2Ch 18:1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined
affinity with Ahab.
2Ch 18:2 And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab
killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with
him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead.
2Ch 18:3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou
go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people
as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war.
2Ch 18:4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at
the word of the Lord today.
2Ch 18:5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred
men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I
forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand.
2Ch 18:6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides,
that we might inquire of him?
2Ch 18:7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by
whom we may inquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good
unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat
said, Let not the king say so.
2Ch 18:8 And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch
quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.
2Ch 18:9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them
on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the
entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
2Ch 18:10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and
said, Thus saith the Lord, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be
consumed.
2Ch 18:11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and
prosper: for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
2Ch 18:12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying,
Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let
thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.
2Ch 18:13 And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, even what my God saith, that
will I speak.
2Ch 18:14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah,
shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye
up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.
2Ch 18:15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou
say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the Lord?
2Ch 18:16 Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as
sheep that have no shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master; let them
return therefore every man to his house in peace.
2Ch 18:17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that
he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?
2Ch 18:18 Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the Lord; I saw the Lord
sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand
and on his left.
2Ch 18:19 And the Lord said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may
go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and
another saying after that manner.
2Ch 18:20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I
will entice him. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith?
2Ch 18:21 And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all
his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also
prevail: go out, and do even so.
2Ch 18:22 Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth
of these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil against thee.
2Ch 18:23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon
the cheek, and said, Which way went the spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto
thee?
2Ch 18:24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt
go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
2Ch 18:25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to
Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
2Ch 18:26 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 return in
peace.
2Ch 18:27 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the
Lord spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
2Ch 18:28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to
Ramothgilead.
2Ch 18:29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself,
and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel
disguised himself; and they went to the battle.
2Ch 18:30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that
were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king
of Israel.
2Ch 18:31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw
Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed
about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him; and God
moved them to depart from him.
2Ch 18:32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived
that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him.
2Ch 18:33 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of
Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man,
Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
2Ch 18:34 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed
himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time
of the sun going down he died.