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$Title{Old Testament, The
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Title: Old Testament, The
Book: First Book Of The Kings
Author: Various
Date: 1885
Chapter 22
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 unto his servants,
Know ye that Ramoth-gilead is ours, and we ^3 are 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 Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of
Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
[Footnote 3: Or, keep silence]
And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire ^4 first, I pray
thee, for the word of Jehovah. Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets
together, about four hundred men, and said unto 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. But Jehoshaphat said, Is
there not here a prophet of Jehovah besides, that we may inquire of him? And
the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may
inquire of Jehovah, Micaiah the son of Imlah: 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 ^1 officer, and said, Fetch quickly
Micaiah the son of Imlah. Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of
Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, in ^2 an open
place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were
prophesying before them. And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of
iron, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, With these shalt thou push the Syrians,
until they be consumed. And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to
Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for Jehovah will deliver it into the hand of the
king.
[Footnote 4: Heb. to-day.]
[Footnote 1: Or, eunuch]
[Footnote 2: Heb. a threshing-floor.]
And the messenger that went 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
thou good. And Micaiah said, As Jehovah liveth, what Jehovah saith unto me,
that will I speak. And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him,
Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he
answered him, Go up and prosper; and Jehovah will deliver it into the hand of
the king. And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee
that thou speak unto me nothing but the 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 IsraeA said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not
tell thee that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil? And
Micaiah said, Therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting
on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand
and on his left. And Jehovah said, Who shall ^3 entice Ahab, that he may go
up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner; and another said
on that manner. And there came forth ^4 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 shalt prevail also: go
forth, and do so. Now therefore, behold, Jehovah hath put a lying spirit in
the mouth of all these thy prophets; and Jehovah hath spoken evil concerning
thee.
[Footnote 3: Or, deceive]
[Footnote 4: Heb. the spirit.]
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the
cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak unto
thee? And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day, when thou shalt
see on that day, when thou shalt go ^5 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 king's son; and say, Thus saith 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. And Micaiah said, If thou
return at all in peace, Jehovah hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hear, ye
peoples, all of you.
[Footnote 5: Or, from chamber to chamber]
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to
Ramoth-gilead. And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise
myself, and go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of
Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. Now the king of Syria had
commanded the thirty and two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither
with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel. And it came to pass,
when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it
is the king of Israel; and they turned aside to fight against him: and
Jehoshaphat cried out. And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots
saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing
him. And a certain man drew his bow ^6 at a venture, and smote the king of
Israel between ^7 the joints of the armor: wherefore he said unto the driver
of his chariot, Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore
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 bottom of the chariot. And there went a cry throughout the
host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every
man to his country.
[Footnote 6: Heb. in his simplicity.]
[Footnote 7: Or, the lower armor and the breastplate]
So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in
Samaria. And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs
licked up his blood ( ^1 now the harlots washed themselves there); according
unto the word of Jehovah which he spake. Now the rest of the acts of Ahab,
and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities
that he built, are they not written i the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Israel? So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his
stead.
[Footnote 1: Or, and they washed the armor]
And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth
year of Ahab king of Israel. Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when
he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and 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 that which was right in
the eyes of Jehovah: howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people
still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. And Jehoshaphat made
peace with the king of Israel.
Now 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 chronicles of the
kings of Judah? And the remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days
of his father Asa, he put away out of the land. And there was no king in
Edom: a deputy was king. Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish 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 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 began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the
seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over
Israel. And he did that which was 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, ^2 wherein he made Israel to sin. And he served
Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger Jehovah, the God of Israel,
according to all that his father had done.
[Footnote 2: Or, who made]