syria <0758>.”
4Then he said <0559> to <0413> Jehoshaphat <03092>, “Will you go <01980> with <0854> me to attack <04421> Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568>?” Jehoshaphat <03092> replied <0559> to <0413> the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, “I will support <03644> you; my army <05971> and horses <05483> are at your disposal.”
5Then Jehoshaphat <03092> added <0559>, “First <03117> seek <01875> an oracle <01697> from <0854> the Lord <03068>.”
6So the king <04428> of Israel <03478> assembled <06908> about four <0702> hundred <03967> prophets <05030> and asked <0559> them, “Should I attack <04421> <05921> <01980> Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568> or <0518> not <02308>?” They said <0559>, “Attack <05927>! The sovereign <0136> one will hand <03027> <05414> it over to the king <04428>.”
7But Jehoshaphat <03092> asked <0559>, “Is there not <0369> a prophet <05030> of the Lord <03068> still <05750> here <06311>, that we may ask <01875> him?”
8The king <04428> of Israel <03478> answered <0559> Jehoshaphat <03092>, “There is still <05750> one <0259> man <0376> through whom we can seek <01875> the Lord’s <03068> will. But I <0589> despise <08130> him because <03588> he does not <03808> prophesy <05012> prosperity <02896> for <05921> me, but <0518> <03588> disaster <07451>. His name is Micaiah <04321> son <01121> of Imlah <03229>. Jehoshaphat <03092> said <0559>, “The king <04428> should not <0408> say <0559> such things <03651>.”
9The king <04428> of Israel <03478> summoned <07121> an <0259> official <05631> and said <0559>, “Quickly bring <04116> Micaiah <04321> son <01121> of Imlah <03229>.”
10Now the king <04428> of Israel <03478> and King <04428> Jehoshaphat <03092> of Judah <03063> were sitting <03427> on <05921> their respective thrones <03678>, dressed <03847> in their robes <0899>, at the threshing floor <01637> at the entrance <06607> of the gate <08179> of Samaria <08111>. All <03605> the prophets <05030> were prophesying <05012> before <06440> them.
11Zedekiah <06667> son <01121> of Kenaanah <03668> made <06213> iron <01270> horns <07161> and said <0559>, “This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, ‘With these <0428> you will gore <05055> Syria <0758> until <05704> they are destroyed <03615>.’”
12All <03605> the prophets <05030> were prophesying <05012> the same <03651>, saying <0559>, “Attack <05927> Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568>! You will succeed <06743>; the Lord <03068> will hand <03027> <05414> it over <03027> <05414> to the king <04428>.”
13Now the messenger <04397> who <0834> went <01980> to summon <07121> Micaiah <04321> said <01696> to <0413> him, “Look <02009>, the prophets <05030> are in complete agreement <0259> <06310> that the king <04428> will succeed <02896>. Your words <01697> must agree with theirs <01992>; you must predict <01696> success <02896>.”
14But Micaiah <04321> said <0559>, “As certainly as the Lord <03068> lives <02416>, I will say <0559> what <0834> <03588> the Lord <03068> tells <01696> me to say.”
15When he came <0935> before <0413> the king <04428>, the king <04428> asked <0559> him, “Micaiah <04321>, should we attack <04421> <01980> Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568> or <0518> not <02308>?” He answered <0559> him, “Attack <05927>! You will succeed <06743>; the Lord <03068> will hand <03027> <05414> it over <03027> <05414> to the king <04428>.”
16The king <04428> said <0559> to <0413> him, “How many <04100> <05704> times <06471> must I <0589> make <07650> you solemnly promise <07650> in the name <08034> of the Lord <03068> to tell <01696> me only <07535> the truth <0571>?”
17Micaiah said <0559>, “I saw <07200> all <03605> Israel <03478> scattered <06327> on <0413> the mountains <02022> like sheep <06629> that <0834> have no <0369> shepherd <07462>. Then the Lord <03068> said <0559>, ‘They <0428> have no <03808> master <0113>. They <0376> should go <07725> home <01004> in peace <07965>.’”
18The king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> to <0413> Jehoshaphat <03092>, “Didn’t <03808> I tell <0559> you he does not <03808> prophesy <05012> prosperity <02896> for <05921> me, but <0518> disaster <07451>?”
19Micaiah said <0559>, “That being the case <03651>, hear <08085> the word <01697> of the Lord <03068>. I saw <07200> the Lord <03068> sitting <03427> on <05921> his throne <03678>, with all <03605> the heavenly <08064> assembly <06635> standing <05975> on <05921> his right <03225> and on his left <08040>.
20The Lord <03068> said <0559>, ‘Who <04310> will deceive <06601> Ahab <0256>, so he will attack <05927> Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568> and die <05307> there?’ One <02088> said <0559> this <03541> and another <02088> that <03541>.
21Then a spirit <07307> stepped forward <03318> and stood <05975> before <06440> the Lord <03068>. He said <0559>, ‘I <0589> will deceive <06601> him.’ The Lord asked him, ‘How?’
22He <03068> replied <0559>, ‘I will go out <03318> and be <01961> a lying <08267> spirit <07307> in the mouths <06310> of all <03605> his prophets <05030>.’ The Lord said <0559>, ‘Deceive <06601> and <01571> overpower <03201> him. Go out <03318> and do <06213> as <03651> you have proposed.’
23So now <06258>, look <02009>, the Lord <03068> has placed <05414> a lying <08267> spirit <07307> in the mouths <06310> of all <03605> these <0428> prophets <05030> of yours; but the Lord <03068> has decreed <01696> disaster <07451> for <05921> you.”
24Zedekiah <06667> son <01121> of Kenaanah <03668> approached <05066>, hit <05221> Micaiah <04321> on <05921> the jaw <03895>, and said <0559>, “Which <0335> way <02088> did the Lord’s <03068> spirit <07307> go <05674> when he went from me to speak <01696> to <0854> you?”
25Micaiah <04321> replied <0559>, “Look <02005>, you will see <07200> in the day <03117> when <0834> you go <0935> into an inner room <02315> <02315> to hide <02247>.”
26Then the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559>, “Take <03947> Micaiah <04321> and return <07725> him to <0413> Amon <0526> the city <05892> official <08269> and Joash <03101> the king’s <04428> son <01121>.
27Say <0559>, ‘This is what <03541> the king <04428> says <0559>, “Put <07760> this <02088> man in prison <03608> <01004>. Give <0398> him only a little bread <03899> and water <04325> until <05704> I safely <07965> return <0935>.”’”
28Micaiah <04321> said <0559>, “If <0518> you really do <07725> <07725> safely <07965> return <07725> <07725>, then the Lord <03068> has not <03808> spoken <01696> through me.” Then he added <0559>, “Take note <08085>, all <03605> you people <05971>.”
29The king <04428> of Israel <03478> and King <04428> Jehoshaphat <03092> of Judah <03063> attacked Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568>.
30The king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> to <0413> Jehoshaphat <03092>, “I will disguise <02664> myself and then enter <0935> into the battle <04421>; but you <0859> wear <03847> your royal robes <0899>.” So the king <04428> of Israel <03478> disguised <02664> himself and then entered <0935> into the battle <04421>.
31Now the king <04428> of Syria <0758> had ordered <06680> his thirty-two <08147> <07970> chariot <07393> commanders <08269>, “Do not <03808> fight <03898> common <06996> soldiers or high-ranking <01419> officers; fight only <0905> the king <04428> of Israel <03478>.”
32When <01961> the chariot <07393> commanders <08269> saw <07200> Jehoshaphat <03092>, they <01992> said <0559>, “He must be <0389> the king <04428> of Israel <03478>.” So they <01931> turned <05493> and attacked <03898> him, but Jehoshaphat <03092> cried <02199> out.
33When <01961> the chariot <07393> commanders <08269> realized <07200> he was not <03808> the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, they <01931> turned away <07725> from <0310> him.
34Now an archer <0376> shot <04900> an arrow <07198> at random <08537>, and it struck <05221> the king <04428> of Israel <03478> between <0996> the plates <01694> of his armor <08302>. The king ordered <0559> his charioteer <07395>, “Turn <02015> around <03027> and take <03318> me from <04480> the battle line <04264>, because <03588> I’m wounded <02470>.”
35While the battle <04421> raged <05927> throughout the day <03117>, the king <04428> stood <05975> propped up <01961> in his chariot <04818> opposite <05227> the Syrians <0758>. He died <04191> in the evening <06153>; the blood <01818> from the wound <04347> ran down <03332> into <0413> the bottom <02436> of the chariot <07393>.
36As the sun <08121> was setting <05674>, a cry <07440> went through <0935> the camp <04264>, “Each <0376> one <0376> should return to <0413> his city <05892> and to <0413> his homeland <0776>.”
37So the king <04428> died <04191> and was taken <0935> to Samaria <08111>, where they buried <06912> him.
38They washed off <07857> the chariot <07393> at <05921> the pool <01295> of Samaria <08111> (this was where the prostitutes <02185> bathed <07364>); dogs <03611> licked <03952> his blood <01818>, just as <01697> the Lord <03068> had said <01696> would happen.
39The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Ahab’s <0256> reign, including a record <0834> of his accomplishments <06213> and how <0834> he built <01129> a luxurious palace <01004> and various <03605> cities <05892>, are recorded <03789> in the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Israel <03478>.
40Ahab <0256> passed away <01> <05973> <07901>. His son <01121> Ahaziah <0274> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.
41In the fourth <0702> year <08141> of King <04428> Ahab’s <0256> reign over Israel <03478>, Asa’s <0609> son <01121> Jehoshaphat <03092> became king <04427> over <05921> Judah <03063>.
42Jehoshaphat <03092> was thirty-five <02568> <07970> years <08141> old <01121> when he became king and he reigned <04427> for twenty-five <02568> <06242> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. His mother <0517> was Azubah <05806>, the daughter <01323> of Shilhi <07977>.
43He followed <01980> in his father <01> Asa’s <0609> footsteps <01870> and was careful <05493> <03808> to do <06213> what the Lord <03068> approved <05869> <03477>. However <0389>, the high places <01116> were not <03808> eliminated <05493>; the people <05971> continued <05750> to offer sacrifices <02076> and burn incense <06999> on the high places <01116>.
44Jehoshaphat <03092> was also at peace <07999> with <05973> the king <04428> of Israel <03478>.
45The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Jehoshaphat’s <03092> reign <01369>, including his successes <06213> and military exploits <03898>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Judah <03063>.
46He removed <01197> from <04480> the land <0776> any male cultic prostitutes <06945> who <0834> had managed to survive <07604> the reign <03117> of his father <01> Asa <0609>.
47There was no <0369> king <04428> in Edom <0123> at this time; a governor <04428> ruled <05324>.
48Jehoshaphat <03092> built a fleet of large merchant ships <08659> ships <0591> to travel <01980> to Ophir <0211> for gold <02091>, but they never <03808> made <01980> the voyage <01980> because <03588> they were shipwrecked <0591> <07665> in Ezion Geber <06100>.
49Then <0227> Ahaziah <0274> son <01121> of Ahab <0256> said <0559> to <0413> Jehoshaphat <03092>, “Let my sailors <05650> join <01980> yours <05650> in the fleet <0591>,” but Jehoshaphat <03092> refused <014> <03808>.
50Jehoshaphat <03092> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> with <05973> his ancestors <01> in the city <05892> of his ancestor <01> David <01732>. His son <01121> Jehoram <03088> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.
51In the seventeenth <06240> <07651> year <08141> of King <04428> Jehoshaphat’s <03092> reign over Judah <03063>, Ahab’s <0256> son <01121> Ahaziah <0274> became king <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478> in Samaria <08111>. He ruled <04427> for two years <08141> over <05921> Israel <03478>.
52He did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068> and followed <01980> in the footsteps <01870> of his father <01> and mother <0517>; like Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Nebat <05028>, he encouraged Israel <03478> to sin <02398>.
53He worshiped <05647> and bowed down <07812> to Baal <01168>, angering <03707> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> just as <0834> his father <01> had done <06213>.