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* And they continued three years ; there was no war between Syria and Israel . * And it happened in the third year , Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel . * And the king of Israel said to his servants , Have you known that Ramoth-gilead is ours ? And we remain still from taking it from the king of Syria 's hand . * And he said to Jehoshaphat , Will you go to battle with me , to Ramoth-gilead ? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel , I am as you , my people as your people ; my horses as your horses . * And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel , Please inquire at the word of Jehovah today . * And the king of Israel gathered the prophets , about four hundred men , and said to them , Shall I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead , or shall I forbear ? And they said , Go up , that the Lord may give it into the hand of the king . * And 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 , Yet one man , to seek Jehovah by him . But I hate him , for he does not prophesy good concerning me , but evil , Micaiah the son of Imlah . And Jehoshaphat said , let not the king say so . * And the king of Israel called to a certain eunuch and said , Cause Micaiah the son of Imlah to hurry . * And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah each was sitting on his throne having put on their robes , in a grain-floor in the entrance of the gate of Samaria . And all the prophets prophesied before them . * And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made horns of iron for himself . And he said , So says Jehovah , With these you shall push the Syrians until you have consumed them . * And all the prophets were prophesying so , saying , Go up to Ramoth-gilead , and prosper . For Jehovah shall give it into the king 's hand . * And the messenger that had gone to call Micaiah spoke to him , saying , Behold now , the words of the prophets with one mouth are good to the king . Please let your word be as the word of one of them , and speak good . * And Micaiah said , As Jehovah lives , Surely that which Jehovah says to me , that I will speak . * And he came in to the king . And the king said to him , Micaiah , shall we go to battle to Ramoth-gilead , or shall we forbear ? And he said to him , Go up , and prosper , and Jehovah shall give it into the king 's hand . * And the king said to him , How many times have I adjured you that you shall speak nothing to me but truth in the name of Jehovah ? * And he said , I have seen all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep that have no shepherd . And Jehovah said , These have no ruler ; they shall each return to his house in peace . * And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat , Did I not say to you , He will not prophesy good of me , but evil ? * And he said , Therefore , hear the word of Jehovah : I saw Jehovah sitting on His throne , and all the host of Heaven were standing by Him , on His right and on His left . * And Jehovah said , Who shall entice Ahab , and he shall go up and fall in Ramoth-gilead ? And this one said this , and this one said that . * And a spirit came forth and stood before Jehovah , and said , I surely will entice him . * And Jehovah said to him , By what means ? And he said , I will go out and shall be a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets . And He said , You shall entice him , and also you are able . Go out and do so . * And now , behold , Jehovah has put a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all these prophets of yours ; and Jehovah has spoken evil as to you ! * And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek , and said , Where did the Spirit of Jehovah pass over from me to speak with you ? * And Micaiah said , Behold , You shall see on that day when you go into the innermost room to be hidden . * And the king of Israel said , Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the ruler of the city , and to Joash the king 's son , * and say , So says the king , Put this one in the house of restraint , and cause him to eat the bread of oppression , and the water of oppression , until I come in peace . * And Micaiah said , If you at all return in peace , Jehovah has not spoken by me . And he said , Hear , O people , all of them . * 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 enter into the battle . But you put on your robes . And the king of Israel disguised himself and went into the battle . * And the king of Syria commanded the thirty two commanders of the chariots , saying , You shall not fight with small or great , but with the king of Israel . * And it happened when the commanders of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat , they said , Surely he is the king of Israel . And they turned aside to fight with him . And Jehoshaphat cried out . * And it happened when the commanders of the chariots saw that he was not the king of Israel , they turned back from following him . * And a man drew a bow in his simplicity , and he struck the king of Israel between the joints and the breastplate . And he said to his charioteer , Turn your hand and take me out from the battle , for I have been wounded . * And on that day the battle went on , and the king was caused to stand up in the chariot against Syria . And he died in the evening , and the blood of the wound poured out into the middle of the chariot . * And the cry passed through the camp when the sun went , saying , Each to his city , and each to his land . * And the king died , and came to Samaria . And they buried the king in Samaria . * And they rinsed the chariot by the pool of Samaria ; and the dogs licked up his blood when they had washed the armor , according to the word of Jehovah that He spoke . * And the rest of the acts of Ahab , and all that he did , and the house of ivory that he built , and all the cities that he built , are they not written in the Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Israel ? * And Ahab lay with his fathers . And his son Ahaziah reigned in his place . * And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa reigned over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab the king of Israel . * He was a son of thirty five years 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 ways of his father Asa . He did not turn aside from it , doing right in the eyes of Jehovah . But the high places were not taken away ; the people offered and burned incense yet in the high places . * And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel . * And the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat , and his might that he showed , and how he warred , are they not written in the Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Judah ? * And he took out of the land the rest of the sodomites which remained in the days of his father Asa . * No king was in Edom ; a deputy was king . * Jehoshaphat had ten ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold . But they did not go , for the ships were broken at Eziongeber . * Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat , Let my servants go with your servants in the ships . But Jehoshaphat was not willing . * And Jehoshaphat lay with his fathers , and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David . And his son Jehoram reigned in his place . * Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah , and reigned two years over Israel . * And he did evil in the eyes 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 . * For he served Baal , and bowed to it , and provoked to anger Jehovah the God of Israel , according to all his father had done .

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