strkjv@1Kings:22:1
@ And they
continued
three
years
without
war
between
Syria
and
Israel
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:2
@ And it came to pass in the
third
year
, that
Jehoshaphat
the
king
of
Judah
came
down
to the
king
of
Israel
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:3
@ And the
king
of
Israel
said
unto his
servants
,
Know
ye that
Ramoth
in
Gilead
is ours, and we be
still
, and
take
it not out of the
hand
of the
king
of
Syria
?
strkjv@1Kings:22:4
@ And he
said
unto
Jehoshaphat
, Wilt thou
go
with me to
battle
to
Ramothgilead
? And
Jehoshaphat
said
to the
king
of
Israel
, I am as
thou
art, my
people
as thy
people
, my
horses
as thy
horses
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:5
@ And
Jehoshaphat
said
unto the
king
of
Israel
,
Enquire
, I pray thee, at the
word
of the
LORD
to
day
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:6
@ Then the
king
of
Israel
gathered
the
prophets
together
, about
four
hundred
men
, and
said
unto them, Shall I
go
against
Ramothgilead
to
battle
, or shall I
forbear
? And they
said
, Go
up
; for the
Lord
shall
deliver
it into the
hand
of the
king
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:7
@ And
Jehoshaphat
said
, Is there not here a
prophet
of the
LORD
besides
, that we might
enquire
of him?
strkjv@1Kings:22:8
@ And the
king
of
Israel
said
unto
Jehoshaphat
, There is yet
one
man
,
Micaiah
the
son
of
Imlah
, by whom we may
enquire
of the
LORD
: but I
hate
him; for he doth not
prophesy
good
concerning me, but
evil
. And
Jehoshaphat
said
, Let not the
king
say
so.
strkjv@1Kings:22:9
@ Then the
king
of
Israel
called
an
officer
, and
said
,
Hasten
hither
Micaiah
the
son
of
Imlah
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:10
@ And the
king
of
Israel
and
Jehoshaphat
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.
strkjv@1Kings:22:11
@ And
Zedekiah
the
son
of
Chenaanah
made
him
horns
of
iron
: and he
said
, Thus
saith
the
LORD
, With these shalt thou
push
the
Syrians
, until thou have
consumed
them.
strkjv@1Kings:22:12
@ And all the
prophets
prophesied
so,
saying
, Go
up
to
Ramothgilead
, and
prosper
: for the
LORD
shall
deliver
it into the
kings
hand
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:13
@ And the
messenger
that was
gone
to
call
Micaiah
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
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:14
@ And
Micaiah
said
, As the
LORD
liveth
, what the
LORD
saith
unto me, that will I
speak
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:15
@ So he
came
to the
king
. And the
king
said
unto him,
Micaiah
, shall we
go
against
Ramothgilead
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
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:16
@ 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
?
strkjv@1Kings:22:17
@ And he
said
, I
saw
all
Israel
scattered
upon the
hills
, as
sheep
that have not a
shepherd
: and the
LORD
said
, These have no
master
: let them
return
every
man
to his
house
in
peace
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:18
@ And the
king
of
Israel
said
unto
Jehoshaphat
, Did I not
tell
thee that he would
prophesy
no
good
concerning me, but
evil
?
strkjv@1Kings:22:19
@ 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
s@.
strkjv@1Kings:22:20
@ And the
LORD
said
, Who shall
persuade
Ahab
, that he may go
up
and
fall
at
Ramothgilead
? And one
said
on this
manner
, and another
said
on that
manner
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:21
@ And there came
forth
a
spirit
, and
stood
before
the
LORD
, and
said
, I will
persuade
him.
strkjv@1Kings:22:22
@ 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.
strkjv@1Kings:22:23
@ 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.
strkjv@1Kings:22:24
@ But
Zedekiah
the son 01121of
Chenaanah
went
near
, and
smote
Micaiah
on the
cheek
, and
said
, Which
way
went
the
Spirit
of the
LORD
from me to
speak
unto thee?
strkjv@1Kings:22:25
@ And
Micaiah
said
, Behold, thou shalt
see
in that
day
, when thou shalt
go
into an
inner
chamber
to
hide
thyself.
strkjv@1Kings:22:26
@ And the
king
of
Israel
said
,
Take
Micaiah
, and carry him
back
unto
Amon
the
governor
of the
city
, and to
Joash
the
kings
son
;
strkjv@1Kings:22:27
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:28
@ And
Micaiah
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.
strkjv@1Kings:22:29
@ So the
king
of
Israel
and
Jehoshaphat
the
king
of
Judah
went
up
to
Ramothgilead
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:30
@ And the
king
of
Israel
said
unto
Jehoshaphat
, 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:31
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:32
@ And it came to pass, when the
captains
of the
chariots
saw
Jehoshaphat
, that they
said
, Surely it is the
king
of
Israel
. And they turned
aside
to
fight
against him: and
Jehoshaphat
cried
out
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:33
@ 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.
strkjv@1Kings:22:34
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:35
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:36
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:37
@ So the
king
died
, and was
brought
to
Samaria
; and they
buried
the
king
in
Samaria
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:38
@ And one
washed
the
chariot
in the
pool
of
Samaria
; and the
dogs
licked
up
his
blood
; and they
washed
his
armour
; according unto the
word
of the
LORD
which he
spake
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:39
@ 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
?
strkjv@1Kings:22:40
@ So
Ahab
slept
with his
fathers
; and
Ahaziah
his
son
reigned
in his stead.
strkjv@1Kings:22:41
@ And
Jehoshaphat
the
son
of
Asa
began to
reign
over
Judah
in the
fourth
year
of
Ahab
king
of
Israel
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:42
@
Jehoshaphat
was
thirty
and
five
years
old
when he began to
reign
; and he
reigned
twenty
and
five
years
in
Jerusalem
. And his
mothers
name
was
Azubah
the
daughter
of
Shilhi
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:43
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:44
@ And
Jehoshaphat
made
peace
with the
king
of
Israel
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:45
@ Now the
rest
of the
acts
of
Jehoshaphat
, and his
might
that he
shewed
, and how he
warred
, are they not
written
in the
book
of the
chronicles
of the
kings
of
Judah
?
strkjv@1Kings:22:46
@ And the
remnant
of the
sodomites
, which
remained
in the
days
of his
father
Asa
, he
took
out of the
land
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:47
@ There was then no
king
in
Edom
: a
deputy
was
king
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:48
@
Jehoshaphat
made
ships
of
Tharshish
to
go
to
Ophir
for
gold
: but they
went
not; for the
ships
were
broken
at
Eziongeber
Etsyown Etsyon.
strkjv@1Kings:22:49
@ Then
said
Ahaziah
the
son
of
Ahab
unto
Jehoshaphat
, Let my
servants
go
with thy
servants
in the
ships
. But
Jehoshaphat
would
not.
strkjv@1Kings:22:50
@ And
Jehoshaphat
slept
with his
fathers
, and was
buried
with his
fathers
in the
city
of
David
his
father
: and
Jehoram
his
son
reigned
in his stead.
strkjv@1Kings:22:51
@
Ahaziah
the
son
of
Ahab
began to
reign
over
Israel
in
Samaria
the
seventeenth
year
of
Jehoshaphat
king
of
Judah
, and
reigned
two
years
over
Israel
.
strkjv@1Kings:22:52
@ 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
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat
, who made
Israel
to
sin
:
strkjv@1Kings:22:53
@ For he
served
Baal
, and
worshipped
him, and provoked to
anger
the
LORD
God
of
Israel
, according to all that his
father
had
done
.
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