1 Kings 22
Micaiah Prophesies the
Defeat of Ahab and Jehoshaphat |
| 2 Chr. 18.1-34 |
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And they continued three years without
war between Syria and Israel.
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And it came to pass in the third year,
that Jehosh'aphat the king of Judah came down to the king of
Israel.
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And the king of Israel said unto his
servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gil'e-ad is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king
of Syria?
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And he said unto Jehosh'aphat, Wilt thou
go with me to battle to Ra'moth-gil'e-ad? And Jehosh'aphat said to
the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy
people, my horses as thy horses.
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And Jehosh'aphat said unto the king of
Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD today.
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Then the king of Israel gathered the
prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall
I go against Ra'moth-gil'e-ad to battle, or shall I forbear? And
they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand
of the king.
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And Jehosh'aphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we
might inquire of him?
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And the king of Israel said unto
Jehosh'aphat, There is yet one man, Micai'ah the son of
Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but
I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.
And Jehosh'aphat said, Let not the king say so.
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Then the king of Israel called an
officer, and said, Hasten hither Micai'ah the son of
Imlah.
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And the king of Israel and Jehosh'aphat
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.
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And Zedeki'ah the son of Chena'anah made
him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until
thou have consumed them.
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And all the prophets prophesied so,
saying, Go up to Ra'moth-gil'e-ad, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's
hand.
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And the messenger that was gone to call
Micai'ah 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.
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And Micai'ah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith
unto me, that will I speak.
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So he came to the king. And the king said
unto him, Micai'ah, shall we go against Ra'moth-gil'e-ad 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.
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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?
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And he said, I saw all Israel scattered
upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: Mt. 9.36 ยท Mk. 6.34 and the LORD said, These have no master:
let them return every man to his house in peace.
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And the king of Israel said unto
Jehosh'aphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good
concerning me, but evil?
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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.
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And the LORD said,
Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at
Ra'moth-gil'e-ad? And one said on this manner, and another said on
that manner.
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And there came forth a spirit, and stood
before the LORD, and said, I will persuade
him.
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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.
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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.
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But Zedeki'ah the son of Chena'anah
went near, and smote Micai'ah on the cheek, and said, Which way went
the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto
thee?
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And Micai'ah said, Behold, thou shalt see
in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide
thyself.
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And the king of Israel said, Take
Micai'ah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and
to Jo'ash the king's son;
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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.
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And Micai'ah 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.
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So the king of Israel and Jehosh'aphat
the king of Judah went up to Ra'moth-gil'e-ad.
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And the king of Israel said unto
Jehosh'aphat, 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.
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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.
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And it came to pass, when the captains of
the chariots saw Jehosh'aphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and
Jehosh'aphat cried out.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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So the king died, and was brought to
Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
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And one washed the chariot in the
pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed
his armor; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake.
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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?
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So Ahab slept with his fathers; and
Ahazi'ah his son reigned in his stead.
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The Reign of
Jehoshaphat |
| 2 Chr. 20.31-37 |
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And Jehosh'aphat the son of Asa began
to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of
Israel.
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Jehosh'aphat 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 Azu'bah the
daughter of Shilhi.
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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.
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And Jehosh'aphat made peace with the king
of Israel.
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Now the rest of the acts of
Jehosh'aphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the
kings of Judah?
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And the remnant of the sodomites, which
remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the
land.
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There was then no king in Edom:
a deputy was king.
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Jehosh'aphat made ships of Tharshish to
go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken
at E'zi-on-ge'ber.
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Then said Ahazi'ah the son of Ahab unto
Jehosh'aphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But
Jehosh'aphat would not.
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And Jehosh'aphat slept with his fathers,
and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and
Jeho'ram his son reigned in his stead.
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The Reign of Ahaziah
of Israel |
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Ahazi'ah the son of Ahab began to reign
over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehosh'aphat king of
Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
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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 Jerobo'am the son of
Nebat, who made Israel to sin:
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for he served Ba'al, and worshipped him,
and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel,
according to all that his father had done.
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