Dual Panel1Jehoshaphat <03092> was <01961> very wealthy <06239> and greatly <07230> respected <03519>. He made an alliance <02859> by marriage with Ahab <0256>,
2and after <07093> several years <08141> went down <03381> to <0413> visit Ahab <0256> in Samaria <08111>. Ahab <0256> slaughtered <02076> many <07230> sheep <06629> and cattle <01241> to honor Jehoshaphat and those <05971> who <0834> came with <05973> him. He persuaded <05496> him to <0413> join in an attack <05927> against Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568>.
3King <04428> Ahab <0256> of Israel <03478> said <0559> to <0413> Jehoshaphat <03092>, “Will you go <01980> with <05973> me to attack Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568>?” Jehoshaphat replied <0559> to the king <04428> of Israel, “I will support you; my army <05971> is at your disposal and will support <05973> you in battle <04421>.”
4Then Jehoshaphat <03092> added <0559>, “First <04994> seek <01875> an oracle <01697> from the Lord <03068>.”
5So the king <04428> of Israel <03478> assembled <06908> 400 <03967> <0702> prophets <05030> and asked <0559> them, “Should we attack <04421> Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568> or <0518> not <02308>?” They said <0559>, “Attack <05927>! God <0430> will hand <03027> it over to the king <04428>.”
6But 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?”
7The 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 <03069> will. But I <0589> despise <08130> him because <03588> he does not <0369> prophesy <05012> prosperity <02896> for <05921> me, but <03588> always <03117> <03605> disaster <07451>. His <01931> name is Micaiah <04321> son <01121> of Imlah <03229>. Jehoshaphat <03092> said <0559>, “The king <04428> should not <0408> say <0559> such things <03651>!”
8The king <04428> of Israel <03478> summoned <07121> an officer <05631> and said <0559>, “Quickly <04116> bring Micaiah <04318> son <01121> of Imlah <03229>.”
9Now the king <04428> of Israel <03478> and King <04428> Jehoshaphat <03092> of Judah <03063> were sitting <03427> on <05921> their respective thrones <03678>, dressed in <03847> their royal 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.
10Zedekiah <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>!’”
11All <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>!”
12Now 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 <0259> <06310> agreement <02896> that the king <04428> will succeed <01961>. Your words <01697> must agree <0259> with theirs <01992>; you must predict <01696> success <02896>!”
13But Micaiah <04321> said <0559>, “As certainly <03588> as the Lord <03068> lives <02416>, I will say <0559> what <0834> my God <0430> tells me to say <01696>!”
14Micaiah came <0935> before <0413> the king <04428> and the king <04428> asked <0559> him, “Micaiah <04318>, should <0413> we attack <04421> <0413> <01980> Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568> or <0518> not <02308>?” He answered <0559> him, “Attack <05927>! You will succeed <06743>; they will be handed <03027> <05414> over to you.”
15The 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>?”
16Micaiah replied <0559>, “I saw <07200> all <03605> Israel <03478> scattered <06327> on <05921> 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>.’”
17The 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>?”
18Micaiah 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>.
19The Lord <03068> said <0559>, ‘Who <04310> will deceive <06601> King <04428> Ahab <0256> of Israel <03478>, so he will attack <05927> Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568> and die <05307> there?’ One <02088> said <0559> this <03602> and another <02088> that <03602>.
20Then 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 <03068> asked <0559> him, ‘How <04100>?’
21He 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.’
22So now <06258>, look <02009>, the Lord <03068> has placed <05414> a lying <08267> spirit <07307> in the mouths <06310> of all these <0428> prophets <05030> of yours; but the Lord <03068> has decreed <01696> disaster <07451> for <05921> you.”
23Zedekiah <06667> son <01121> of Kenaanah <03668> approached <05066>, hit <05221> Micaiah <04321> on <05921> the jaw <03895>, and said <0559>, “Which <0335> way <01870> did the Lord’s <03068> spirit <07307> go when he went <05674> from me to speak <01696> to <0854> you?”
24Micaiah <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 <02244>.”
25Then 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>.
26Say <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 return <07725> safely <07965>.”’”
27Micaiah <04321> said <0559>, “If <0518> you really do return <07725> <07725> safely <07965>, then the Lord <03068> has not <03808> spoken <01696> through me!” Then he added <0559>, “Take note <08085>, all <03605> you people <05971>.”
28The king <04428> of Israel <03478> and King <04428> Jehoshaphat <03092> of Judah <03063> attacked <0413> <05927> Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568>.
29The king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> to <0413> Jehoshaphat <03092>, “I will disguise <02664> myself and then enter <0935> the battle <04421>; but you <0859> wear <03847> your royal attire <0899>.” So the king <04428> of Israel <03478> disguised <02664> himself and they entered <0935> the battle <04421>.
30Now the king <04428> of Syria <0758> had ordered <06680> his chariot <07393> commanders <08269>, “Do not <03808> fight <03898> common soldiers <06996> or <0518> high ranking officers <01419>; fight <0854> only <0905> the king <04428> of Israel <03478>!”
31When <01961> the chariot <07393> commanders <08269> saw <07200> Jehoshaphat <03092>, they <01992> said <0559>, “He must be the king <04428> of Israel <03478>!” So they <01931> turned <05437> and attacked <03898> him, but Jehoshaphat <03092> cried <02199> out. The Lord <03068> helped <05826> him; God <0430> lured <05496> them away <05496> from <04480> him.
32When <03588> the chariot <07393> commanders <08269> realized <07200> he was <01961> not <03808> the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, they turned away <07725> from <0310> him.
33Now 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>, for <03588> I am wounded <02470>.”
34While the battle <04421> raged <05927> throughout the day <03117>, the king <04428> stood <05975> propped up in his chariot <04818> opposite <05227> the Syrians <0758>. He died <04191> in the evening <06153> as <05704> the sun <08121> was setting <0935>.