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* And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel Yisra #el #. * And it came to pass in the third year , that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel Yisra #el #. * 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 ? * And he said unto Jehoshaphat , Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead Ramowth # Gil #ad #? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel Yisra #el #, I am as thou art , my people as thy people , my horses as thy horses . * And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel Yisra #el #, Enquire , I pray thee , at the word of the LORD to day . * Then the king of Israel gathered # the prophets together , about four hundred men , and said unto them , Shall I go against Ramothgilead Ramowth # to battle , or shall I forbear ? And they said , Go up ; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king . * And Jehoshaphat said , Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides , that we might enquire of him ? * 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 . * Then the king of Israel called an officer , and said , Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah . * 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 . * 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 . * And all the prophets prophesied so , saying , Go up to Ramothgilead Ramowth # Gil #ad #, and prosper : for the LORD shall deliver it into the kings hand . * 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 . * And Micaiah said , As the LORD liveth , what the LORD saith unto me , that will I speak . * So he came to the king . And the king said unto him , Micaiah , shall we go against Ramothgilead Ramowth # 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 . * 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 ? * 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 . * And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat , Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me , but evil ? * 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 @mo #wl #. * And the LORD said , Who shall persuade Ahab #Ach #ab #, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead Ramowth # Gil #ad #? And one said on this manner , and another said on that manner . * And there came forth a spirit , and stood before the LORD , and said , I will persuade him . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 ? * And Micaiah said , Behold , thou shalt see in that day , when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself . * 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 ; * And say , Thus saith the king , Put this fellow in the prison bayith #, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction , until I come in peace . * 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 . * So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead Ramowth # Gil #ad #. * 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 . * 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 Yisra #el #. * And it came to pass , when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat , that they said , Surely it is the king of Israel Yisra #el #. And they turned aside to fight against him : and Jehoshaphat cried out . * And it came to pass , when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel Yisra #el #, that they turned back from pursuing him . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * So 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 up his blood ; and they washed his armour ; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake . * Now the rest of the acts of Ahab #Ach #ab #, 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 dabar # of the kings of Israel Yisra #el #? * So Ahab #Ach #ab # 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 #Ach #ab # king of Israel Yisra #el #. * 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 . * 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 . * And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel Yisra #el #. * 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 dabar # of the kings of Judah ? * And the remnant of the sodomites , which remained in the days of his father Asa , he took out of the land . * There was then no king in Edom : a deputy was king . * Jehoshaphat made (8675 ) ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold : but they went not ; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber #Etsyown #Etsyon . * Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab #Ach #ab # unto 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 #Ach #ab # began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth sheba # year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah , and reigned two years over Israel Yisra #el #. * 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 : * For he served Baal Ba #al #, and worshipped him , and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel Yisra #el #, according to all that his father had done .

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