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And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel .
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And it came to pass in the third year ,
that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel .
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And the king of Israel said to his slaves ,
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know that Ramoth-gilead is ours ,
and we are still ,
and do not take it out of the hand of the king of Syria ?
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And he said to Jehoshaphat ,
Will you go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead ?
And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel ,
I am as you are ,
my people as your people ,
my horses as your horses .
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And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel ,
Inquire first ,
I pray you ,
for the word of Yahweh .
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Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together ,
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 ;
for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king .
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But Jehoshaphat said ,
Is there not here a prophet of Yahweh besides ,
that we may inquire of him ?
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And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat ,
there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh ,
Micaiah the son of Imlah :
but I hate him ;
for he does not prophesy good concerning me ,
but evil .
And Jehoshaphat said ,
Don '
t let the king say so .
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Then the king of Israel called an officer ,
and said ,
Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah .
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Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne ,
arrayed in their robes ,
in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria ;
and all the prophets were prophesying before them .
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And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made himself horns of iron ,
and said ,
Thus says Yahweh ,
With these you will push the Syrians ,
until they are consumed .
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And all the prophets prophesied so ,
saying ,
Go up to Ramoth-gilead ,
and prosper ;
for Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king .
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And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spoke to him ,
saying ,
Look now ,
the words of the prophets [
declare ]
good to the king with one mouth :
let your word ,
I pray you ,
be like the word of one of them ,
and speak good .
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And Micaiah said ,
As Yahweh lives ,
what Yahweh says to me ,
that I will speak .
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And when he came to the king ,
the king said to him ,
Micaiah ,
shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle ,
or shall we forbear ?
And he answered him ,
Go up and prosper ;
and Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king .
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And the king said to him ,
How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh ?
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And he said ,
I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains ,
as sheep that have no shepherd :
and Yahweh said ,
These have no master ;
let them return every man to his house in peace .
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And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat ,
Didn '
t I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me ,
but evil ?
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And [
Micaiah ]
said ,
Therefore hear the word of Yahweh :
I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne ,
and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left .
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And Yahweh said ,
Who will entice Ahab ,
that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead ?
And one said on this manner ;
and another said on that manner .
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And there came forth a spirit ,
and stood before Yahweh ,
and said ,
I will entice him .
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And Yahweh said to him ,
How ?
And he said ,
I will go forth ,
and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets .
And he said ,
You will entice him ,
and will prevail also :
go forth ,
and do so .
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Now therefore ,
look ,
Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these prophets of yours ;
and Yahweh has spoken evil concerning you .
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Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near ,
and struck Micaiah on the cheek ,
and said ,
Which way did the Spirit of Yahweh go from me to speak to you ?
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And Micaiah said ,
Look ,
you will see on that day ,
when you will go into an inner chamber to hide yourself .
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And the king of Israel said ,
Take Micaiah ,
and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city ,
and to Joash the king '
s son ;
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and say ,
Thus says 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 .
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And Micaiah said ,
If you return at all in peace ,
Yahweh has not spoken by me .
And he said ,
Hear ,
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peoples ,
all of you {+}.