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* And there passed three years without war between Syria and Israel . * And in the third year , Josaphat king of Juda came down to the king of Israel . * (And the king of Israel said to his servants : Know ye not-that Ramoth Galaad is ours , and we neglect to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria ?) * And he said to Josaphat : Wilt thou come with me to battle to Ramoth Galaad ? * And Josaphat said to the king of Israel : As I am , so art thou : my people and thy people are one : and my horsemen , thy horsemen . And Josaphat said to the king of Israel : Inquire , I beseech thee , this day , the word of the Lord . * Then the king of Israel assembled the prophets , about four hundred men , and he said to them : Shall I go to Ramoth Galaad to fight , or shall I forbear ? They answered : Go up , and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king . * And Josaphat said : Is there not here some prophet of the Lord , that we may inquire by him ? * And the king of Israel said to Josaphat : There is one man left , by whom we may inquire of the Lord : Micheas the son of Jemla ; but I hate him , for he doth not prophesy good to me , but evil . And Josaphat said : Speak not so , O king . * Then the king of Israel called an eunuch , and said to him : Make haste , and bring hither Micheas the son of Jemla . * Then the king of Israel , and Josaphat king of Juda , sat each on his throne clothed with royal robes , in a court by the entrance of the gate of Samaria , and all the prophets prophesied before them . * And Sedecias the son of Chanaana made himself horns of iron , and said : Thus saith the Lord : With these shalt thou push Syria , till thou destroy it . * And all the prophets prophesied in like manner , saying : Go up to Ramoth Galaad , and prosper , for the Lord will deliver it into the king 's hands . * And the messenger , that went to call Micheas , spoke to him , saying : Behold the words of the prophets with one month declare good things to the king : let thy word therefore be like to theirs , and speak that which is good . * But Micheas said to him : As the Lord liveth , whatsoever the Lord shall say to me , that will I speak . * So he came to the king , and the king said to him : Micheas , shall we go to Ramoth Galaad to battle , or shall we forbear ? He answered him : Go up , and prosper , and the Lord shall deliver it into the king 's hands . * But the king said to him : I adjure thee again and again , that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord . * And he said : I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills , like sheep that have no shepherd : and the Lord said : These have no master : let every man of them return to his house in peace . * (Then the king of Israel said to Josaphat : Did I not tell thee , that he prophesieth no good to me , but always evil ?) * And he added and said : Hear thou therefore the word of the Lord : I saw the Lord sitting on his throne , and all the army of heaven standing by him on the right hand and on the left : * And the Lord said : Who shall deceive Achab king of Israel , that he may go up , and fall at Ramoth Galaad ? And one spoke words of this manner , and another otherwise . * And there came forth a spirit , and stood before the Lord , and said : I will deceive him . And the Lord said to him : By what means ? * And he said : I will go forth , and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets . And the Lord said : Thou shalt deceive him , and shalt prevail : a go forth , and do so . * Now therefore behold the Lord hath given a lying spirit in the mouth of all thy prophets that are here , and the Lord hath spoken evil against thee . * And Sedecias the son of Chanaana came , and struck Micheas on the cheek , and said : Hath then the spirit of the Lord left me , and spoken to thee ? * And Micheas said : Thou shalt see in the day when thou shalt go into a chamber within a chamber to hide thyself . * And the king of Israel said : Take Micheas , and let him abide with Ammon the governor of the city , and with Joas the son of Amalech . * And tell them : Thus saith the king : Put this man in prison , and feed him with bread of affliction , and water of distress , till I return in peace . * And Micheas said : If thou return in peace , the Lord hath not spoken by me . And he said : Hear , all ye people . * So the king of Israel , and Josaphat king of Juda went up to Ramoth Galaad . * And the king of Israel said to Josaphat : Take armour , and go into the battle , and put on thy own garments . But the king of Israel changed his dress , and went into the battle . * And the king of Syria had commanded the two and thirty captains of the chariots , saying : You shall not fight against any , small or great , but against the king of Israel only . * So when the captains of the chariots saw Josaphat , they suspected that he was the king of Israel , and making a violent assault they fought against him : and Josaphat cried out . * And the captains of the chariots perceived that he was not the king of and they turned away from him . * And a certain man bent his bow , shooting at a venture , and chanced to strike the king of Israel between the lungs and the stomach . But he said to the driver of his chariot : Turn thy hand , and carry me out of the army , for I am grievously wounded . * And the battle was fought that day , and the king of Israel stood in his chariot against the Syrians , and he died in the evening : and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot . * And the herald proclaimed through all the army before the sun set , saying : Let every man return to his own city , and to his own country . * And the king died , b and was carried into Samaria : and they buried the king in Samaria . * And they washed his chariot in the pool of Samaria , and the dogs licked up his blood , and they washed the reins , according to the word of the Lord which he had spoken . * But the rest of the acts of Achab , and all that he did , and the house of ivory that he made , and all the cities that he built , are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel ? * So Achab slept with his fathers , and Ochozias his son reigned in his stead . * But Josaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Juda in the fourth year of Achab king of Israel . * He was five and thirty years old when he began to reign , and he reigned five and twenty years in Jerusalem : the name of his mother was Azuba the daughter of Salai . * And he walked in all the way of Asa his father , and he declined not from it : and he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord . * Nevertheless he took not away the high places : for as Set the people offered sacrifices and burnt incense in the high places . * And Josaphat had peace with the king of Israel . * But the rest of the acts of Josaphat , and his works which he did , and his bat - ties , are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda ? * And the remnant also of the effeminate , who remained in the days of Asa his father , he took out of the land . * And there was then no king appointed in Edom . * But king Josaphat made navies on the sea , to sail into Ophir for gold : but they could not go , for the ships were broken in Asiongaber . * Then Ochozias the ton of Achab said to Josaphat : Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships . And Josaphat would not . * And Josaphat slept with his fathers . and was buried with them in the city of David his father : and Joram his son reigned in his stead . * And Ochozias the son of Achab began to reign over Israel in Samaria , in the seventeenth gear of Josaphat king of Juda , and he reigned over Israel two years , * And he did evil in the sight of the Lord , and walked in the way of his father and his mother , and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nabat , who made Israel to sin . * He served also Baal , and worshipped him , and provoked the Lord the God of Israel , according to all that his father had done .

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