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* And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel . * And it came to pass in the third year , that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel . * And the king of Israel said to his servants , Do ye know that Ramoth in Gilead is ours , and we keep quiet without taking it out of the hand of the king of Syria ? * And he said to Jehoshaphat , Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-Gilead ? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel , I am as thou , my people as thy people , my horses as thy horses . * And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel , Inquire , I pray thee , this day of the word of Jehovah . * And the king of Israel assembled the prophets , about four hundred men , and said to them , Shall I go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle , or shall I forbear ? And they said , Go up , and the Lord will give it into the king 's hand . * But Jehoshaphat said , Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah besides , that we might inquire of him ? * And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat , There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah ; but I hate him , for he prophesies no good concerning me , but evil : [it is ] Micah the son of Imlah . And Jehoshaphat said , Let not the king say so . * Then the king of Israel called a chamberlain , and said , Fetch quickly Micah the son of Imlah . * And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah , having put on their robes , sat each on his throne , in the open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria ; and all the prophets prophesied before them . * And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for himself horns of iron , and he said , Thus saith Jehovah : With these shalt thou push the Syrians , until thou have exterminated them . * And all the prophets prophesied so , saying , Go up to Ramoth-Gilead , and prosper ; for Jehovah will give it into the king 's hand . * And the messenger that went to call Micah spoke to him saying , Behold now , the words of the prophets [declare ] good to the king with one assent : let thy word , I pray thee , be like the word of one of them , and speak good . * And Micah said , As Jehovah liveth , even what Jehovah shall say to me , that will I speak . * And he came to the king . And the king said to him , Micah , shall we go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle , or shall we forbear ? And he said to him , Go up , and prosper ; for Jehovah will give it into the hand of the king . * And the king said to him , How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but truth in the name of Jehovah ? * And he said , I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains , as sheep that have no shepherd . And Jehovah said , These have no master : let them return every man to his house in peace . * And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat , Did I not tell thee that he prophesies no good concerning me , but evil ? * And he said , Hear therefore the word of Jehovah : I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne , and all the host of heaven standing by him , on his right hand and on his left ; * and Jehovah said , Who shall entice Ahab that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-Gilead ? And one said after this manner , and another said after that manner . * And there came forth a spirit , and stood before Jehovah , and said , I will entice him . * And Jehovah said unto him , Wherewith ? And he said , I will go forth , and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets . And he said , Thou shalt entice [him ], and also succeed : go forth , and do so . * And now , behold , Jehovah has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets , and Jehovah has spoken evil concerning thee . * Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near , and smote Micah upon the cheek , and said , Where now went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak to thee ? * And Micah said , Behold , thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go from chamber to chamber to hide thyself . * And the king of Israel said , Take Micah and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city , and to Joash the king 's son ; * and thou shalt say , Thus says the king : Put this [man ] in the prison , and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction , until I come in peace . * And Micah said , If thou return at all in peace , Jehovah has not spoken by me . And he said , Hearken , O peoples , all of you ! * And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-Gilead . * And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat , I will disguise myself , and will enter into the battle ; but put thou on thy robes . And the king of Israel disguised himself , and went into the battle . * And the king of Syria commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots saying , Fight neither with small nor great , but with the king of Israel only . * And it came to pass when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat , that they said , Surely that is the king of Israel ; and they turned against him to fight ; and Jehoshaphat cried out . * And it came to pass that when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel , they turned back from pursuing him . * And a man drew a bow at a venture , and smote the king of Israel between the fastenings and the corslet . And he said to his charioteer , Turn thy hand , and drive me out of the camp ; for I am wounded . * And the battle increased that day ; and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians , and he died at even ; and the blood of the wound ran out into the hollow of the chariot . * And there went the cry throughout the host at the going down of the sun , saying , Every man to his city , and every man to his own country ! * And the king died , and was brought to Samaria ; and they buried the king in Samaria . * And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria ; and the dogs licked his blood , where the harlots bathed : according to the word of Jehovah , which he had spoken . * And the rest of the acts of Ahab , and all that he did , and the ivory house that he built , and all the cities that he built , are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ? * And Ahab slept with his fathers ; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead . * And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel . * Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem ; and his mother 's name was Azubah , the daughter of Shilhi . * And he walked in all the way of Asa his father ; he turned not aside from it , doing what was right in the sight of Jehovah . Only , the high places were not removed : the people offered and burned incense still on the high places . * And Jehoshaphat was at peace with the king of Israel . * And the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat , and his might which he shewed , and how he warred , are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah ? * And the remainder of the sodomites , which were left in the days of his father Asa , he put away from out of the land . * And there was no king in Edom : a deputy reigned . * Jehoshaphat made Tarshish-ships to go to Ophir for gold ; but they went not , for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber . * Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab to Jehoshaphat , Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships . But Jehoshaphat would not . * 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 . * Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah ; and he reigned two years over Israel . * And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah , 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 . * And he served Baal , and worshipped him , and provoked Jehovah the God of Israel to anger , according to all that his father had done .

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